How can you be sitting there Telling me that you care That you care When everytime I look around The people suffer in suffering In everyway. In everywhere
Na-na-na-na-na We're the survivors; yes, the black survival
I tell you what Some people got everything Some poeple 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 survival Yes we're the survivors like Daniel out of the lions' den, survivors, survivors
So my brethren, my sisthren Which way will we choose We better 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 survival We're the survivors; yes, the black survival We're the survivors like shadrach, meshach and abednego Thrown in the fire but never get burn
So my brethren, my sisthren The preaching and talking is done We gotta live up woe now, woe 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 We're the survivors; a black survival In this age of technological inhumanity We're the survivors black survival Scientific atrocity, we're the survivors Atomic mis-philosophy, we're the survivors Nuclear mis-energy It's a world that forces lifelong insecurity All together now we're the survivors Yes, the black survival A good man is never honoured in his own country, black survival Nothing change, nothing strange Nothing change, nothing strange We got to survive, we've got to survive But to live as one equal in the eyes of the almighty