Survival (Live at Radio 1 / 2013) - Eminem

This is survival of the fittest

This is do or die

This is the winner takes it all

So take it all

Wasn't ready to be no millionaire, I was illAnnotate-prepared

I was prepared to be ill though, the skill was there

From the beginning, it wasn't 'bout the ends

It was 'bout busting raps and standing for something, fuck an acronym

Cut the fucking act like you're happy, I'm fucking back again

With another anthem, why stop when it doesn't have to end?

It ain't over 'til I say it's over – enough when I say enough

Throw me to them wolves and close the gate up

I'm afraid of what'll happen to them wolves

When the thought of being thrown into an alligator pit, I salivate at it

Raise your, hands up like it's 12 noon, nah, homie

Hold them bitches straighter up, wave 'em 'til you dislocate a rotator cuff

I ain't deflate enough, last chance to make this whole stadium erupt

This is survival of the fittest

This is do or die

This is the winner takes it all

So take it all

I can see the finish line with each line that I finish

I'm so close to my goals I can almost pole vault over the goal post

And if I don't got enough in the tank, maybe I can just siphon enough

To fill up this last can, man will I survive in this climate or what?

They said I was washed up, and got a blood bath

I'm not a rapper, I'm an adapter, I can adjust

Plus I can just walk up to a mic and just bust

So floor's open if you'd like to discuss

Top 5 in this mothafucka and if I don't make the cut

What, like I give a fuck, I'mma light this bitch up like I'm driving a truck

To the side of a pump, 0 to 60 hop in and gun it

Like G-Unit without the hyphen, I'm hyping 'em up

And if there should ever come a time where my life's in a rut

And I look like I might just give up, eh you might've mistook

Me for bowing out I ain't taking a bow, I'm stabbing myself

With a fucking knife in the gut, while I'm wiping my butt!

Cause I just shitted on the mic, and I like getting cut

I get excited at the sight of my blood, you're in a fight with a nut

Cause I'mma fight 'til I die or win

Biting the dust it'll just make me angrier, wait

Let me remind you of what got me this far, picture me quitting

Now draw a circle around it and put a line through it, slut

It's survival of what?

This is survival of the fittest

This is do or die

This is the winner takes it all

So take it all

So get your ideas, stack your ammo

But don't come unless you come to battle, I'm mad now jump in the saddle

This is it, it's what you eat, sleep, piss and shit

Live, breathe, your whole existence just consists of this

Refuse to quit, fuse is lit, can't diffuse the wick

I don't do this music shit, I lose my shit

Ain't got shit to lose, it's the moment of truth

It's all I know how to do, as soon as I get thrown in the booth, I spit

But my respect is overdue, I'm showing you the flow no one do

Cause I don't own no diploma for school, I quit!

So there's nothing for me to fall back on, I know no other trades

So you'd better trade your fucking mics in for some tool-box-es

Cause you'll never take my pride from me

It'll have to be pried from me, so pull out your pliers and your screwdrivers

But I want you to doubt me, I don't want you to buh-lieve

Cause this is something that I must use to suc-ceed

And if you don't like me then fuck you!

Self es-teem must be fucking shooting through-the-roof cause trust me

My skin is too thick and bul-let proof to touch me

I can see why the fuck I disgust you

I must be a-llergic to failure cause everytime I come close to it

I just sneeze, but I just go atchoo then achieve!

This is survival of the fittest

This is do or die

This is the winner takes it all

So take it all