Why must all the people keep on shooting and robbing
Why? Why must must all the people keep on killing and fighting
No, not I
I and I will would never try
No, not I
I and I would never try
And why must the rich man keep on hoarding all his money
And why must the this poor man, my living ain't very funny
No, not I
I and I would never try
No not I
I and I would never try, try to live that way
And what did Jah show them
I and I survive
They tried to stop this nation
But I and I survive
To chant down creation, I and I survive
And once again a nation