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
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SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL
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by EARTH WIND & FIRE
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
SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL
the single
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