| Black people keep your heads up
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| Emperor Selassie l bless them
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| Burning fire never yet stop
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| Simplisity we use to survive
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| Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype
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| Simplicity we use to survive
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| Do what you doing properly, that's the way through life
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| Simplicity we use to survive
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| Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hard
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| Simplicity we use to survive
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| Children, open up your eyes
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| Is not the one bag of vanity
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| Nor the animosity
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| Nor the hypocrisy, nor democracy
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| Is not the labba-labba
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| Nor the back-stabber
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| Nor the vampire evilous desire
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| Is just a meditation of my heart
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| Pure and conscious thought
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| Be overstanding and be smart
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| Listen to the children speak the word and shine the light in the dark, yah
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| Simplicity me use to survive
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| Many find it difficult because they ignorant and die
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| Simplicity me use to survive
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| Do what you doing properly… that's the way through life
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| Simplicity I use to survive
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| Children, open up your eyes
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| Simplicity me use to survive
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| Burn Pharisees and Scribes
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| Oohh, yeah
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| Ah find yuh wrong bro, dat fi pause
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| Praise Ras Tafari and give a worthy cause
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| Give us all the blessing, give us all reward
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| To help the poor ah find it easy when them find it hard
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| Simplicity I use to survive
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| Many find it difficult because they ignorant and die
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| Simplicity l use to survive
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| I say live and love yuh life
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| Keep doing what you doing, don't you grumble
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| Seed what you sow is what yuh reap, so be humble
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| Know what yuh doing, yuh never stumble
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| Burn down Rome, I sight dem crumble
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| Lead the way, lead the way with the word what l speak
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| Never must you stray, hail the King in the East
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| Whoa-uh-l !
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| Kalonji teach
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| Zion haffi reach
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| Whoa yeah !
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| Simplicity l use to survive
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| Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype
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| Simplicity l use to survive
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| Burn Pharisees and Scribes
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| Simplicity l use to survive
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| Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype
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| Simplicity l use to survive
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| Aw! |
| Kalonji tell yuh
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| Is not the one bag of vanity
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| Nor the animosity
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| Nor the hypocrisy, nor democracy
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| Is not the labba-labba
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| Nor the back-stabber
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| Nor the vampire, yuh evilous desire
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| Is just a meditation of my heart
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| Is just a pure and conscious thought
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| Be overstanding, ah tell yuh to be smart
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| Listen to the children when they speak and shine the light in the dark
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| Simplicity l use to survive
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| Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype
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| Simplicity l use to survive
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| Children: live and love yuh life, yeah
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| Oh-whoa-whoa
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| Oh yeah-yeah-yeah !
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| Ay-uhuh, ay !
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| Mmm-mm-mm-mmm
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| I-ah-I-ah-I, ay-whoa
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| Fire burn yahh-ow
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| Simplicity we use to survive
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| Don’t you find it difficult
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| Yeah… open up your eyes
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| Simplicity we use to survive
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| Live and love yuh life |