There She Goes    Back to Index

There she goes with the pieces from my heart
There she goes and now my teardrops start
And `ere I go once again
Tru deese loonely `eartaches and pain
That`s all remain all remain Now I know love is a guessin` game
She goes with the pieces from my heart
There she goes and now my teardrops start
Who`s gonna put back the pieces to my broken heart
Once again once again now I know this could be the end
And she gone with the pieces of my heart
There she goes and now my teardrops start
And here I go once again
Tru deese loonely `eartaches and pains
That`s all remain
Now I know this could be the end
She goes wid de pieces from my `eart
There she goes and now my teardrops start

One Love      Back to Index

One Love, One Heart
Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One Love)
Hear the children crying (One Heart)
Sayin' give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Sayin' let's get together and feel all right

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One Love)
There is one question I'd really like to ask (One Heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me

One Love, One Heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One Love)
So shall it be in the end (One Heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
One more thing

Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One Love)
So when the Man comes there will be no no doom (One Song)
Have pity on those whose chances grove thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation

Sayin' One Love, One Heart
Let's get together and feel all right
I'm pleading to mankind (One Love)
Oh Lord (One Heart)

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right

Stand Alone      Back to Index

There you are crying again
But your loveliness won't cover your shame
There you are taking true love
While you're taking true love
You're given the blame
How could I be so wrong
To think that we could get along
Days I wasted with you, child
If I count there'll be a million or two
Now I stand alone through the memory that haunts me, that haunts me
And I walk alone through the rhapsody that taunts me, that taunts me
There you are crying again
But your loveliness won't cover your shame
There you are taking true love
While you're taking true love
You're given the blame
How could I be so wrong
To think that we could get along
Days I wasted with you, child
If I count there'll be a million or two
Now I stand alone through the memory that haunts me, that haunts me
And I walk alone through the rhapsody that taunts me, that taunts me
There you are crying again But your loveliness won't cover your shame
There you are taking true love
While you're taking true love
You're given the blame

Stir It Up      Back to Index

Stir it up little darling, stir it up
Come on baby come on and stir it up little darling, stir it up
It's been a long long time since I've got you on my mind
And now you are here I say it's so clear
To see what we can do, honey, just me and you

Come on and stir it up, little darling, stir it up
Come on baby come on and stir it up little darling, stir it up
I'll push the wood, I'll blaze your fire
Then I'll satisfy your heart's desire
Said I'll stir it up, yeah, ev'ry minute, yeah
All you got to do is keep it in, baby
And stir it up, little darling, stir it up
Come on and stir it up, oh, little darling, stir it up, yeah

Oh, will you quench me while I'm thirsty?
Come and cool me down when I'm hot?
Your recipe, darling, is so tasty
And you sure can stir your pot
So stir it up, little darling, stir it up
Come on and stir it up, oh, little darling, stir it up
Come on and stir it up, oh, little darling, stir it up

No Woman No Cry      Back to Index

No woman no cry
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
Cause I remember when we used to sit
In a government yard in Trenchtown
Observing the hypocrites
Mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have, Oh, good friends we have lost
Along the way
In this great future,
You can't forget your past
So dry your tears, I seh

No woman no cry
No woman no cry
Little darling, don't shed no tears
No woman no cry
Said I remember when we use to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire lights I seh,
log would burnin' through the nights
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which i'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
And so i've got to push on thru, Oh, while i'm gone
Everything 's gonna be alright
Everything 's gonna be alright
No woman no cry
No woman no cry
I seh little darlin'
Don't shed no tears
No woman no cry.

So Jah Seh     Back to Index

So jah seh,
Not one of my seeds,
Shall sit in the sidewalk
And beg bread.
(no they can't and you know that they won't)
So jah seh,
Not one of my seeds,
Shall sit in the sidewalk
And beg your bread.
(no they can't and you know that they won't)
And verily, verily,
I'm singing unto thee
Inite oneself and love imanity
Cause puss and dog get together
What's wrong with loving one another
Cause puss and dog they get together
What's wrong with you my brother
So jah seh
Ye are the sheep of my pasture
So verily, thou shall be very well
So jah seh
Ye are the sheep of my pasture
So verily, thou shall be very well
So jah seh And down here in the ghetto
And down here we suffer
I and I a hang on in there
And I and I, I naw leggo
I and I a hang on in there
And I and I, I naw leggo
For so jah seh
I'm going to prepare a place
That where I am thou shall abide
So jah seh
Fear not for mighty dread
Cause I'll be there at your side
And down there, down there in the ghetto
And down there, we suffer
But I and hang on in there
And I and I, I naw leggo
So jah seh

Positive Vibration      Back to Index

Live if you want to live
Rastaman vibration yeah! Positive
I and I vibration yeah! Positive
I a man iration yeah! Irie ites
Positive vibration yeah! Positive

If you get down and quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devil, I say
Why not help one another on the way
Make it much easier

Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
Cause it's a new day
New time, new feeling yeah!
Say it's a new sign
Oh what a new day

Picking up,
Are you picking up now
JAH love, JAH love protect us (repeat)

Rastaman vibration yeah! Positive
I and I vibration yeah! Positive
I a man iration yeah! Irie ites
Vibes, got to have a good vibe
Picking up,
Are you picking up now (repeat)

Roots, Rock, Reggae    Back to Index

Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat)
Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music (repeat)

Hey Mister Music, sure sounds good to me
I can't refuse it, what to be got to be
Feel like dancing, dance cause we are free
Feel like dancing, come dance with me

Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music (repeat)
Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat)

Play I on the R&B, want all my people to see
We bubbling on the Top 100, just like a mighty dread
(repeat)

Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music (repeat)
Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat)

Johnny Was    Back to Index

Woman hold her head and cry
Cause her son had been
Shot down in the street
And died
From a stray bullet

Woman hold her head and cry
Explaining to her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry
Wondering how can she work it out,
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death
Gift of JAH is life
She cried...
Johnny was a goodman
Never did a thing wrong
(repeat)

Woman hold her head and cry
Cause her son had been
Shot down in the street
And died Just because of the system

Woman hold her head and cry
Comforting her was a passerby
She complained, then she cry
Johnny was a goodman
Never did a thing wrong
(repeat)

Can a woman tender care
She cried...
Cease towards the child she bear
(repeat)

Cry To Me     Back to Index

Cry to me Cry to me yeah!
You're gonna walk back through the heartaches
You're gonna walk back through the pain
You're gonna shed those lonely teardrops
The reaction of your cheating game

You've got to cry to me yeah!
You've got to cry to me now
Lord knows how I get from the heartaches
Lord that leadeth me yeah!
And now I'm by the still water

You've got to cry to me yeah!
Cry to me now
You've got to cry to me yeah!
You're gonna spend those lonely hours

You're gonna shed those lonely tears
Walk back through the heartaches
Walk back through the pain
Shed those lonely teardrops
Reaction of your cheating game

Want More      Back to Index

Now you get, what you want
Do you want more
(repeat)

You think it's the end
But it's just the beginning
(repeat)
Go down back-biter, down back-bite, down back-biter
(repeat)
They stab you in the back
And they claim you're not looking
But JAH have them in the region
In the valley of decision In the valley of decision

Go down back-biter, down back-bite, down back-biter
(repeat)

Now you get, want you more
Do you want more
(repeat)
You think it's the end
Do you want more

Crazy Baldhead      Back to Index

Them crazy, them crazy
We gonna chase those crazy
Baldheads out of town
Chase those crazy baldheads
Out of town

I and I build a cabin
I and I plant the corn
Didn't my people before me Slave for this country
Now you look me with a scorn
Then you eat up all my corn

We gonna chase those crazy baldheads
Chase them crazy
Chase those crazy baldheads out of town

Build your penitentiary, we build your schools
Brainwash education to make us the fools
Hate is your reward for our love
Telling us of your God above

We gonna chase those crazy
Chase those crazy bunkheads
Chase those crazy baldheads out of town

Here comes the conman
Coming with his con plan
We won't take no bribe, we got stay alive

We gonna chase those crazy
Chase those crazy baldheads
Chase those crazy baldheads out of town

Who The Cap Fit      Back to Index

Man to man is so unjust, children
You don't know who to trust
Your worst enemy could be your best friend
And your best friend your worst enemy

Some will eat and drink with you
Then behind them su-su 'pon you
Only your friend know your secrets
So only he could reveal it
And who the cap fit, let them wear it
(repeat)
Said I throw me corn, me no call no fowl
I saying, "Cok-cok-cok, cluck-cluck-cluck"

Some will hate you, pretend they love you now
Then behind they try to eliminate you
But who JAH bless, no one curse
Thank God we're past the worse

Hypocrites and parasites
Will come up and take a bite
And if your night should turn to day
A lot of people would run away
And who the cap fit let them wear it
(repeat)

And then a gonna throw me corn
And then a gonna call no fowl
And then a gonna "Cok-cok-cok, cluck-cluck-cluck"

Some will eat and drink with you
And then behind them su-su 'pon you
And if your night should turn to day
A lot of people will run away
Who the cap fit, let them wear it
(repeat)
Throw me corn, me no call no fowl
I saying "Cok-cok-cok, cluck-cluck-cluck"

Night Shift      Back to Index

The sun shall not smite I by day,
Nor the moon by night
And everything that I do
Shall be upfull and right
And if it's all night It got to be alright
(repeat)

Your Mamma won't lose this one
You're the lucky one, under the sun
If you make me move
Then you know you got the groove
All night, it's alrigth
All night yeah! It's alright

Working on the forklift,
In the night shift
Working on the night shift,
With the forklift,
from A.M. to P.M.
Working on a night shift yeah!
Well if it's all night

Warehouse, you're empty yeah!
Right around the corner
Bring your goods
Go around the other corner
Bring your suitcases
By the sweat of my brow
Eat your bread
(repeat)

All night, alright (repeat)

War      Back to Index

What life has taught me
I would like to share with
Those who want to learn...

Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war,
me say war

That until there are no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war

That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all,
without regard to race
Dis a war

That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be persued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war,
war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,
South Africa sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed
Well, everywhere is war,
me say war

War in the east,
war in the west
War up north,
war down south
War, war,rumours of war

And until that day, the African continent
Will not know peace, we Africans will fight
We find it necessary and we know we shall win
As we are confident in the victory

Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil
Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil

Back to Index

SPEECH BY H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I, KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS, THE CONQUERING LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, CALIFORNIA 28TH FEBRUARY 1968.

History:

Last May, in Addis Ababa there was convened a meeting of Heads of African States and Governments. In three days, the thirty-two nations represented at that Conference demonstrated to the world that when the will and the determination exist, nations and peoples of diverse backgrounds can and will work together in unity for the achievement of common goals and the assurance of that equality and brotherhood which we desire.

Although our position vis-a-vis the power-blocs is identified with the policy of non-alignment, our past history testifies to the fact that we have always endeavored to cooperate with all nations, without exception. Thus, one of the fundamental principles we have agreed upon at the Addis Ababa Summit Conference gives expression to our fundamental desire to live in harmony and cooperation with all States.

On the question of racial discrimination, the Addis Ababa Conference taught, to those who will learn, this further lesson :

that until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; that until there are no longer any first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; that until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; that until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all, without regard to race -- until that day, the dreams of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained. And also, that until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding, tolerance and good-will; until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men as they are in Heaven -- until that day the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil.

The United Nations has done much, both directly and indirectly, to speed the disappearance of discrimination and oppression from the earth. Without the opportunity to focus world opinion on Africa and Asia which this Organization provides, the goal might, for many, still lie ahead, and the struggle would have taken far longer. For this we are truly grateful.

H.I.M. Haile Selassie I 18th Season of the General Assembly of the United Nations, October 4, 1963

Rat Race     Back to Index

Ah!
Ya too rude
Oh what a rat race
Oh what a rat race
This is the rat race

Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket
Oh what a rat race, rat race

Some a gorgan, some a hooligan, some a guine-gog
In this rat race, yeah!
Rat race
I'm singing
When the cats away
The mice will play
Political voilence fill ya city
Yea-ah!
Don't involve Rasta in your say say
Rasta don't work for no C.I.A.
Rat race, rat race, rat race
When you think is peace and safety
A sudden destruction
Collective security for surety Yeah!

Don't forget your history
Know your destiny In the abundance of water
The fool is thirsty
Rat race, rat race, rat race

Oh it's a disgrace to see the
Human-race in a rat race, rat race
You got the horse race
You got the dog race
You got the human-race
But this is a rat race, rat race

The Heathen       Back to Index

Rise up fallen fighters
Rise and take your stance again.
'Cause he who fight and run away
Live to fight another day.

Chorous
(The heathen back dey pon de wall)

As a man sow, shall he reap
And I know that talk is cheap.
So the hotter the battle Is the sweeter the victory.

Chorous

Rise up freedom fighters
Rise and take your stance again.
'Cause he who fight and run away
Live to fight another day.

Chorous

Jamming       Back to Index

We're jamming
I wanna jam it with you,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope you like jamming too

Ain't no rules, ain't no vow, we can do it anyhow
I and I will see you through,
'Cos every day we pay the price with a little sacrifice
Jamming till the jam is through.

We're jamming
To think that jamming was a thing of the past,
We're jamming, jamming
And I hope this jam is gonna last

No bullet can stop us now, we neither beg nor will we bow
Neither can be bought or sold.
We all defend the right, JAH JAH children must unite
Your life is worth much more than gold.

We're jamming, jamming
We're jamming in the name of the Lord
We're jamming, jamming
We're jamming right straight from JAH

Holy mount Zion
Holy mount Zion JAH sitteth in Mount Zion
And rules all Creation

Yeah, we're jamming,
jamming
I wanna jam it with you
We're jamming, jamming
I'm jammed,
I hope you're jamming too

Jam's about my pride and truth I cannot hide
Too Keep you satisfied.
True love that now exist is the love I can't resist
So jam by my side.

Natural Mystic     Back to Index

There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
If you listen carefully now you will hear
This could be the first trumpet
Might as well be last
Many more will have to suffer
Many more will have to die
Don't ask me why
Things are not the way they used to be I won't tell no lie
One and all got to face reality now

Though I try to find the answer
To all the questions they ask
Though I know it's impossible
To go living through the past
Don't tell no lie
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
Can't keep them down
If you listen carefully now you will hear
Such a natural mystic
Blowing through the air

This could be the first trumpet
Might as well be last
Many more will have to suffer
Many more will have to die
Don't ask me why
There's a natural mystic blowing through the air
I won't tell no lie If you listen carefully now, you will hear

Turn Your Lights Down Low      Back to Index

Turn your lights down low
And pull your window curtains
Oh let Jah moon come shining in
Into our life again
Sayin' oh it's been a long long long long time
I kept this message for you girl
But it seems I was never on time
Still I wanna get through to you girl
On time I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good good loving
Oh I oh I oh I
I want to give you some good good loving
Turn your lights down low
Never try to resist oh no
Oh let my love come tumbling in
Into our life again
Saying oh I love you
And I want you to know right now
Oh I love you
And I want you to know right now
Cause I, that I
I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good good lovin
I want to give you some love
I want to give you some good good lovin
Turn your lights down low
Never try to resist oh no
Oh let my love come tumbling in
Into our life again

Easy Skanking       Back to Index

Easy skanking, skanking it easy
Easy skanking, skanking it slow
(repeat)

Excuse me while I light my spliff
Good GOD
I gotta take a lift
From reality I just can't drift
That's why I am staying with this riff

Take it easy, easy skanking
(repeat)
Got to take it easy, easy skanking
You see we're taking it easy
We taking it slow, taking it easy
Got to take it slow, so take it easy
Easy skanking, easy skanking
Oh take it easy, easy skanking

Excuse me while I light my spliff
Oh GOD
I gotta take a lift
From reality I just can't drift
That's why I am staying with this riff

Take it easy, taking it easy
Got to take it easy, taking it slow
Take it easy, taking it easy
Skanky take it easy, taking it slow

Tell you what herb for my wine
Honey for my strong drink
Herb for my wine, honey for my strong drink

I'll take it easy, taking it easy
Take it easy, skanking it slow
Take it easy, taking it easy
Take it easy, skanking it slow

Kaya      Back to Index

Wake up and turn I loose,
Wake up and turn I loose
For the rain is falling

Got to have kaya now, got to have kaya now
Got to have kaya now, for the rain is falling

I feel so high, I even touch the sky
Above the falling rain
T feel so good in my neighbour-hood
So here I come again

I got to have kaya now, got to have kaya now
I got to have kaya now, for the rain is falling

I feel so high, I even touch the sky
Above the falling rain
I feel so good in my neighbourhood
So here I come again

I got to have kaya now, got to have kaya now
I got to have kaya now, for the rain is falling

Get up and turn I loose
Wake up and tum
I loose Wake up and tum
I loose, for the rain is falling
Well kayaman, kaya, kaya

Is This Love      Back to Index

I wanna love you, and treat you right
I wanna love you, every day and every night
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads
We'll share the shelter, of my single bed
We'll share the same room,
JAH provide the bread

Is this love, is this love, is this love
Is this love that I am feeling
(repeat)
I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know now
I got to know, got to know, got to know now

I'm willing and able
So I throw my cards on your table
I wanna love you and treat you right

I wanna love you, every day and every night
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads
We'll share the shelter, of my single bed
We'll share the same room,
JAH provide the bread

Is this love, is this love, is this love
Is this love that I am feeling
(repeat)
Oh yes I know, yes I know, yes I know now
(repeat)

I'm willing and able
So I throw my cards on your table
See I wanna love you, I wanna love and treat
You right, I wanna love you, every day and every night
We'll be together, with a roof right over our heads
We'll share the shelter, of my single bed
We'll share the same room,
JAH provide the bread

Sun Is Shining     Back to Index

Sun is shining, the weather is sweet
Make you want to move your dancing feet
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know ya, where I stand

(Monday morning) here I am
Want you to know just if you can
(Tuesday evening) where I stand
(Wednesday morning) tell myself a new day is rising
(Thursday evening) get on the rise a new day is dawning
(Friday morning) here I am
(Saturday evening) want you to know just
Want you to know just where I stand

When the morning gathers the rainbow
Want you to know I'm a rainbow too
So, to the rescue here I am
Want you to know just if you can
Where I stand, know, know, know, know, know

We'll lift our heads and give JAH praises
We'll lift our heads and give JAH praises, yeah

Sun is shining, the weather is sweet now
Make you want to move your dancing feet
To the rescue, here I am
Want you to know just if you can
Where I stand, know, know, know, where I stand

Monday morning, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop
Tuesday evening, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop
Wednesday morning, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop
Thursday evening, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop
Friday morning, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop
Saturday evening, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop

So to the rescue, to the rescue, to the rescue
Awake from your sleep and slumber
Today could be your lucky number
Sun is shining and the weather is sweet

Satisfy My Soul         Back to Index

Oh! please don't you rock my boat
Cause I don't want my boat to be rocking
Don't rock my boat
(repeat)

I'm telling you that, oh, whooh-whooh
I like it, like this, I like it like this
And you should know, you should know by now
I like it, I like it like this, I like it like this
Yeah! you satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
You satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
Every little action, there is a reaction
Oh can't you see, what you have done for me
I am happy inside, all, all of the time

When we bend a new corner
I feel like a sweep-stake winner
When I meet you around the corner
You make me feel like, a sweep-stake winner
Whoa child, can't you see, you must believe me
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling
Can't you see, why won't you believe me
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling

When I meet you around the corner
Oh I said baby, never let me be a loner
And then you hold me tight, you make me feel alright
Yes when you hold me tight, you made me feel alright

Whoa honey can't you see, don't you believe me
Oh, darling, darling, I'm calling, calling
Can't you see, why won't you believe me
Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling

Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
That's all I want from you, that's all I'll take from you
Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul

She's Gone      Back to Index

My woman is gone, my woman is gone

She had left me a note, hanging on my door
She say she couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more
The pressure around me, just couldn't see
She felt like a prisoner, who needs to be free
Fools have tried, wisemen have failed
Oh listen to me honey, life could never be another jail
Still we know now, we'll never see smoke without fire
And everyone you see, has a heart desire

She's gone, she's gone, she's gone she's gone
Oh mocking bird have you ever heard,
Words that I never heard
(repeat)

She made thru the exit, she just couldn't take it
She made thru the exit, she just couldn't make it
Oh my children, if you see my crying
My woman is gone
If you see me, if you see me, if you see me, if you see me crying
(repeat)

She's gone, she's gone, she's gone yeah!
Oh mocking bird have you ever heard
Words that I never heard
(repeat)
She's gone, she's gone, she's gone

Misty Morning      Back to Index

Misty morning, don't see no sun
I know you're out there somewhere, having fun
There is one mystery, I just can't express
To give your more, to receive you less
One of my good friend said, in a reggae rhythm,
Don't jump in the water, if you can't swim
The power of philosophy, floats thru my head
You're light like a feather Light like a feather, heavy as lead

The time has come,
I want you I want you to straighten out my tomorrow
I want, I want, I want I want you to straighten out my tomorrow

Misty morning, don't see no sun
Know you're out there somewhere, having fun Mysteries,
I just can't express
How could you ever give more, to receive your less
Like my good friend said in a reggae rhythm
You can't jump in the water, if gou can't swim

I want you, I want you to straighten out my today
My tomorrow, I want you to straighten out my tomorrow

On a misty morning, I want you to shaighten out my
Tomorrow, I want you to straighten out my tomorrow

Crisis      Back to Index

They say the sun, shines for all
But in some people world, it never shine at all
They say love is a stream, that will find its course
Some people think life is a dream
So they making matters worse

But no matter what the crisis is
(repeat)
Doing it, doing it, doing your thing
Give JAH all the thanks and praises
Giving it, giving it, giving it
Give JAH all the thanks and praises

So much have been said, so little been done
They still killing, killing the people
And they having, having, having lots of fun
Killing the people, having their fun
They just want to be the leader
In the house of the rising sun

But no matter what the crisis is
(repeat)
Do your, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and praises
Live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and praises

They say the sun, shines for all
But in some people's world, it never shines at all
They say love is a stream, that will
Find its course, and every river runs to sea
Some people still think life is a drearn
So they making matters worse

No matter what the crisis is
(repeat)
Do it, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and prsises
Live it up, live it up, live it up, live it up
Give JAH all the thanks and praises
(repeat)
His mercies endureth for ever yeah
Give JAH all the thanks and praises
Oh children, come on and give JAH
Give JAH all the thanks and praises
(repeat)

Running Away       Back to Index

You running and you running
And you running away
(repeat)

You running and you running
But you can't run away from yourself
Can't runaway from yourself,
Can't runaway from yourself,
Can't runaway from yourself
(repeat)

You must have done, Something wrong (repeat)
Why you can't find the Place where you belong
Running away, running away,
Running away (repeat)

Every man thinketh his
Burden is the heaviest (repeat)
But who feels it knows it Lord
Who feels it knows it Lord,
Who feels it knows it Lord

You running and you running
And you running away (repeat)

You running and you running
But you can't runaway from yourself,
Could you runaway from yourself,
Can you runaway from yourself
Can't runaway from yourself,
Can't runaway from yourself

You must have done, something,
Something, something something,
Something, you don't want nobody to
Know about, you must have ...
Lord. Something wrong you must have done,
You must have done, something wrong
Why you can't find where you belong

Well, well, well, you running away,
Running away, no, no, no,
I'm not running away, don't say that
Don't say that, cause
I'm not running away I've got to protect my life,
And I don't want to live with no strife
It is better to live on the house top
Than to live in a house full of confusion
So, I made my decision and I left you
Now you coming to tell me
That I'm running away
But it's not true, I am not running away

Time Will Tell       Back to Index

JAH would never give the power to a baldhead
Run come crucify the dread

Time alone, oh! time will tell
Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell
Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell (repeat)
Time alone, oh! time will tell
You think you're in heaven, but you living in hell

Back them up, oh not the brothers,
But the ones, who set them up

Time alone, oh! time will tell
Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell
Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell (repeat)
Time alone, oh! time will tell
You think you're in heaven, but you living in hell

Oh children weep no more
Oh my sycamore tree, saw the freedom tree
Oh children weep no more
Weep no more, children weep no more

JAH would never give the power to a baldhead
Run come crucify the dread

Time alone, oh! time will tell
Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell
Think you're in heaven, but you living in hell (repeat)
Time alone, oh! time will tell
You think you're in heaven, but you living in hell

Coming In From The Cold     Back to Index

Coming in from the cold
In this life, in this life, in this life
In this oh sweet life
We're coming in from the cold
We're coming in, coming in, coming in
Coming in from the cold

It's you, it's you, it's you i'm talking to
Well you, it's you, it's you It's you i'm talking to now
Why do you look so sad and forsaken
When one door is closed
Don't you know another is open

Would you let the system
Make you kill your brotherman
No dread no
Would you make the system
Make you kill your brotherman
No dread no
Would you make the system
Get on top of your head again
No dread no
Well the biggest man you ever
Did see was just a baby

In this life, in this life
In this oh sweet life
We're coming in from the cold
We're coming in, coming in, coming in
We're coming in from the cold
It's life, it's life, it's life
Coming from the cold
We're coming in, coming in, coming in
Coming in from the cold

It's you, it's you, it's you i'm talking to
Well you, it's you, it's you
It's you i'm talking to now
Why do you look so sad and forsaken
Don't you know
When one door is closed
Don't you know many more is open

Would you let the system
No dread no
Would you let the system
Get on top of your head
No dread no
Would you let the system
Make you kill your brotherman
No dread no
The biggest man you ever
Did see was once a baby

In this life, in this life, in this life
In this oh sweet life
We're coming in from the cold
We're coming in, coming in, coming in
Coming in from the cold
We're coming in, coming in, coming in

Real Situation         Back to Index

Check out the real situation
Nation war against nation
Where did it all begin, when will it end
Well it seems like the total destruction
The only solution And there ain't no use
No one can stop them now
Ain't no use nobody can stop them now

Give them an inch they take a yard
Give them a yard they take a mile
Once a man and twice a child
And everything is just for a while
It seems like total destruction
The only solution And there ain't no use
No one can stop them now
Ain't no use no one can stop them now
Ain't no use no one can stop them now
Ain't no use no one can stop them now

Check in the real situation
Check it out, check it out
Nation fight against nation
Where did it all begin, where will it end
Well it seems like the total destruction
The only solution
No use can't stop them
Ain't no use can't stop them
Ain't no use no one can't stop them now
Can't stop them now
Ain't no use no one can't stop them now
Ain't no use you even try
Ain't no use got to say bye bye
Ain't no use no one can stop them now
No one can stop them now

Bad Card      Back to Index

You a go tired fe see me face
Can't get me out of the race
Oh man you said i'm in your place
And then you draw bad card
A make you draw bad card
And then you draw bad card

Propaganda spreading over my name
Say you want to bring another life to shame
Oh man you just a playing game
And then you draw bad card, draw bad card
A make you draw bad card, draw bad card
A make you draw bad card

I want to disturb my neighbour
Cause i'm feeling so right
I want to turn up my disco
Blow them to full watts tonight
In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style
In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style

Cause we guarding the palace so majestic
Cause we guarding the palace so realistic
Them a go tired to see we face, oh yeah
Me say them can't get we out of the race
Oh man it's just a big disgrace

The way you draw bad card, draw bad card
The way you make wrong moves, make wrong moves
The way you draw bad card, draw bad card
A make you draw bad card, draw bad card
A make you draw bad card
In a rub-a-dub style, in a rub-a-dub style

We And Them      Back to Index

We no know how we and them
A go work this out
We no know how we and them
A go work it out

But someone will have to pay
For the innocent blood
That they shed every day
Oh children mark my word
It's what the bible say yeah! yeah!

We no know how we and them
A go work this out
We no know how we and them
A go work it out

But in the beginning jah created everything
Giving man dominion over all things
But now it's to late, you see men have lost their faith
Eating up all the flesh from off the earth

We no know how we and them
A go work this out
We no know how we and them
A go work it out

We no know how we and them
A go work it out
Them a flesh and bone
We no know how we and them
A go work it out

But we now have no friends in a high society
We no have no friends, oh mark my identity
We no have no friends

We no know how we and them
A go work this out
We no know how we and them
A go work it out
We no know how we and them
A go work this out
We no know how we and them
A go work it out

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