[Verse 1]
Don’t think I’m plastic or superficial
Or that my intellectual quotient is null
Don’t assume I’m a materialistic guy
I’m just trying to keep it all disguised
[Verse 2]
Don’t believe I lack the poise of a samurai
Or that my brain’s the size of a bonsai
Even though today I’m offside
It may not seem like it, but there’s an Intel inside
[Verse 3]
I could stay home drinking cachaça
I could be a NASA technician
I could reveal what’s beneath this façade
But today I’ve got to blend into the crowd
[Pre-Chorus]
Not stop to question why
Nor feel guilt for blending in
And as the moment calls
Adapt like a chameleon
[Chorus]
Because today I don’t want to seem
Like I’m sеarching a reason for everything
Lеtting things unfold
However they may happen
And not doubt if I should doubt
Or be so transcendental
Don’t take me the wrong way
I’m just surviving
[Verse 4]
Sometimes I’m tired of being pointed at
Or stabbed by gazes for nothing at that
I know my values are worth it, and if things don’t align
I play it like Zelig in Woody Allen’s line
[Verse 5]
But that doesn’t extinguish my flame
Even the Dalai Lama had his 15 minutes of fame
It’s the drama of “no crying, no gain”
But I swear, my brainwaves don’t run plain
[Verse 6]
And so I go with my altered alter ego
Who looks like me but slightly retuned, though
Who simplifies what’s convoluted
Accepted to survive, not to be included
[Pre-Chorus]
When it’s my turn to pretend
It’s time to strike the pose again
I know who’s taken charge within
My instinct for preservation
[Chorus]
Because today I don’t want to seem
Like I’m searching a reason for everything
Letting things unfold
However they may happen
And not doubt if I should doubt
Or be so transcendental
Don’t take me the wrong way
I’m just surviving
[Solo]
[Bridge]
Surviving, surviving...
[Verse 7]
In a world that discriminates and tortures
Where the different ones always pay the cost
Those who go against the current are crushed (Surviving)
They’re shut down and discarded like trash
[Verse 8]
That marginalizes, incriminates, and censors
Approves upfront but whispers slander behind doors
Punishes those who stray from the norm (Surviving)
And never mends the cracks it forms
[Verse 9]
And those who hit a wrong note in their score
Are seen as unnatural or harboring dark motives
Their struggle will be hard against soft-seeming facades (Surviving)
But souls that never fracture
[Vocalized Chorus]
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oooh
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I’m just surviving
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I’m just surviving