Well, me don’t swim too tough so me don’t go in the water too deep.
It’s the music. Your heart is in your ears.
Whose the spiritual people pon earth. The Black people. Dem a deal wit God. And God no let dem down.
I don’t have a religion, you know. This is what I am. I am a Rastaman; so this is not religion. This is life.
No chains around my feet, But I’m not free...
This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace.
Me can’t be prejudice. Me can’t me no think of life that way. Because, me figure if you prejudice, that mean you have a hate. If you have a hate inside of you, you can’t be righteous.
They will always tell you that you can’t do what you want to do, but you can do what you want to do. You just have to believe in yourself. The system is to bring you down, but you can rise up.
Someone will have to pay for the innocent blood that they shed every day.
They gave me star treatment when I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was poor.
Why drink and drive if I can smoke and fly?
And me, I know that there is a god. Cause I know who god is.
The bars could not hold me. Force could not control me. They tried to keep me down, but Jah put I around. Yes, I’ve been accused. Wrongly abused. But through the powers of the Most High, they’ve got to turn me loose.
I don’t know what happiness is. I don’t know what sweet caress is. Still, I’m always laughing like a clown.
Men and people will fight you down when you see the light. Let me tell you if you are not wrong than everything is all right.
We JAH people can make it work.
A hungry mob is an angry mob.
I’ll give you my phone number. When you worry, call me. I’ll make you happy.
So you think you’ve found the solution but it’s just another illusion.
It is better to live on the house top than to live in a house full of confusion.