Call Me Ace - Survival Lyrics

Motivation is fleeting ambition ain't got no meaning
I'm stuck inside of my mind but I struggle to find the key
Cnd in order to stay alive I been told to continue breathin'
But that don't help with the drive or helpin' me fight these demons
Survival is just the name of the game
Early teachings from youth
C life secret I knew, continued seekin' for truth
Had every reason to quit, just one season I'd get
Rain creepin' down my mom's face she's weepin' I guess
No son around all year round, it's just evening I guess
Would sneak around the compound was hard to sleep in my bed
My rich friend 20 miles away would say "be my guest"
His mother had pity on me would always keep well dressed
Buy me sneakers and threads, always keepin' me fed
C tiny glimpse of what I thought we really needed
Instead nothin' but chaos, only had peace in pieces like bread
That bread tho gave me life
Just couldn't see it back then
Just couldn't see it back then
Yea

I'm just tryna survive the only thing on my mind
I'm just tryna survive and leave my troubles behind
This the name of the game but I ain't playin' for prizes
I'm just tryna survive man hopin' I stay alive
I'm just tryna survive the only thing on my mind
I'm just tryna survive and leave my troubles behind
I'm just tryna survive man hopin' I stay alive yea
I'm just tryna survive man hopin' I stay alive
Stay alive

Yea
Too many people in this office think they know my story
They try to size me by these superficial categories
Skimmin' my resume and figure that they know me surely
Guess they misread me poorly
Instead of judgin' by the schools I went to think through all I been through
Cll the locked doors we had broken into
Just to get the role that y'all had said was for me
So nah your lil micro statements ain't all hunky dory
They 'bout to get you reorged out your employment, huh
I ain't your token runnin' races checking boxes
'gainst people with family trees and thousands of different options
Teammates that I work with step on me while I'm climbin'
But still I'm out here just thrivin'
Ch nah they don't like it
They rather me shuck and jivin' politically tryna box me
Boy I move like cdonis they mad I don't look like Rocky
That ain't gon stop me fightin' got many things on the line man
So with or without alignment just know I'ma keep survivin' yea
Keep survivin' yea
Oh you think I'm just doin' this for me, huh?

I'm just tryna survive the only thing on my mind
I'm just tryna survive and leave my troubles behind
This the name of the game but I ain't playin' for prizes
I'm just tryna survive man hopin' I stay alive
I'm just tryna survive the only thing on my mind
I'm just tryna survive and leave my troubles behind
I'm just tryna survive man hopin' I stay alive yea
I'm just tryna survive man hopin' I stay alive
Stay alive