| Babylon a build great people
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| Dem ongle waan kill great people
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| (Me) Marcus Garvey (Malcom X), Marley Bob, Marthin Luther, Paul Bogle,
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| George William Gordon (Nanny), Sam Sharp
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| Jesus Christ, Haile Selassie, Mohammad, Donovan Bennett
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| I wanna you fi know
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| Prezi was a good man
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| Be merciful to me oh Jah (be merciful to me)
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| (From my soul trust in you)
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| Dem waan mi fi go inna di cemetery
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| But anyway mi go mi bible deh near mi
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| It comin like a madda and har likkle baby
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| Was how Selassie I blessing protect mi
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| Dem waan mi go prison and inna jailhouse
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| But anyway mi go mi bible deh near mi
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| Mi been through di star Jah keep mi irie
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| That’s why mi haffi chant Jehovia joy
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| Listen mi ghetto youths
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| Babylon nuh like wi
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| A just through wi black and through wi nuh Chiney
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| Di teacha a work di pay so tiny
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| Di nurse dem a work di pay so tiny
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| A who fraid fi talk Gaza seh bravey
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| Cah dat nuh working dat a my damn slavery
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| That’s why mi tell di youth dem fi stay inna school,
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| Cah education alone a go save wi
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| De-dem waan mi fi go inna di cemetery
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| But anyway mi go mi bible deh near mi
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| It comin like a madda and har likkle baby
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| Was how Selassie I blessing protect mi
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| Dem waan mi go prison and inna jailhouse
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| But anyway mi go mi bible deh near mi
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| Mi been through di storm Jah keep mi irie
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| That’s why mi haffi chant Jehovia joy
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| Di boss man a itch fi raise a bill mi
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| Like seh a fi him dinna alone fi taste it
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| Sunday you nah have mutton mi a nyam pastry
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| A patty and a one Cocoa Bread a tasty
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| Mi seh ghetto youths
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| It a go sound crazy
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| Put dung di machine nuh move so hasty
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| Nuh box woman nuh care she feisty
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| Cah Babylon fi wi mek a wrong move
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| Dem waan mi fi go inna di cemetery
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| But anyway mi go mi bible deh near mi
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| It comin like a madda and har likkle baby
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| Was how Selassie I blessing protect mi
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| Dem waan mi go prison and inna jailhouse
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| But anyway mi go mi bible deh near mi
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| Mi been through di storm Jah keep mi irie
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| That’s why mi haffi chant Jehovia joy
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| (Listen mi ghetto youths)
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| Di system betray wi
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| Dem a kill wi inna practical and inna theory
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| Mi done tell dem yuh seh mi dont watch duppy show
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| Cah mi light and mi wata bill so scarey
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| Yuh condemn di ghetto mi seet so clearly
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| Mi nah be feel di pressure in body weary
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| Mi won’t be feel di pressure all body wear mi
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| Di too a dem work fi gi wi a betta life
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| Babylon thus a kill off people pickney
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| Revolution mi seh da system ya sickny
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| A Marcus Garvey philosophy fix mi
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| Cah mi see dem waan hide black people history
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| But mi haffi seh
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| I wanna yuh fi know
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| Prezi was a good man
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| Be merciful to me oh Jah, be merciful to me
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| From my soul trust in you |