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Intro: |
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Come let us sing a song for the children |
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Cause babylon nuh care about the children |
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Chorus: |
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I see dem doing in dem doing all dem doing |
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Dem nuh care about the children - children |
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Dem only sit down and mash up the society |
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And nothing for the children - the children |
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Righteousness and love we hafi give it to the children - the children |
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A no hatred a no grudge could never give it to the children - the children |
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Come let us pave a away for the children |
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So that they all can live |
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Tired fi see dem outa road deh ya a juggle |
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And me see you teach dem peer negative |
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Now tell me what have you done to protect dem |
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I'm talking you Mr. Big Investment |
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Instead a you bring dem to the top of the mountain |
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A peer pit you a dig |
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Bridge: |
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I know that they depending on you |
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Open your heart and let Jah through |
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To every mother and every father I and I say bless up |
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I know the feeling what it bring to see your children dress up |
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Teach dem the right nuh make dem mind get mess up |
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Every ting it will be fine you don't have to stress up |
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Tell your son put down the gun him a tek up |
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Counsel him show him the gun ting a nuh something fi get up |
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Babylon a nuff a Jah Jah children unno set up |
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But dis ya generation you never ever go wreck up |
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Chorus |
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Righteousness and love we hafi give it to the children - the children |
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A no hatred a no grudge could never give it to the children - the children |
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Bridge |
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Help fi bring dem education gi dem all what dem want |
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Gi dem the mind fi handle the matter and teach dem how fi chant |
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Become a musican like I and even ram a few dance |
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I know that they dan no badda tell me dem can't |
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I wish that they would never feel lonely |
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Just gi dem a home and let the children feel homely |
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One for little John, Claudette and one for Tony |
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Yes dem a the future and Jah Jah have shown me |
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Chorus |
