(ow
ow-ow-ow-ow!
ow
ow-ow-ow-ow!)
yeah
yeah
yeah!
how can you be sitting there
telling me that you care -
that you care?
when every time i look around
the people suffer in the suffering
in everyway
in everywhere. say: na-na-na-na-na: we're the survivors
yes: the black survivors!
i tell you what: some people got everything;
some people got nothing;
some people got hopes and dreams;
some people got ways and means. na-na-na-na-na: we're the survivors
yes: the black survivors!
yes
we're the survivors
like daniel out of the lions' den
survivors
survivors!
so i idren
i sistren
a-which way will we choose?
we better hurry; oh
hurry; oh
hurry; wo
now!
'cause we got no time to lose. some people got facts and claims;
some people got pride and shame;
some people got the plots and schemes;
some people got no aim it seems!
na-na-na-na-na
na-na
na!
we're the survivors
yes: the black survivors!
tell you what: we're the survivors
yeah! - the black survivors
yeah!
we're the survivors
like shadrach
meshach and abednego
thrown in the fire
but-a never get burn. so i idren
i-sistren
the preaching and talkin' is done;
we've gotta live up
wo now
wo now! -
'cause the father's time has come. some people put the best outside;
some people keep the best inside;
some people can't stand up strong;
some people won't wait for long. na-na-na
na-na-na na!
we're the survivors
in this age of technological inhumanity
scientific atrocity
atomic misphilosophy
nuclear misenergy: it's a world that forces lifelong insecurity. together now: na na-na na na!
we're the survivors
yeah!
we're the survivors!
yes
the black survivors!
we're the survivors: a good man is never honoured
in his own yountry. nothing change
nothing strange. nothing change
nothing strange. we got to survive
y'all! -