Legalize it - don't criticize it Legalize it and i will advertise itSome call it tampee Some call it the weed Some call it Marijuana Some of them call it GanjaLegalize it - don't criticize it Legalize it and i will advertise itSinger smoke it And players of instruments too Legalize it, yeah, yeah That's the best thing you can do Doctors smoke it Nurses smoke it Judges smoke it Even the lawyers tooLegalize it - don't criticize it Legalize it and i will advertise itIt's good for the flu It's good for asthma Good for tuberculosis Even umara composisLegalize it - don't criticize it Legalize it and i will advertise itBird eat it And they leave it Fowls eat it Goats love to play with it
Igziabeher Let jah be praised Negusa neghast Let jah be praised Me don e-ah lamb Let jah be praised Let him be praised(3x)
He water'eth the hills From his chambers And the earth is satisfied So satisfied He make'th the grass to grow for animals Jah made the herb for man Jah made the herb for man Jah made the herb for man
Fret not thyself Because of evildoers Neither be thou envious Against the workers of inequity For they shall soon be cut down
Cut down like grass And they shall wither like corn Let jah arise And let all his enemies be scattered Let them that hate jah Now scat up shut up butt up and flat up
As the smoke was driven away Jah, drive them away As the rocks melted Let them be melted jah-jah
Igziabeher Let jah be praised You don e-ah lamb Let jah be praised
Negusa neghast Let jah be praised Let him be praised(4x)
Ah lightning Earthquake Brimstone For the fire I said lightning Brimstone and fire
Igziabeher Weakheart scat up shut up flat up and butt out I feel it Weakheart feel it Kill them dead before them spread
Come make we play some ketchy shuby And when me shuby, you feel ketchy And when you ketchy, don't make it drop 'Cause if it drop, it will pop And if it pop, no one can mend it
'Cause if they mend it, you can easily bend it So we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Tell me if you like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
It don't take too long to learn Just you do as I say It may only take one hour or two And by the next time you will know what to do We a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Me and you a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Come make we play some ketchy shuby
And when me shuby, you feel ketchy And when you ketchy, don't make it drop 'Cause if it drop, it will pop And if it pop, no one can mend it
'Cause if they mend it, you can easily bend it So we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight Your mama don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Your papa don't like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Long time I'm waiting, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Get you right where your ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long we a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Me and you a go ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
Tell me if you like it, ketchy-ketchy, shuby-shuby tonight
All night long, all night long, shuby-shuby tonight
Downpresser man Where you gonna run to Downpresser man Where you gonna run to Downpresser man Where you gonna run to All along that day
You gonna run to the sea But the sea will be boiling When you run to the sea The sea will be boiling The sea will be boiling All along that day
You gonna run to the rocks The rocks will be melting
When you run to the rocks The rocks will be melting The rocks will be melting All that day
So I said Downpresser man Where you gonna run to Downpresser man Where you gonna run to Downpresser man Where you gonna run to All along that day
You drink your big champagne and laugh You drink your big champagne and laugh You drink your big champagne and laugh All along that day
I wouldn't like to be a flea Under your collar man I wouldn't like to be a flea Under your collar man I wouldn't like to be a flea Under your collar man All along that day
You can run but you can't hide You can run but you can't hide You can run but you can't hide Telling you all along that day
You gonna run to the Lord Beggin' to hide you You gonna run to the Lord Beggin' to hide you You gonna run to the Lord Beggin' to hide you You gonna run to Jah Beggin' to hide you All, all along that day
And I said Downpresser Man
Where you gonna run to Where you gonna run to Downpresser man Where you gonna run to I said all along All along, along that day Downpresser man All along, along that day Downpresser man All along, along that day Downpresser man All along, along that day Downpresser man
Wait, Downpresser man Where you gonna run to Downpresser man I don't know where you gonna run to All along that day
Downpresser man You can't run, you can't bribe Jah-Jah Can't call him in a bar Fe can drink some Devil soup Can't bribe him to run a car now Can't test him faith Downpresser man Downpresser man Downpresser man Downpresser man Downpresser man Where you gonna run to
Downpresser man You can't bribe no one Them no want no money Them run'f money That money get funny
You said you love me And then you left You broke every promise, oh yes you did You win every bet
You never miss your water Till your well runs dry
Tell me, tell me, whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? Whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? Whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? I'd like to know, whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry?
Listen to me, darling You cheat and you lie Now you come a running Running, wanting second try
You never miss your water Till your well runs dry
Tell me, tell me, whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? Whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? Whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? I'd like to know, whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry?
Sat down and sighed And I heard you packing I watched you pass by me But you said nothing, not one single word
But I know you're gonna miss me And you're gonna be blue
But tell me, tell me, whatcha gonna do when you're feeling blue, Lord? Whatcha gonna do, woman, when you're feeling blue? Whatcha gonna do when you're feeling so blue? I'd like to know, whatcha gonna do when you're feeling blue?
Tell me, tell me, whatcha gonna do when you're feeling blue? Whatcha gonna do when you're feeling blue? Whatcha gonna do when you're feeling so blue? I'd like to know, whatcha gonna do when you're feeling blue?
Whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry, woman? Whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? Whatcha gonna do when your well runs dry? Whatcha gonna do?
I'd like to know, whatcha gonna do I'd like to know, whatcha gonna do I'd want to know, whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do Whatcha gonna do Whatcha gonna do ...
Don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man You're an African
No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon And if you come from Portland And if you come from Westmoreland You're an African
[Chorus] No mind your nationality You've got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come Trinidad And if you come from Nassau And if you come from Cuba You're an African
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No mind your complexion There is no rejection You're an African
'Cause if your plexion High High High If your complexion low, low, low And if your plexion in between You're an African
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No mind denomination That is only segregation You're an African
'Cause if you go to the Catholic And if you go to the Methodist And if you go to the Church of Gods You're an African
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No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Brixton And if you come from Weesday And if you come from Wingstead And if you come from France Brooklyn Queens Manhattan Canada Miami Switzerland Germany Russia Taiwan
Them want I Be com'a them funeral Them claim say Them are the general What a big disgrace The way you rob up the place Rob everthing you can find Yes you did and you'll even rob from the blindYOU MUST SEE WANT I FE COM'A COM'A FUNERAL AND I NO GO NO ONE BURIAL YET YOU WANT I COM'A COM'A FUNERAL MAKE YOUR FRIEND COME CLAIM SAY, CLAIM SAY YOU ARE THE GENI???NOW WE KNOW THE TRUTH YES WE DO FIND YOU WEARING THE BOOT OF TAKING PEOPLE'S BUSINESS ON YOUR HEAD,YEAH SO MIGHT AS WELL YOU BE DEAD LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD NOW AND WHO IS TO BE FED, BE FED I AIN'T GOT NO TIME TO WASTE ON YOU, NO,NO I'M A LIVIN MAN, I GOT WORK TO DO RIGHT NOWTHIS MAN AND THAT MAN YES THEY ARE THE SAME MAN YOU TAUGHT US THIS JUST AS WELL THAT THE RICH MAN HEAVEN IS THE POOR MAN'S HELL YOU MUST SEE WANT I FE COM'A COM'A FUNERAL NATTY NO GO NO ONE BURIAL YET YOU WANT I COM'A COM'A BURIAL MAKE YOUR FRIEND COME CLAIM SAY YOU ARE THE GENI....
Everyone is crying out for peace, yes None is crying out for justice Everyone is crying out for peace, yes None is crying out for justice
I don't want no peace I need equal rights and justice I need equal rights and justice I need equal rights and justice Got to get it, equal rights and justice
Everybody want to go to heaven But nobody want to die, Father of the Jesus Everybody want to go up to heaven But none of them, none of them want to die
I don't want no peace I man need equal rights and justice I got to get it, equal rights and justice I really need it, equal rights and justice Just give me my share, equal rights and justice
What is due to Caesar You better give it all to Caesar, yeah, yeah, yeah And what belong to I and I You better, you better give it up to I
'Cause I don't want no peace I need equal rights and justice I need equal rights and justice I have got to get it, equal rights and justice I'm a fighting for it, equal rights and justice
Everyone is heading for the top But tell me how far is it from the bottom Nobody knows but everyone fighting for the top How far is it from the bottom
I don't want no peace I need equal rights and justice I need equal rights and justice I have got to get it, equal rights and justice I really need it, equal rights and justice
Everyone is talking about crime Tell me who are the criminals I said everyone is talking about crime, crime Tell me who, who are the criminals I really don't see them
I don't want no peace I need equal rights and justice We got to get equal rights and justice And there will be no crime, equal rights and justice There will be no criminals, equal rights and justice
Everyone is fighting for equal rights and justice Palestinians are fighting for equal rights and justice Down in Angola, equal rights and justice Down in Botswana, equal rights and justice Down in Zimbabwe, equal rights and justice Down in Rhodesia, equal rights and justice