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[Intro:] Honourable |
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Marcus Garvey |
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Oyyyy!... |
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So much love |
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That's all |
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I come to give |
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Emperor Selassie |
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I show dem love |
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And yet still dem nah wah live [Chorus:] |
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So Babylon give dem ah toy |
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See dey inna dem hand |
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Dem turn cowboy |
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Babylon say destroy |
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So anytime ah-poh-poh-toi, hoi-hoi |
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Babylon give dem ah toy |
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See dey inna dem hand |
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Dem turn cowboy |
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Babylon give dem ah toy |
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Anytime now ah-blokkodoy, hoi-hoi-- |
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Jah! [Verse 1:] |
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Dem buss it so prevalent |
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And nuff ah dem kick de bucket |
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Selassie run he resident |
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So gunman watch it |
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Rastaman come strong with love inna de district |
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You are most |
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American, with yuh gun 'pon yuh hip |
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De cop all dem still hide ' |
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Cause Bobby shot de sheriff |
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Commissioner ah run because we honour we commit |
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Whether nah no not |
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Jah coast ah-yow, cowboy go down |
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Done know yuh bow--yuh shot yuh brother with yuh gun |
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Fuh rights, nah justice, yuh nah buss it fi none |
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Well since yuh slaughter, |
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Selassie I come |
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Emperor sit down 'round de biggest machine gun |
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Mussolini test and get dem skull turn down [Chorus:] |
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So Babyoln give you dem toy |
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See dey inna yuh hand |
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Yuh turn cowboy |
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Babylon say destroy |
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Anytime now ah-boh-boh-boi, hoi-hoi |
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Babylon give you a toy |
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See dey inna yuh hand |
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Yuh turn cowboy, -oy, ey! |
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Babylon say destroy |
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Anytime now ah-blokkodoy, hey heyy! [Verse 2:] |
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Some skin 'bout to peel like |
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Scalien Some ah dem cyah nyam dem meal, comfortable and strong |
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Dis' de man whey fly de seal, done know yuh wrong |
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Rastaman no try no deal, we no fear no wicked man |
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Shipment come in a drum, so dem ah boast |
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Yow, 'pon dey front, dem cock-up and all ah sport |
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Cyah come 'gainst |
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Jah-Jah sheep nor goat |
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Touch Lion 'gain and we bound fi buss yuh throat |
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Yuh nah go |
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Africa, den ah where you ah run to? |
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Nah nah-nah-nah-nah, no worry |
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Selassie I see whey yuh do |
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Now ah know |
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Emmanuel, yuh never humble |
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Drag down, ah hail under stress and trouble [Chorus:] |
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You go grab up dem toy |
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See dey inna yuh hand |
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Yuh turn cowboy |
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Babylon give you dem toy |
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So anytime now ah-poh-poh-poi, hoi how-hoi |
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Babylon give you dem toy |
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See dey inna yuh hand |
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Yuh turn cowboy--hey! |
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Babylon give you dem toy |
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Anytime now ah-poh-poh-poi, hey [Verse 3:] |
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Den me ah journey, yah |
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I'll never stop troddin' since |
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Jah sun shine from above, ey-hey |
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Those of whom kick de bucket are my brothers and sisters |
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I surely love, ey-hey! |
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Still I have to keep going on |
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I know not nothing as skylarking, ey-hey! |
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As long as |
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Jah side take the corn |
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I and I will be ruling, yay-hey [Chorus:] |
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Babylon give you dem toy |
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See dey inna yuh yuh hand |
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Yuh turn cowboy |
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Babylon give you dem toy |
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Anytime now ah-poh-poh-poi, hoyy [Intro:] |
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Well Sizzla bring just more than love repeated |
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That's all |
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I come to give |
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Emperor Selassie |
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I did show dem love |
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And yet still some nah wah live [Chorus:] |
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So Babylon give dem ah toy |
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See dey up on dem hip |
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Dem turn cowboy, yay-hey! |
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Babylon give dem a toy |
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Anytime now ah-poh-poh-poi, hey |
