Manifest Destiny

Jamiroquai

it was four hundred years or more - Since you came to crucify They were taken far from home - There were promises of paradise But if they had been told that day - They would be sold this way To satisfy the souls of chosen men - See I had to look carefully At the shame of my ancestry - To re-define the story line again. If I was taken for a day - And shown another way Every child can learn a different thing - See I tried a million times But I had to change my mind - Sadness was the best thing I could bring On the inside he was dead and this is what he said As he took away the blue above the clouds Superiority was clearly meant to be - So destiny will manifest in time. So where has the love all gone A troubled trail of tears will tell the tale Of how I was put down where I don't belong Woman, Child and man for sale - For ethical slavery is just an absurdity How can you be alive when you are dead With these chains of hypocrisy - The shame of my ancestry Forever stained by blood in which you tread. Repeat chorus