Billy Paul - The Very Best Of Billy Paul

Only the Strong Survive

I see you sittin' there all alone
Crying your eyes out
While everything's going wrong
You know there's gonna be
A whole lot of trouble in your life
Listen to me, get up off your knees
'Cause only the strong survive

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Hey, you gotta be strong
You gotta hold on
I said, "Don't give up," no, don't

I said, "Don't go around with your head looking down"
Don't you let them make you feel like a clown
There's a lot of opportunity
Out there, just waiting for you
But you'll never succeed if you've given up
And say your life is through
Listen this minute what I'm tellin' you

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Hey, you gotta be strong
Gotta hold on
You gotta be a man, take a stand, oh

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta hold on
You gotta keep on, keep on
Keep on, keep on, keep on gettin' on

'Cause only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
I said, "You gotta be strong"
You gotta hold on
You gotta keep goin' on

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta be a man
You gotta take a stand

Get up, set your body in motion
You know the strong survives
Wake up and get your education
So you can keep your family alive
Get away from negative situations
It would only bring you, bring you lot of frustrations
'Cause only the strong survive

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta hold on
Gotta keep goin' strong
Gotta be a man, you gotta take a stand

Only the strong survive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside
You gotta keep hold on, gettin' on
Lookin' over, stumblin' on
Holdin' on

Get that, take you to the bus stop
From there we gotta take you to the bridge
Get that, being sick as me worry
Just to find medical bill, all super big
Do that, the nonbeliever

Who states the message in a music, he won't stay around
See that, the Bible says, we can
And share our music with a million lives
See that, the music's gettin' stronger
Cookin' to a recipe known as the finished sound

Get down, keep on goin' on
And get down, keep on holdin' on
Get down, keep on stumblin' on
Get down, keep on jumpin' on
So tonight is your Friday night

Only the strong survive
You gotta keep stayin' alive
Only the strong survive
Weak fall by the wayside

Credits
Writer(s): Larry Lee Butler
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