When the whole world lets you down

Baby baby we've got a dateOh, baby, baby don't you be late! Oh, baby!I'll meet you at your hosue at a quarter to eightOh, darlin', baby, baby, just you have some faith!Baby, we've got a date, don't you remember?Baby, baby, don't you be late! Please don't forget

Uh, ah-oh-oh! I went downtown, (I went downtown)I saw miss brown; (said, I saw miss brown)She had brown sugar (had brown sugar)All over her booga-wooga. (over her booga-wooga)I think I might join the fun, (I might join the fun)But I had to hit and run. (had to hit and run)See I just cant settle down (just cant settle down)In a kinky part of town.

They just keep holdin' me,A-won't let go;Holdin' me;Won't let go!They just keep teasin' meAnd, you know, they play like they don't know.Provokin me,But this is all I know:Oh, I need a hammer - a hammer - a hammer - a hammerTo hammer them down!

You a-go tired fe see me face;Cant get me out of the race.Oh, man, you said Im in your placeAnd then you draw bad cyard -A-make you draw bad cyard,And then you draw bad cyard.

Every little action (satisfy my soul),there's a reaction (satisfy my soul).Oh, can't you see what you've done for me, oh, yeah!I am happy inside all - all of the time. Wo-oo-o-oo!

Oh, we gonna shout it outShout it out loud and clear Tell them that we are free again So free from wicked man Free from misery So free No more cryin' No weepin', no more weepin' No more mournin' Oh, we gonna shout it outShout it out loud and clear,loud and clear Tell them that we are free again, so free again Free from wicked man So free from misery, so free, so free

Hear the words of the rastaman say:Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;Babylon, you throne gone down.Said I hear the words of the iyaman say:Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;Babylon, you throne gone down.---

Here I am walkin' down the street (Walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin',walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin', walkin',walkin')And the children: everything is so sweet.(Wo-wo-wo sweet! Wo-wo-wo sweet!)I'm doin' my best and I'm doin' it slow,But there is just one thing I would like you to know.Ooh, when you wet, it's slippery, yeah. Uh!When it damp, it crampin'!If it's slidin', you'll tumble down,Won't want you on the ground.Oh-oh-oh! Caution: the road is wet;Black soul is black as jet. Did you hear me?Caution: the road is hot;Still you got to do better than that!'Cause when you wet, it's slippery, yeah. It's slippery, yeah!When it damp, it crampin'! When it damp, it crampin'!If it slidin' up and down-a,Don't want you on the ground. Brother!

By the rivers of Babylon,where he sat down,and there he weptwhen he remembered Zion.Oh, the wicked carried us away in captivity,required from us a song,How can we sing King Alpha's songinna strange land?So, let the words of our mouthand the meditations of our heartbe acceptable in Thy sight.Oh, verai!

I'm going to the dance tonight'Cause I'm feeling so right, yeahReggae music in my brainDriving me insane

I feel like jumpingLord I feel like shouting nowI feel like movingI feel like grooving now

When the sun goes downAnd we move along, I will call on youYes, when the sun goes down,And we move along, I will call on you.Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready,I will call on you.

Now that the wolves

Start shed clothing

There'll be less confusion

Not much carousing

Jah, you're the

Strength of my life

Legalise it, yeah, yeah,Don't criticise itLegalise it, yeah, yeah,And i will advertise itSome of them call it tambiSome of them call it deh weedSome call it marijuanaSome of them call it ganjaEvery man got to legalise it, yeah, yeah,Don't criticise itLegalise it, yeah, yeah,And i will advertise itSingers smoke itAnd players of instruments tooLegalise it, yeah, yeahThat's the best thing you can doDoctors smoke it, nurses smoke itJudges smoke it, even the lawyer toSo you've got to legalise it, yeah, yeahDon't criticise itLegalise it, yeah, yeah,And i will advertise itPoliticians smoke it, and their children tooPoliceman smoke it, when them a steal it from youWe've got to legalise it, yeah, yeahDon't criticise itLegalise it, yeah, yeah,And i will advertise it

Some will hate you, pretend they love you now,Then behind they try to eliminate you.But who jah bless, no one curse;Thank god, were past the worse.Hypocrites and parasitesWill come up and take a bite.And if your night should turn to day,A lot of people would run away.And who the stock fit let them wear it!Who the (cap fit) let them (wear it)!