Survival

How can you be sitting there Telling me that you care That you care When everytime I look around The people suffer in di sufferin' In every way In everywhere 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 ithren, I sisthren Oh which way will we choose We better hurry, oh hurry, oh hurry, woe now 'Cause we got no time to lose Some people got facts and claims Some peole got pride and shame Some people got the plots and schemes Some people got no aim it seems Na-na-na-na-na We're the survivors; yes, the black survivors Tell you what We're the survivors; yea, the black survivors Yea, we're the survivors like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (survivor) Thrown in the fire but we never get burn So I ithren, I sisthren The preaching and talking is done We've got to live up woe now, woe now 'Cause the father 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 We're the survivors In this age of technological inhumanity (black survivor) Scientific atrocity (survivor) Atomic mis-philosophy (black survivor) Nuclear mis-energy (survivor) It's a world that forces lifelong insecurity (black survivor) Together now Na-na-na-na-na We're the survivors We're the survivors Yes, the black survivors We're the survivors A good man is never honored (survivor) In his own country (black survivor) Nothing change, nothing strange (survivor) Nothing change, nothing change (black survivor) We've got to survive Lord, (survivor) we've got to survive Lord