(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa!) See them fighting for power (ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa!), But they know not the hour (ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa!),; So they
Easy skanking (skankin' it easy); Easy skanking (skankin' it slow); Easy skanking (skankin' it easy); Easy skanking (skankin' it slow). Excuse me while
Yes, me friend, me friend Dem set me free again Yes, me friend, me friend Me deh 'pon street again The bars Yes, I've been accused Wrongly abused now
Wo-o-o-o! Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya! Woy-oh! Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah! Oh! (We'll be forever loving Jah; We'll be forever loving Jah
This morning I woke up in a curfew; O God, I was a prisoner, too - yeah! Could not recognize the faces standing over me; They were all dressed in uniforms
In this life, in this life, in this life, In this, oh sweet life: We're (we're coming in from the cold); We're coming in (coming in), coming in (coming
Why's this fussing and a-fighting? I wanna know, Lord, I wanna know Why's this bumping and a-boring? I wanna know, Lord, I wanna know now We should
Guiltiness (talkin' 'bout guiltiness) Pressed on their conscience. Oh yeah. And they live their lives (they live their lives) On false pretence everyday
Give thanks and praises to the Most-I (Jah!); Give thanks and praises so high (so high). He will not deceive us my brethren; He will only lead us again
Hear the children cryin', but I know they cry not in vain. Now the times are changin'; love has come to bloom again. Smelling the air when spring comes
In high seas or in low seas I'm gonna be your friend, I'm gonna be your friend. In high tide or in low tide, I'll be by your side, I'll be by your side
(I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no! Oh! I shot the sheriff But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, oo-ooh.) Yeah! All around in
Wo, man, deh you are! When the race gets hard to run, It means you just can't take the pace. When it's time to have your fun, You find the tears run
Exodus: Movement of Jah people! Oh-oh-oh, yea-eah! ....... Men and people will fight ya down (Tell me why!) When ya see Jah light. (Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
When the whole world lets you down And there's nowhere for you to turn Cause all of your best friends let you down-own-own And you tried to accumulate
(Wo-o-o-o! Wo-o-o-o! Wooo!) Woman hold her head and cry, 'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died From a stray bullet. Woman hold her
Wake up and turn me loose Wake up and turn me loose Wake up and turn me loose For the rain is falling Got to have kaya now Got to have kaya now Got
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: