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
In the summer time she's there my love And she's really with me all the time And in the winter time when it's cold Her love shines through like sunshine And I need your love every day and every night I need your love I need your love every day and every night I need your love And in the Spring time she's there my love And she's really with me all the time And in the winter time when it's cold Her love shines through like sunshine And I need your love every day and every night I need your love I need your love every day and every night I need your love No one's to blame try to overstand We gave what we could oh yes Giving and taking receiving Jah blessing -We could have made it if we tried So I need your love every day and every night I need your love I need your love every day and every night I need your love Hear the children sing you know it's the right time Hear the joy bells ring you know it's the right time Hear the children sing you know it's the right time Hear the joy bells ring you know it's the right lime I need your love every day and every night I need your.love
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
Many African children, Living in a concrete situation African children Living in a concrete situation African children I wonder do they know where you're coming from African children Down there yes in a concrete situation African children I wonder do they know where you're coming from The whole of the nation Living in these tenements, Crying and applying to their council For assistance every day Now that their tribulation so sad Now that their environment so bad High rise concrete No back yard for their children to play African children I wonder do they know where you're coming from, African children In a concrete situation African children Wonder do they know where you're coming from All of the nation are living in these tenements Precast stonewall concrete cubicals Their rent increases each and every other day Structural repairs are assessed yet not done Lift out of action on the twenty-seventh floor And when they work they smell African children Living in a concrete situation African children I wonder do they know where you're coming from African children Living in a concrete situation African children I wonder do they know where you're coming from African children Down there down there in a concrete situation African children Wonder do they know where you're coming from Where you're coming from African children REPEAT
Sometimes wanting to party late into the night And when they're out of sight The neighbours' complaining again And its a place where You don't even know your neighbour's name It's a ghetto in the sky
Sometimes life so hard but don't give up you can win Sometimes life impossible can't seem to get nothing done Every move you make something always in your way now You try a little harder they'll be a brand new day I see my brothers crying and no one helps them lord And just as it was written father now against son He's turned out on the street now his dreadlocks start growing You've got to stand up now and face reality You've got to stand up now and face reality You've got to stand up now and face reality Sometimes life so hard but don't give up you can win Sometimes life impossible can't seem to get nothing done Every move you make something blocking your way now Try a little harder they'll be a brand new day I see my sisters crying no one helps her lord It's just as it was written many years ago She turned out on the street now her belly is showing and You've got to stand up now and face reality You've got to stand up now and face reality You've got to stand up now and face reality Sometimes life so hard but don't give up you can win Sometimes life incredible can't seem to get nothing done And every move you make something always in your way You try a little harder they'll be a brand new day I'm talking to you it's you and you I'm talking to you and you right now There ain't no parciality in this reality So I'm talking to you and you and you right now
it's Saturday, and now it's time to rave I've got a date, with her i can't be late I've really gotta reach there right on time it's gettin kinda late now, i wonder if she'll wait?
in that smokey smokey blues, wo-oh-oh-oh dancehall cock, where to begin? smokey smokey blues, wo-oh-oh-oh dancehall cock, well now
so now I'm waitin, anticipating is she gonna break, this heart of mine? no need to worry, i see her coming to me i'm gonna take it one step at a time
in this smokey smokey blues, wo-oh-oh-oh dancehall cock tonight
sweet music's playing, our bodies swaying i hold you close as we dance in time you've got that certain something, it's getting to me i always wanted you by my side
in this smokey smokey blues, wo-oh-oh-oh dancehall cock tonight smokey smokey blues, wo-oh-oh-oh dancehall cock tonight
Stick it up, mister! Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah Get your hands in the air, sir! And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
I said yeah (I said yeah) Listen what they say (listen what they say) Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah) Listen what they say (listen what they say)
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me And give it to a police man? I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh) I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
And if I do that, I would say "Sir, come on and put the charge on me" I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh) I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
I'm not a fool to hurt myself So I was innocent of what they done to me They were wrong (ooh, ooh), oh yeah They were wrong (ooh, ooh)
You give it to me one time (huh) You give it to me two times (huh-huh) You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh) You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)
54-46 was my number, was my number, man Right now, someone else has that number 54-46 was my number, well Right now, someone else has that number
And I said yeah (I said yeah) Listen what they say (listen what they say) Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah) Listen what they say (listen what they say)
Oh, work could not control me now Oh, no bars could not hold me now They hold I down and they lock-a you way They try to keep I for a year and a day But through the powers of the Most High God Got to turn me lose, I say
54-46 was my number, was my number, man Right now, someone else has that number, well 54-46 was my number, was my number, man Right now, someone else has that numb
