(CHORUS:) Come on and shine (shine), shine like a star (ah-ha) Shining so bright (ah-ha) like the star that you are (ah-ha) Oh oh oh oh shine (shine) into the future (ah-ha) Spreading your light (ah-ha) wherever you are (ah-ha)
I burn like a fire left in the rain As I run the race, oh yes I feel the pain From the resistance I'm feeling the strain Now the realization is that we are all born the same
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I reach for the moon and I reach for the stars (ooh ooh ooh) With the strength from within me yeah, the further and faster I run Stretching my sinews to the bone (ooh) Achieving all goals that I seek, I know I must do it alone (ooh ooh ooh)
(BRIDGE:) When they said I'd never make it I found strength from within (ooh) 'Cause it is there if you seek it So you can get it if you really want so
Shine (shine), shine like a star (ah-ha) Shining so bright (ah-ha) like the star that you are (ah-ha) Oh oh oh oh shine (shine) into the future (ah-ha) Spreading your light (ah-ha) wherever you are (ah-ha)
Oh oh oh oh shine Shine, shine your light Shine, shine your light, yes we're badder than bad Nigel Benn, the warrior, called the dark destroyer Eubank, simply the best, nobody alive can touch that Linford Christle, say nobody alive can catch me Moving like lightning with enough energy Shine, shine your light, yes we're badder than bad Shine, shine your light, yes we're badder than bad Him a floating like a butterfly, the hurdling man Yes, me a chat about Colin Jackson The crowd is roaring, Ian Wright scoring Boogie man a fe the mighty champion fe we (ooh ooh ooh)
(BRIDGE) (Shine), shine like a star (ah-ha) Shining so bright (ah-ha) like the star that you are (ah-ha) Oh oh oh oh shine (shine) into the future (ah-ha) Spreading your light (ah-ha) wherever you are (ah-ha)
Oh I said it's just a little cup So won't you come on up and take a sup Good for your brethren Its going to be good for your sisters loo And yes my friend I knowthat it's not hard to see 0 Whats good for you is o so good for me, come on and Pass the cup and let the cultural vibe flow through your mind Pass the cup in and around the nerve and spine Pass the cup from one to another Pass the cup elevate your mind now 0 I-said it 's jusl a little world Full up of man and women boys and girls Check for your brethren I want you to check for your sisters too And yes my friend I know it's not hard to see What's good for you is 0 so good for me Pass the cup You pass the cup and let the cultural vibe flow through your mind Pass the cup in and out your nerve system and your spine Pass the cup you let it touch your very very soul Pass the cup I beg you pass the cup around from one to another
Hear what me tell you Hear what me say hey No jah forsake me not This child of Israel feel the pain He feels the pangs of hunger too creeping to his stomach Oh as inflation rises to the sky-high Faster and faster higher and higher Faster and faster higher and higher Them crises multiply Every day the food supply decreasing While the population is increasing Where are they going to find A way to serve mankind Every day the energy yes they say that it declines Where are they going to find A way to serve mankind No jah forsake me not This child of Israel feel the pain He feels the pangs of hunger still creeping to his stomach Now as the happy young warriors they grow Taller and taller wiser and stronger Taller and taller wiser and stronger they grow now And they just laugh off misery and they just laugh off hunger Because the fruit of their labour Jah tell them they must see see see Wonder will I wonder will I not going to Wonder will I wonder will I not going to Wonder will I wonder will I not going to Wonder will I wonder will I not going to Oh as the happy young warriors yes they grow Taller and taller stronger and wiser Taller and taller stronger and wiser they grow ina this ya Babylon Where are they going'to find A way to serve mankind No Jah forsake me not this child of Israel feel the pain He feels the pangs of hunger too creeping to his stomach No Jah forsake me not I trod through the streets of Babylon And I fear not though I walk in the shadow of the wicked dem Jah will guide and protect I still so I can trod on No Jah forsake me not Some men and people who try to crucify Selassie I and them going pay the price
That girl has got to know That girl has got to know Know that all life's riches cannot be found in vanity I check for you once little girl I check for you once little girl But I never knew the ways you 're showing now little girl I check for you once littIe girl But not with that manicure face Oh oh girl can't you come in a natural state That girl has got to know That girl has got to know Know that all life's riches cannot be found in vanity So set not your heart little girl In material things little girl For material things my love must turn to dust Set not your heart little girl In a fools dream little girl For it is fragile and like a bubble It will burst little girl it's them same thing you should ignore them are the same things you should looking for and the wanting not helpings any more we 're not like we used to be before That girl has got to know That girl has got to know Know that all life's riches cannot be found in vanity Or diamonds or pearls Or gold or jewellery AII those twinkling ornaments They shall turn to dust and blow away
Girl if it's love you're looking for Come on my love for you is sure Girl if it's love you're looking for Come on my love for you is sure You bake the sweetest cake I know pretty girl Come on and show me what you know Your recipe girl is fine fine fine Don you really want to make it mine Your recipe girl is fine fine fine Yeh a Don 't you know I really want to make it mine You bake the sweetest cake I know pretty girl Come on and show me what you know-whoa whoa-o Your recipe girl is fine fine fine yeh a Don't you know I really want to make it mine Your recipe girl is fine fine fine Don 't you know I really want to make it mine I really want to make it mine mine mine I really want to make it mine all mine so Girl if it's love you're looking for o yeh Come on my love for you is sure You bake the sweetest cake I know
If it's you got her If it's you If it's you got my sensimealla come turn me on If it's you got her If it's you If it's you got my sensimealla come turn me on No one ever makes me feel like you do my sensimealla My house could never be a home without you my sensimealla You know that I'm never happy only blue whenever That I'm without you my sensimealla I've got to go up the line I've got to reach there on time To meet my brethren on the corner with the good sensimealla This feeling you're giving me This a feeling you're giving me It's turning me inside out it's turning me upside down This feeling you're giving me The feeling you're giving me It's got my head in a whirl this feeling whoa-a-o If it's you got her If it's you If it's you got my sensimealla come turn me on No one ever makes me feel like you do my sensimealla My house could never be a home without you my sensimealla You know that I'm never happy only blue whenever That I'm without you my sensimealla I've got to go up the line I've got to reach there on time To meet my brethren on the corner with the good sensi I wonder if he'll wait for me, whill he, will he wait for me
No more living a lie identify can't you Feel it now we 're loving one another No more living a lie identify can't you Feel it now we 're loving one another Yesterday it was only tears and pain I dan cried to Jah Jah 'cause all the people do is to fight in vain I could not believe how we could be so selfish I find it hard to believe how we could be so foolish I mean Jah Jah give us a new name Jah Jah give us a new name and now I'm glad to say The birds of a feather flock together come what may And no more living a lie identify can't you Feel it now we're loving one another No more living a lie identify can't you Feel it now we're loving one another
No man should treat his own brother so That his own flesh and blood become that mans enemy O man don't you know bloods thicker than water And if you don't know by now these things you really ought to I mean Jah Jah give us a new name Jah Jah give us a new name and now I'm glad to say The birds of yes the birds of a feather flock together come what may And no more living a lie
