Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Put Down The Gun , by - Macka B. Song from the album Hold On To Your Culture, in the genre РеггиRelease date: 24.01.2005
Record label: Ariwa Sounds
Song language: English
Put Down The Gun |
| If life is for livin' |
| (: Ooh, Jah-Jah) |
| Dem why a man a kill so? |
| Macka B and Horace Andy want to know |
| (Make it come quick) |
| Too much mama inna sorrow |
| Dem son no see tomorrow |
| (: Oh, oh, oh, Jah-Jah) |
| Ho |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a kill so? |
| (Kill so) |
| I would like to know |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a die so? |
| (Die so) |
| Seh you nuh know |
| When yuh time a go come |
| So you fi put down di gun |
| 'Cau' one day you a' go' meet |
| Your maker |
| You know it not right |
| To take another one’s life |
| Mi bawl, what you a-go say |
| To di Faddah? |
| As mi talk another one get kill |
| Another lickle youth man skin get drill |
| Too much skull a-bore |
| And too much blood spill |
| Seh man wi a-kill you |
| For your twenty dollar bill |
| Chill! |
| Too much bullets a-fly |
| spectators |
| They can’t be found |
| Them gone missin' |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a kill so? |
| (Kill so) |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a die so? |
| (Die so) |
| Seh you nuh know |
| When yuh time a go come |
| So you fi put down di gun |
| 'Cau' one day you a' go' meet |
| Your maker |
| You know it not right |
| To take another one’s life |
| Mi bawl, what you a-go say |
| To di Faddah? |
| Dey still a-make di barrel |
| And dey still a-make di bullet |
| Dey still a-make di trigga |
| And di man dem a-pull it |
| Dey still a-make di |
| And di automatic |
| Dey still a-make di Glock |
| With the red light 'pon it |
| Dey still a-make di detonator |
| Still a-make di bomb |
| Dey still a-make di gun |
| And di ammunition |
| Dey still a-make di money |
| From sellin' weapon |
| A just blood, blood, bloody money |
| Der pon dem hand |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a kill so? |
| (Kill so) |
| Only Selassie know |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a die so? |
| (Die so) |
| Hear me now |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a kill so? |
| (Kill so) |
| I would like to know |
| If life is for livin' |
| Then why a man a die so? |
| (Die so) |
| Seh you nuh know |
| When yuh time a go come |
| So you fi put down di gun |
| 'Cau' one day you a' go' meet |
| Your maker |
| You know it not right |
| To take another one’s life |
| Mi bawl, what you a-go say |
| To di Faddah? |
| You all right now |
| But a-what about later? |
| What about di time |
| To meet the Creator? |
| You woulda feel safer |
| 'A face Terminator |
| Yuh never do Jah work |
| So you feel like a traitor |
| Cyaan chat to God 'bout |
| How much man yuh murder |
| Selassie tell yuh stop, bwoy |
| Nuh better go no further |
| You knock di wrong door |
| You phone di wrong number |
| You shoulda take a left, then a right |
| Then go down the escalator |
| Yuh get lost yuh follow Hitler |
| Yuh time a go come |
| So you fi put down di gun |
| 'Cau' one day you a' go' meet |
| Your maker |
| You know it not right |
| To take another one’s life |
| Mi bawl, what you a-go say |
| To di Faddah? |
| (Die so) |
| (Kill so) |
| (Die so) |
| (Kill so) |
| (Die so) |
| (Kill so) |
| (Die so) |
| (Kill so) |
| (Die so) |
| (Kill so) |
| (Die so) |