When the whole world lets you down

Dready got a job to doAnd he's got to fulfill that missionTo see his hurt is their greatest ambition, yeah!But-a we will survive in this world of competition,'Cause no matter what they doNatty keep on comin'through,And no matter what they say-ay-ay-ay,Natty de deh every day. yeah!Natty Dread rides again,Through the mystics of tomorrow,Natty Dread rides again:Have no fear, have no sorrow, yeah!

Turn your lights down lowAnd pull your window curtains;Oh, let Jah moon come shining in -Into your life again,Sayin': ooh, it's been a long, long , long,  time;I kept this message for you, girl,But it seems I was never on time;Still I wanna get through to you, girlie,On time - on time.

Why's this fussing and a-fighting?I wanna know, Lord, I wanna knowWhy's this bumping and a-boring?I wanna know, Lord, I wanna know nowWe should really love each other In peace and harmony  oohInstead, we're fussing and fighting And them workin' iniquity

I want to be loved, for who I am,Not loved for what I have.I want to be loved, for who I am,Not loved for what I have.Sufferation I know all about,Struggling, I've been there.Sufferation I know all about,Struggling, I've been there.

See them fighting for power But they know not the hour So they bribing with their guns, spare-parts and money,Trying to belittle ourIntegrity now.They say what we knowIs just what they teach us;And were so ignorantcause every time they can reach us Through political strategy They keep us hungry And when you gonna get some food Your brother got to be your enemy, we-e-ell!Ambush in the night,All guns aiming at me;Ambush in the night,They opened fire on me now.Ambush in the night,Protected by his majesty.

Jah would never give the power to a baldheadRun come crucify the Dread.Time alone - oh, time will tell:Think you're in heaven, but ya living in hell;Think you're in heaven, but ya living in hell;

Lively up yourself and don't be no dragLively up yourself, 'cause this is the other bagHey, lively up yourself and don't be no dragYou lively up yourself, dig it, the other bagHey, you rock so, you rock so, like you never did beforeYou dip so, you dip so, and you can dip thru my doorYou come so, you come so, oh yeah, like I do adore youYou skank so, you skank so, and-a I can assure youYou can lively up yourself and don't be no dragHey, you lively up yourself, can you dig it?

I and I is the sons of he from BozrahWith his garments a dipped in bloodred bloodI and I Rasta is the RRRRoots Rock Rasta irieSo we've got to be carefulStop thinking about hurting each otherAnd when you hurt I if you hurt IWhat you gonna tell mom sayMom mom I killed my big brotherWhat a disgraceful momentMom start to feeling not so fineMom start to lose her mindThrough down your arms and comeThrough down your arms and comeSelf defeat is the biggest mistakeWe can't afford to lose a no moreBrothersAnd when the system hold I and IRegardless how small the problem isA fingerprint and mugshotA fingerprint and mugshotWhat a disgraceful momentMarcus Garvey say unite peopleMalcom X say by all mean necessaryMartin Luther King say he had a dreamCan't you see peopleHoller Queens Brooklyn Bronx ChicagoNo replacement for Marcus GarveyNo replacement for Malcom XNo replacement for Martin Luther KingWhat a disgraceful momentSo we've got to be carefulThe wild west is in our faceLet's not play the cow boysThe wild west is in our faceWhat a disgraceful momentLet's look back on some AmericanPlantationNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaEvery say it's just work work workThose folks they couldn't make a jokeWhat a disgraceful momentHere comes the master missesYou better get yourself together quickAnd here comes the masterYou better fall in orderWhat a disgraceful momentTransportation if you sit in itWhen you sit you got to move overFor master daughterWhat a disgraceful momentBathroom on bus stopDon't think about stopKeep moving like a clockSo remember your brothersLove your sistersSo we got to be carefulStop thinking about hurting each otherI and I is the sons of he from BozrahWith his garments a dipped in bloodred bloodI and I Rasta is the RRRRoots Rock Rasta irie

I'll play your fav'rite song, darlin'.We can rock it all day long, darlin'.'Cause I've got love for you, darlin':Love, sweet love, darlin'.Mellow mood has got me,So let the music rock me.

Many hundred years agoWhen the holy man touch a oneMan get up an walkPeople start to talkPeople been cleansed by the holy many

Baby, we've got a date, don't you remember?Baby, baby, don't you be late. Please don't forget:I'll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. Oh, baby!Baby, baby, just you have some faith!

Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Yes Jah He's saying that, he is the first one who discover Jamaica I and I say that, What about the Arawak Indians and the few Black man Who were around here, before him The Indians couldn't hang on no longer Here comes first Black man and woman and children, In a Jam Down Land ya A whole heap of mix up and mix up A whole heap a ben up, ben up, We have fi straighten out, Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar

They say the sun an-a shines for all,But-a yin some people world, it never shine at all. Mm-mm-mm.They say love is a stream that will find its course;I mean - some-a people think life is a dreamSo they making matters worse.But no matter what the crisis is;No matter what the crisis is:Doin' it, doin' it, doin' your thing!

Guiltiness (talkin' 'bout guiltiness)Pressed on their conscience. Oh yeah.And they live their lives (they live their lives)On false pretence everyday -each and everyday. Yeah.These are the big fishWho always try to eat down the small fish,just the small fish.I tell you what: they would do anythingTo materialize their every wish. Oh yeah-eah-eah-eah.Say: Woe to the downpressors:They'll eat the bread of sorrow!Woe to the downpressors:They'll eat the bread of sad tomorrow!

Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny,And in this judgement there is no partiality.So arm in arms, with arms, well fight this little struggle,cause thats the only way we can overcome our little trouble.