Had to survive
Living in the light
Have to stay alive
Living in the light

Have to survive
Living in the light

(Hold the beat)
(Stop the beat)
(Drop the beat)

Children of nature
From another culture
Had to survive
Living in the light

Stolen from the center
(Of the world)
Untimely departure
Somehow survived
Living in the light

Had to survive
Living in the light
Have to stay alive
Living in the light
Had to survive
Living in the light

Roots become subculture
Oh, the sound of
The street dub vendor
Knew you had to survive
Living in the light

Beautiful yet scattered
Through it all
Your spirit never shattered
Glad to stay alive
Living in the light (oh)

Had to survive (oh I, I, I)
Living in the light
Have to stay alive
Living in the light

(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Had to survive
(Yes, in a light)
Living in the light
(So bright, had to guide you home)

Have to survive,
Living in the light
(Children of nature)
Have to stay alive
Living in the light
(Living in the light, yes)

Had to survive
(Had to survive)
Living in the light

There's ways we can sometimes
Turn our wrong to right
But some things
We can never change

Things can be so fine
Living in the light
(Hold the beat)
(Stop the beat) oh
(Drop the beat)

To those who know
What I mean
And those who don't
I'll tell you
Follow good feeling through
And let the superficial
Pass you by, oh, yeah

Living in the light, oh
Yeah, yeah, oh

Had to survive
Living in the light
(Children of nature)
Have to stay alive
Living in the light
(Living in the light, yes)

Had to survive
(Had to survive)
Living in the light
(I, I, I) oh

Have to survive (oh I, I, I)
Living in the light (I, I)
Have to stay alive
Living in the light
(Living in the light, yes)

Had to survive
(Had to survive)
Living in the light

(Yeah) had to survive
Living in the light
(Ow) had to stay alive
Living in the light