We Have Survived

You can't choose the river of my soul Whoa-oh-oh You can't tell me to What to do You can't break my bone by Putting me down Whoa-oh-oh Or by taking the things that belong to me 'Cause We have survived The white man's world And the horror and the torment of it all We have survived The white man's world And you know You can't change that All the years has just past me by Whoa-oh-oh I've been hassled by the cop nearly all my life People trying to keep me so blind Whoa-oh-oh But I can see what's going on in my mind 'Cause We have survived The white man's world And the horror and the torment of it all We have survived The white man's world And you know You can't change that You can't choose the river of my soul Whoa-oh-oh You can't tell me to What to do You can't break my bone by Putting me down Whoa-oh-oh Or by taking the things that belong to me 'Cause We have survived The white man's world And the horror and the torment of it all We have survived The white man's world And you know You can't change that