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system of survival

lyric + music by skylark

the human race is running over me

i punch a clock at 9 and 5

just trying to make a living

a plastic face on satellite tv

says “life is filled with give and take”

he’s taking and i’m giving

so i dance

it’s my system of survival

i’m dancing

my system of survival

it’s a system of survival

future revival

greet the new arrival

at times it’s the only way

i’m gonna make it through this day

everybody get up

do your dance

keep surviving

everybody get up

do your dance

stay alive

a city night

i walk a street in fear

while politicians brag about a paperwork solution

another life

i shed another tear

i’m waiting for somebody new to lead the revolution

so i dance

it’s my system of survival

i’m dancing

my system of survival

it’s a system of survival

future revival

greet the new arrival

everybody get up

do your dance

keep surviving

everybody get up

do your dance

stay alive 

sos… send it out

sos… send it out

send it out, send it out, send it out…

© 1987 maurice white music

sputnik adventure music

lead voice - maurice white

+ philip bailey

backing voice - maurice white

+ philip bailey

+ skylark

electric guitar + misc percussion - preston glass

saxophone - marc russo

horn section - jerry hey

+ gary grant

+ bill reichenbach

all other instruments - skylark

arranged by skylark

produced by maurice white

+ preston glass