Roll with "punches""to get to what's real"

Listening to Van Halen’s Jump, I have a problem.

Verse 1 has

I get up and nothing gets me down
You got it tough, I’ve seen the toughest around
And I know, baby, just how you feel
You gotta roll with the punches to get to what’s real

If the line were "rolling with someone + etc", I would be fine, but I’m having a problem to get the meaning of "rolling with punches to get to what’s real".

This Urban dictionary has many entries and explanations but no definitions do fit with the line.

Am I mishearing but instead they are saying "bunches"? No?

Thank you for helping me out for this.