| Well dem done know say Emperor for ganja
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| meaning ganja and Emperor dey Emperor
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| alive yuh know, Jah
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| Emperor Hailie Selassie I,
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| who sit up in the north to fight you up
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| and look to the east himself yuh know
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| You know say Babylon down step
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| as Rasta upset John Pope the beast
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| Babylon you’re too much to bear
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| can’t afford to do that now
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| I’ve got to keep my heavens clear
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| And I’ve got alot of youths to care
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| you keep on givin double gaow
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| then by what means do you share? |
| hey
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| Too much to bare
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| can’t afford to do that now
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| I’ve got to keep my heavens clear, Jah
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| alot of youths to care
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| you keep on givin I double gaow, go dey
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| Well den, taking all fi go stock inna yuh bank
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| Fi hours hear mi call and you turn and insult
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| You’ve been too bad for the heath of an adult
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| a baby is much better a result
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| Well now ghetto youths mi afi ask
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| is it that hard to see,
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| the sickness that befall I n I is so many?
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| And we ah doctor that just so kill of mi family
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| Is ah try to fight an I for me hailin you
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| And Babylon is so much to bear
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| can’t afford to do it now
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| I’ve got to keep my heavens clear
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| And I’ve got alot of youths to care
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| whoa you keep on givin double gaow
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| then by what means do you share? |
| yea
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| So much to bare
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| can’t afford to do it now
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| I’ve got to keep my heavens clear,
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| and mi have nuff ghetto youths dey care
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| yo Babylon ah hope you ah hear
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| Watch how the compelling us to fight
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| foward all the blood
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| Just thru you try so nuff ghetto youths dead
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| but Rasta fire bun the dead we all did hail
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| Emperor Hailie Selassie instead
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| Could dem, mi friend dem do it all the while
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| nah reach no where, now dem smile
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| me wonder what next dem ah tell me say
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| Mi tell the whole ah dem unite
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| him have dem no did dey
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| mi smile and now mi talk
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| and nuff ah dem ah go astray
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| But Babylon is too much to bear
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| can’t afford to do that now
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| I’ve got to keep my heavens clear
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| And I’ve got alot of youths to care
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| they keep on givin double gaow
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| then by what means do they share?
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| Babylon, too much to bare
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| can’t afford to do that now oh oh
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| Anyhow we nah go bow oh no
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| and I’ve got alot of youths to care
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| Oh no
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| Well make them know,
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| Oh yes the works of Jah, I man gladly accept
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| be still and let it carried out and many success
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| Selassi I, I holla out He I solace
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| standing watchful for my people in this west
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| Whoa Ethiopia for all burn faces,
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| there so everything start, some people village
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| Oh my people you are more than big
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| every black man you see ah more than royalty
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| Cuz me know that’s why mi know
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| They’re so much to bear
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| can’t afford to do that now
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| I’ve got to keep my heavens clear
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| And I’ve got alot of youths to care
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| you keep on givin I double gaow
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| then by what means do you share? |
| Oh oh
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| Too much to bare
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| can’t afford to do that now
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| I’ve got to keep my heavens clear,
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| lot of youths to care
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| you keep on givin I double gaow
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| mi say dey
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| Dem taking all fi go stock inna dem bank
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| Fi hours hear mi call and you turn and insult
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| You’ve been just too bad for the heath of an adult
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| a baby is much better a result
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| Well watch ah now know
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| is it that hard to see,
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| the sickness that befall I n I is so many? |