Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Old War Chant , by - Damian Marley. Song from the album Mr. Marley, in the genre РеггиRelease date: 31.12.2006
Record label: Tuff Gong
Song language: English
Old War Chant |
| Down in a the ghetto is like old Vietnam |
| Gun shot a bust with grenade and bomb |
| First fi survive a fi iron lion |
| Learn fi trod through great tribulation |
| Learn to survive off the plantation |
| Plant up potatoes wi plant up yam |
| Turn over soil cause food have fi nyam |
| Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch |
| Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence |
| Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence |
| And if mi catch him a shhhh silence |
| Now mi do di guzumbah the Old War Chant |
| Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want |
| Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn |
| Dead man don’t tell tale and that done gone |
| Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan |
| Wey dem a go do when the real war start |
| Can’t find solution who play the part |
| Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off |
| You use to brag how you kill and laugh |
| How you wicked and a rip out men heart |
| Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf |
| Well I Jr. Gong a show you say you soft |
| Now Jr. Gong no matter if you brawd or you big |
| We naw show respect if you don’t love how you live |
| Everyday you get up you tek on, you naw give |
| Big up Raggamuffin you respect, him solid |
| Back to the issue wey wi di a deal wid |
| Down in a Jamaica is like old Vietnam |
| Print a di eyes put a destruction |
| For the simplest thing man a bram bram bram |
| Man a live them whole life in a police station |
| Man a sentence fi hang and don’t do a wrong |
| We plant sensimillia and we plant up we yam |
| And wi turn over soil for food have fi nyam |
| Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch |
| Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence |
| Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence |
| And if mi catch him a shhhh silence |
| Now mi do di guzumbah the Old War Chant |
| Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want |
| Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn |
| Dead man don’t tell tale and that done gone |
| Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan |
| Now really true I and I positive |
| Taking up a matter getting inquisitive |
| A blind man can see the type of life man a live |
| Yo Raggamuffin you is like a college |
| Back to the issue wey mi a deal wid |
| Down in a the ghetto is like old Vietnam |
| Gun shot a ring with grenade and bomb |
| First wi survive you have to be a marksman |
| Learn to bus shot a shot gun out a hand |
| Learn to survive off the plantation |
| Plant up potato wi plant up yam |
| Turn over soil for food have fi nyam |
| Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch |
| Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence |
| Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence |
| And if mi catch him a shhhh silence |
| Now mi do di guzumbah the Old War Chant |
| Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want |
| Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn |
| Dead man don’t tell tale and that done gone |
| Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan |
| Wey dem a go do when the real war start |
| Can’t find solution who play the part |
| Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off |
| You use to brag how you kill and laugh |
| How you wicked and a rip out men heart |
| Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf |
| I Jr. Gong a show you say you soft |
| Now down inna di ghetto wey the poor people live |
| Due to sufferation some of dem think negative |
| Give thanks and praises to the life Jah Jah give |
| The elder done tell you small people get big anyway |
| Back to the issue wey mi di a deal wid |