A firm hand and honesty
Holy water and baptism
Be a man, it's an honor
Be an image of your people
Don't give in, don't give up your own
Don't be someone else's, damn it
Because whoever lives life this way
Comes before God proud
Wherever life takes you
You must always know who you are, hey
Genes, genes of stone
Fire burns inside of me
Genes, genes of stone
This is the way we're born
Genes, genes of stone
Fire burns inside of me
Genes, genes of stone
This is the way we're born
Take it or leave it
'45 was a bad year
Scattered us around the world
And now new bloodlines grow
The swallows have return home
Blue of blood, white of face
New children are born
On stone as on silk
Where we have always been
Wherever life takes you
You must always know who you are, hey