| Jah Jah please help us to get over
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| This life we live in misery
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| All that I see along my journey, each day
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| My people are brand with poverty
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| So many of them out there starving
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| Searching to find a bite to eat
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| So many of them without shelter, yeah, yeah
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| And some nuh get shoe upon their feet
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| So tell us how long will it take to get over
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| This life we live in misery
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| 'Cause all that we see along the journey
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| My people are brand with poverty, yeah
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| Come on, come on help us get over
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| This life we live in misery, Lord
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| 'Cause all that I see along my journey
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| My poor people are brand with poverty
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| Oh, oh, oh, yeah, Jah Jah
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| Come on and help us get over
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| 'Cause all that we face every day, yeah
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| Is work hard and still get no pay
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| Over and over and over
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| Over and over again
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| Over and over and over
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| The same thing just happens |