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(2) A weh dem a go do when the time comes around |
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A weh dent a go sek |
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Cos |
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My people are in a mess |
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But nobody wants to know |
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Cos when you're down and out and oppressed |
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You've got to fight your battles from the |
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Lowest of the low |
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So keep your distance and take your stance, |
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Cos this could be your utmost chance. |
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You've had all night and day to |
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Consider and pray |
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You've brought fire on my head and |
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Now you must pay. |
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CHORUS |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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where my people suffer... |
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Take Rastaman culture for instance, |
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Dem think is political joke, |
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But we people know better then that, |
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Cos what keeps us together is |
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Jah Herb that we smoke |
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I and I know the truth of it all, |
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Cos we have smashed our heads |
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'gainst that wall, |
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And now I seh we must create a scene, |
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We must recapture our culture |
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by any means. |
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CHORUS |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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Babylon makes the rules |
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where my people suffer ... |
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Count the times we've been let down, |
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And left us in despair, |
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And woe betide that evil man, |
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Who giveth not a care. |
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You've gotta check yourself just |
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One more time, |
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Reassure your mind - |
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Cos those who are chosen |
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by the father's hand |
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Must not get left behind. |
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Rasta seh - guidance |
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(4) But Backrah seh different still |
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Babylon makes the rules but |
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Jah love will carry I home. |
