A man must be strong, to live long Shake the negative vibe, try to stay alive But I never said it would be easy Living in a system that you can't win But by the time you're old and slow Folks hardly wanna say hello But since we've got our pride we'll survive If we believe in the black beauty Shake the negative vibe try to stay alive Wherever you go always remember If you can't be good be careful be joyful Oh we've come a long way and still here Been through all the stress And all the stress and fears But since we've got our pride We'll survive we believe in the black beauty Shake the negative vibe try to stay alive Wherever you go always remember That Jah is on your side try to stay alive Cause by the time you're old and slow The system didn't wanna see you wanna see you Wanna see you nomore, but since we've got our pride We'll survive if we believe in the black beauty Shake the negative vibe try to stay alive My brother move on And stand firm in your struggle Jump another hurdle shed your bruden I might say it's easier said than done Oh but our race our race is a hard one to run But if you've got your pride you'll survive If you believe in your black beauty Shake the negative vibe try to stay alive Ooh and i've got my black beauty inside gonna make me survive...