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[ar:damian marley] |
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Mr.President,Distinguished delegates... |
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H.I.M.Haile Selassie I dialect |
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Bunny Wailer dialogue |
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Since the beginning of modern civilization |
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Generations have witnessed and inherited the only conflicts of world wars |
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But behold the marriage supper of the lamb and the bridegroom onto his bride |
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Then shall the earth's children know the true expression of ONE LOVE |
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Then mother earth shall honeymoon in peace. |
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Forever eliminating the aspirations,lust and anguish of wars and rumors of wars...SELAH! |
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Verse 1 |
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See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors |
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And propoganda spreading inna the sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cape cause |
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Red-a Judgement a blaze,blaze ya |
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And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse |
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And gi dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razors |
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And now the clock a strike war,don't be amazed cause |
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inna dem churches tryin to save...saviours |
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Marcus Garvey dialogue 1 |
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Can we do it?We can do it,we shall do it! |
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Verse 2 |
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Boom! |
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Tell dem fe uh draw mi out when the world government inna falling out |
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Only few men survive crawling out |
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Run left him collegues dem sprawling out |
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NEARLY DEAD! |
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Medic haffi haul him out |
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And give him two tranquilizer fi stall him out |
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DEH PON BASE! |
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Can't get no calling out when him hear from the shout last week |
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Him mistress find a new shoes |
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Wife can't get no news and lately she starting to doubt |
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SHE STILL SEARCHING! |
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And the youth dem bawling out |
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Working hard not to let it all come out |
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Well it's not safe to go walk about |
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A slaughterhouse from Bagdad to Waterhouse |
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She start to arouse sometime she want a spouse |
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She start go out,start beat a darker stout |
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GUNS COME OUT! |
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Working people funds run out |
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Keep a show last week and no one come out |
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BOMBS COME OUT! |
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Mi gas tank just run out |
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BOMBO CLATT! |
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The scotch tape just run out |
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WEED RUN OUT! |
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Yuh senses must dumb out,Mi have a pound round a back deh a gwan sun out |
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NAH COME OUT! |
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Till the chalice bun out, |
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NAH COME OUT! |
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Till the malice bun out,A WAR! |
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Zimbabwe to Berlin Wall |
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Blazin'like a burnin'ball,loose ball...dat no work...IN WAR |
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Sleeping...dat no work..IN WAR |
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Can't wear jheri curl...IN WAR |
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No diamond and pearl...IN WAR |
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Can't drink weh a serve...IN BAR |
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Gas wi fuck up yuh nerves...IN WAR |
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Shot wi blood up yuh shirt...IN WAR |
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Can't go lift up no skirt...IN WAR |
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Now disease and germs...IN WAR |
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Can't go release your sperms...IN WAR |
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Stamina must preserve...IN WAR |
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Fire constantly burn...IN WAR |
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RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED! |
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Marcus Garvey dialogue 2 |
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If you cannot do it,if you are not prepared to do it...then you will die. |
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You race of cowards,you race of imbosiles,you race of good for nothings |
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If you cannot do what other men have done |
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What other nations have done,what other races have done |
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Then you yourself shall die. |
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See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors |
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And propoganda spreading inna the sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cape cause |
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Red-a Judgement a blaze,blaze ya |
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And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse |
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And gi dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razors |
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And now the clock a strike war,don't be amazed cause |
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inna dem churches tryin to save...saviours |
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Verse 3 |
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SEE IT DEH NOW...Hey! |
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Now wi fore parents sacrifice enough |
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Dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup |
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Any day a revolution might erupt,and the skys over Kingston lighting up |
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For the new generation rising up,of youths now a days weh dem sighting up |
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And through reasoning dem biding up, |
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Searching for the sign and the sign is us, |
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Searching for the truth all you find is us, |
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Searching for the troops still behind is us, |
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The almighty we recruit and we come from the root |
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We build like roach building boot |
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Weh just can't done,Rastafari design me tuff |
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If a the fight for freedom sign me up |
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Cause you Tell-Lie-Vision can't blind me up |
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Soldiers and police dem wising up,realizing they're no more right than us |
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Realizing there's no use fighting us |
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Realizing their opening their eyes to see the same demoralizing life as us |
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So we nah tek talk nor smiling up |
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Cause the word temper tantrum boiling up,and who... |
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Calling the shots and nah bust none |
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Controlling the mind of the young,bring down... |
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Bear famine,no rain nah fall from London to Dadeland mall |
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All the son of the virgin bawl,institute of the church IN WAR |
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Preaching and researching WAR |
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Practice and rehearsing WAR |
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Teaching and dem learning WAR |
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Instigating and urging WAR |
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Always keep alert in WAR |
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Cause man will jump out a swerving car |
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Now bees and birds IN WAR |
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And the freaks and nerds IN WAR |
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And the straight and curves IN WAR |
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Forward and reverse IN WAR |
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RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED. |