Manifest Destiny - Jamiroquai

Written by Jay Kay and Toby Smith 

Four hundred years or more 
Since you came to crucify 
They were taken far away from home 
There were promises of paradise 
But if they had been told that day 
They would be told that this way 
To satisfy the souls of chosen man 
See I had to look carefully 
At the shame of my ancestry 
To redefine the storyline again 

If I was taken for a day 
And shown another day 
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 
Oh, superiority was clearly meant to be 
So destiny will manifest in time 

So where has all the love 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 hipocrisy 
The shame of my ancestry 
Forever strained in blood in which you tread 
(repeat chorus)