RESILIENT RACE Resilient Race We are a people of many shades My great grandmother, mother, mother was a maid Things what she made and still forgave The milk from her breasts fed both slave master and slave. Foolish mistake Babylon accidentally refined our master race Bred the biggest and the strongest Foolish mistake We only held our culture stronger ina de ghetto whe' them isolate, us from our place, African race We carry the burden, grow food, dark rooms, old schools, resilient in many ways. I man obey, Jah lead and I man obey They call us disproportionately evil, what about disproportionately great?! They call us disproportionately criminal but what about disproportionately great?! Anything upon the plate we blessed and we innovate. Jah keep I safe Resilient race Tears of pride run down my face My people make They're at the 50 meter line starting the 100 meter race. And we still come first place Jah keep I safe, I man know just what you made but Jah keep I safe. We carry the burden, grow food, hosed too, resilient in many ways, Jah keep I safe Jah keep I safe Babylon accidentally refined our master race They bred the biggest and the strongest what a foolish mistake, what a foolish mistake... The ancient warrior is professional ballplayer today He just don't know his economic power upon the world stage. He's king on world stage We carried the burden, whole crew... Resilient Race. ...