Staying Alive

Right ya know how the thing set
Right ya know how the thing set
Yeah
Man a chant life over death
Man a chant life over death
Woo-woo
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
Yeah

I'm staying alive
Nah mek nobody bruk mi vibes
I'm staying alive
Fighting hard, man haffi survive
I'm staying alive
When mi look inna di children eyes
I'm staying alive

Yeah

Man a stay alive, man a stay alive
Nah mek di pressure get I down so easy

Man a stay alive, man a stay alive
Born as a fighter, survivor, believe me
So never lose hope, never lose faith
Man witness many earthquakes
Still never put mi mind inna negative state
'Cause mi know say di Most High great
Hey, yuh nuh be like dem and those
We nuh see say life is more than clothes
We want di sickness come to a close
'Cause we fed up fi see so much wreath and rose

I'm staying alive
Nah mek nobody bruk mi vibes
I'm staying alive
Fighting hard, man haffi survive
I'm staying alive
When mi look inna di children eyes
I'm staying alive

So now a time fi be faithful
And show di Most High say yuh grateful, yeah

Man a lion, we nuh bad bull
Nah stress and go trim off mi damn wool, yeah
Stand up, show dem man a warrior now
Ready fi jump over every barrier now

With di Most High beside me
'Member Rastafari a guide me
Di system here try gettin' yuh out
So careful how yuh put yuh hand in yuh mouth
Under his wings, Jah a guide me
Anything mi want, the Lord will provide me
Yuh see say time redder than red
Every day it get deader than dead
But don't mek it get to yuh head
Don't mek it get to yuh head

I'm staying alive
Nah mek nobody bruk mi vibes
I'm staying alive
Fighting hard, man haffi survive
I'm staying alive
When mi look inna di children eyes
I'm staying alive
I'm staying alive