Tryin To Stay Alive Lyrics

Tryin To Stay Alive lyrics

Intro



[Wyclef Jean] 

We got the ReFugees All Stars
rub-a-dubbin in the club 

Wyclef Jean... John Forte... Prazwell 

Knahmean the streets are gettin a little crazy 

Verse 1



Looka looka looka looka looka looka looka 

Looka here look at shorty
got back, should I ask her 

for a dance, hold on, there's too many in the
wolf pack 

And besides, Dirty Cash talkin to her 

Buyin her fake
furs and takin her to the Fever 

Quiet as it's kept, that ain't even his
Benz 

She spends his Franklins at the malls with her friends 

Material girl, livin in a material world 

But it's alright, cause it's
Saturday night 

So mista funkmaster pump the BeeGees 

And all you
college students playin ouijas 

check the spellin, R-E, F-U-G-E 

E
get the CD from Sam Goody he he 

You ain't even close wit the rhymes that
you wrote 

Don't be mad cause you broke 

Let me clear my throat, ah
huh ah huh, John Forte 

Grab the mic and won't you sway it this way 

Verse 2



[John Forte] 

I more than just a rhymer you still
a small timer 

Hopin that the game treat that ass a little kinder 

Every step tangoed, your beef don't concern me 

I'm eatin mangos in
Trinadad wit attorneys (oh yeah) 

My crew slang flow worldwide like a
current 

Went to every spot, where nobody got insurance 

Brother do
the math, you ain't half near exotic 

My man's claim true, you, forget
about it 

Po-Po just a nuisance, like my influence 

Well recognized
you a lie tryin to do it 

Got juice told your lady, oops, we nuts baby


Smooth and charismatic automatic you gon save me (Forte) 

God
bless the dead as my son survive 

We strive to teach the youth baby, and
stay alive 

Verse 3



[Wyclef Jean] 

ReFugee camp, nuts
baby 

John Forte, yo watch your lady 

(Watch your lady, hahh) 

Aiiight 

(Especially around Dirty Cash) 

Yo, if you got more than
a dollar in your pocket right now 

Put your hands up 

Verse 4



[Prazwell/Dirty Cash] 

Yo yo 

Well you can tell by the way
I roll shorty 

that I'm a ladies man, a business man 

Condos down
the shore, multimillion pension plan (uh-huh) 

But it ain't in my plan,
to make move without the fam (no way) 

I keep it intact, yo Clef, do the
track 

John, play the mack while I, pay the tax 

Business as Usual,
watchin Suspects 

Steal my assets, get cut with Gi-lettes 

We built
this concept, connect like Nynex 

Drinks at the bar, my American Express


Verse 5



[Wyclef Jean] 

You a cook up, cook up, the
copper pull up, pull up 

Dem a cuff up, cuff up, you, who's callin bluff?


Now you shook up, shook up, cause you lock up, lock up 

Man I love
up, love up, you, who's callin bluff? 

Hey yo Jean is chillin, Dirty Cash
dealin 

What more can I say? We livin 

That's what we got, we got it
good 

And since you understood, we be... 

Outro



[Prazwell (Dirty Cash)] 

Yeah, live at the Carnival 

Nine-seven,
til infinity, hah 

ReFugee All Stars 

Can't stop the shining, cant
stop the shining (2X) 

You wanna stop the shining, you wanna stop the
shining (2X) 

Can't stop the shining, cant stop the shining...