1. A child is born to be the future of the world And not to be another tool of misconceptions Well, you see Money can’t buy life Keep that in your mind Separate your fears from the reasonings within Every single soul has a value in this world Every pain, every struggle Protected by our dignity Sprouts and seedlings Babes and sucklings Man and woman Everybody All of humanity Come together, mek we teach them the value of life You need to know Chorus Its only love That gives life its meaning Only love That keeps the family together And it begins with the youth knowing love Its only love That gives life its meaning Only love That keeps the family together And it begins with the youth knowing love 2. Safe and secure Free from all forms of exploitation neglect and violence Abuse and trauma Breeding negativity And animosity Bring them up knowing the balance of morality Teach them right in the ways of his majesty Jah Jah know they got the right to be loved It starts deep within Know the value of your life So you can recognise the value deep within a man, Deep within a woman, Deep within a boy or a girl Every child is born with a spark of livity within You need to know Chorus Its only love That gives life its meaning Only love That keeps the family together And it begins with the youth knowing love Its only love That gives life its meaning Only love That keeps the family together And it begins with the youth knowing love Its only love That gives life its meaning Only love That keeps the family together And it begins with the youth knowing love Its only love That gives life its meaning Only love That keeps the family together And it begins with the youth knowing love Its only love That gives life its meaning Only love That keeps the family together And it begins with the youth knowing love

Oh let the rain come wash away our fears, oh lord I always haffi know that you’re near me I see Jah glory rising Zion train is coming my way Desolation grows Distress all over the world Some of them have lost their way In a barren desert No path toward di city weh mi deh deh now Jah Jah a go guide them there Lead them forth from darkness and gloom Break those chains of bondage Release the poor from their afflictions The upright dem a rejoice Release the poor fromtheir afflictions The upright dem a rejoice How good and how pleasant it is When we dwell in perfect harmony His unfailing love It gives me full redemption In the highest of heights I put my hope in his words My soul awaits, my soul awaits More than the watchman wait for the morning come I got to keep on moving, lord I’m coming home You’ve taken all my troubles and worries And now again I’m pleading, lord Lead we forth from darkness and gloom Break those chains of bondage Release the poor from their afflictions The upright dem a rejoice Release the poor fromtheir afflictions The upright dem a rejoice Oh let the rain come wash away our fears, oh lord I always haffi know that you’re near me I see Jah glory rising Zion train is coming my way Desolation,Desolation grows Distress all over the world Some of them have lost their way In a barren desert No path toward di city weh mi deh deh now Jah Jah a go guide we there How good and how pleasant it is When we dwell in perfect harmony His unfailing love It gives me full redemption

1. Out of the garden of Eden Straight from the motherland, Africa Adam was living with nature Surviving off of the land was is nature But nowadays Men have lost their way When mankind cut down the trees To build up dem cities Dem dig up mountains and say they’re digging riches Babylon system got this whole world fighting Fighting to survive Fighting one another They don’t care about life They don’t care about each other Rastaman a chant Chorus Why can’t we live How God say man should live Why can’t we love How God say man should love Why can’t we live How God say man should live Why can’t we love How God say man should love 2. We’re living in a time where we must take time To learn our history Its written in the signs of the times, don’t be blind So learn from history Lies and illusion breeding fear So called super powers think the end is near Mother earth suffer from their love of money and greed Over land and over water Exploitation increase Its such a shame Who’s to blame When mankind cut down the trees To build up dem cities Dem dig up mountains and say they’re digging riches Babylon system got this whole world fighting Fighting to survive Fighting one another They don’t care about life They don’t care about each other Rastaman a chant again Chorus Why can’t we live How God say man should live Why can’t we love How God say man should love Why can’t we live How God say man should live Why can’t we love How God say man should love 3. See babylon cut down the trees To build up dem cities Dem dig up mountains and say they’re digging riches Babylon system got this whole world fighting Fighting to survive Fighting one another They don’t care about life They don’t care about each other Rastaman a chant Chorus Why can’t we live How God say man should live Why can’t we love How God say man should love Why can’t we live How God say man should live Why can’t we love How God say man should love Why can’t we live How God say man should live Why can’t we love How God say man should love

1. You see it fly by on your window panes on a rainy day Through the air on a sunny day, floating by your way Work right now, working all day Even on holiday Through the passage of time Don’t let life pass you by So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you Chorus It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy 2. Live life chasing butterflies all through the night Don’t fly up so high You might sky Stay down to earth and witness the birth of your own evolution Break through ground and feel the sun Grow into a beautiful creation So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you Chorus It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy 3. Its all about life All about the strife All about the race we run everyday All about the dream And all it ever seems like,it gets harder with every step Everyday we rush Everyday we run Under the sun Moving all day Keep a steady, keep it in your sights Work every, I beg you, work right now So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you Chorus It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you So don’t leave it all up to tomorrow Keep dreaming it up Keep rolling on It might run from you Chorus It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy It don’t come easy

Chorus Good over evil when we’re trodding inna babylon Burn down the devil when we’re chanting inna dis yah sound Good over evil when we’re trodding inna babylon Burn down the devil when we’re chanting inna dis yah sound 1. Well you see, first and foremost Memba di difference between medecine and poison is the doasge A Rastaman living inna babylon system and corruption will be coming and going in all shapes and sizes Oh no, don’t ever complicate your mind And never ever turn unno back from what is right Stand firm keep the creed in your sight Now memba di dread a we covenant So we say… Chorus Good over evil when we’re trodding inna babylon Burn down the devil when we’re chanting inna dis yah sound Good over evil when we’re trodding inna babylon Burn down the devil when we’re chanting inna dis yah sound 2. I never give up Cause I’m a man on a mission Live up Cah di tide start turning Pon di riddim mi a chat Man a talk to di masses Cyan touch di rastaman You no want me in a battle Me never compromise in the face of armagedon Fight di struggle, mek we burn down di catacombs Duppy dem walk and a dance to dem conquerer Di living dem a shock and a clap to di rubadub Tell all di man dem weh you livin inna babylon Walk with God weh gwan about your way and say Chorus Good over evil when we’re trodding inna babylon Burn down the devil when we’re chanting inna dis yah sound Good over evil when we’re trodding inna babylon Burn down the devil when we’re chanting inna dis yah sound

1. Open up your eyes, man a give you a brand new riddim Da wan yah fi di man weh pon di system him a sync It a go sound like conspiracy The coincidence of what I see Results of hypocrisy Breeding animosity Inna dis yah time weh we livin in Man haffi work and then get hustlin In a life of strife and strugglin And it gets so hard that dem buckle and Everyone want we fi change the world Nuff a dem no want just fi change dem goals Dem killin one another with dem guns and bombs And a stray from Jah Jah and a call it wisdom Education is rhetoric in an eloquent form If you cyan accept the truth, what is the point of discussion Its a sickness spreading faster than a man can understand We tell dem this is babylon system and dem say we wrong And we keep on writing, keep on singin Jammin inna nuff a we songs Dem no listen no hear when a rastaman come around and tell dem seh Chorus Dem step pon quicksand And try fi swim Physically strong but dem a weak, man Dem cyan win cah dem a fight against di big man Life no sweet Check yourself, watch your foot You might be steppin pon quicksand 2. Well some say Nuff a we no want dis No, we no want that And dem a practice what some dem call badness Now what should we think is righteous When inna di first place Mankind dem all know what righteousness is Now me say, Jah Jah a di light fi di masses Written in your conscience Even in your madness Or when it mek sense And its ever present Di divine essence Come now mek we, burn up di ishence Mash up di nonsense Take down di madness Cah dem a vote for a fascist To wipe out di classes But its the absence of common sense And it no mek sense when dem say its all for resistance When dem a blind to di system Man a see dem Livin in di house of confusion, illusions And dem a use and abuse And a lose themself inna babylon system Man a tell dem nah deny me cah di truth it must be clear Man turn dem back to me and everything me say dem want fi smear Man a talk and chat and a sing and a shout and a chant dem inna dem face Dem no listen no hear when a rastaman come around and tell dem seh Chorus Dem step pon quicksand And try fi swim Physically strong but dem a weak, man Dem cyan win cah dem a fight against di big man Life no sweet Check yourself, watch your foot You might be steppin pon quicksand Quicksand And try fi swim Physically strong but dem a weak, man Dem cyan win cah dem a fight against di big man Life no sweet Check yourself, watch your foot You might be steppin pon quicksand

1. Once a man and twice an child And everything is just for a while I give thanks and praise in the morning Thanks and praise in the evening I give thanks fi life No matter di rocky road we a trod on, trod on, trod on I see a whole heapa man dem cry Whole heapa man dem fight Hard times mek some man belly full While soma dem a hungry In bad times no tek a man fi a fool Cah man a rastaman and I and I know Chorus There’s a rainbow Way up in the sky A promise of hope that never ever dies I can see the clouds parting My God never fails Taking me out of bondage Breaking all my chains Jah Jah bless my soul Never leave alone Jah jah right my wrongs Let my spirit grow Jah Jah bless my soul 2. Through the trials and tribulation Watch yoour step, don’t get caught inna aggravation Guard yourself from the wickedness of man No put your trust in a politician Cause a man is just a man Whether white, black or chinaman Jah Jah first and everthing come after Mind yourself, you nah go fallin it with babylon Jah Jah a we guide fi tek we outta ammargedeon Chorus There’s a rainbow Way up in the sky A promise of hope that never ever dies I can see the clouds parting My God never fails Taking me out of bondage Breaking all my chains Jah Jah bless my soul Never leave alone Jah jah right my wrongs Let my spirit grow Jah Jah bless my soul There’s a rainbow Way up in the sky A promise of hope that never ever dies I can see the clouds parting My God never fails Taking me out of bondage Breaking all my chains There’s a rainbow Way up in the sky A promise of hope that never ever dies I can see the clouds parting My God never fails Taking me out of bondage Breaking all my chains There’s a rainbow Way up in the sky A promise of hope that never ever dies I can see the clouds parting My God never fails Taking me out of bondage Breaking all my chains

1. Blessed is the day when the most high brought you on the earth, child Strife and struggle is the way of all things in life Jah Jah say with love in your heart, it won’t be so hard To see people come and go like the days passing under the sun Just be ready for when the king come calling I am ready for my king when he calls me Chorus I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion 2. Where did our time go Oh lord, oh lord, oh lord It seems like yesterday was so many years ago Well I remember a night when the stars were aligned A humble soldier waiting off the stage I know you’re out there somewhere I know you’re out there somewhere Singing my soul Magneto won’t you sing with me Chorus I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion 3. I know that my God Is ever living and ever sure I know that my God is the beginning and end I will live my life Giving praises without measure For we will meet again In the land of forever We will sing music Sing and make music For eternity Chorus I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion I, I’m going home Right on, right on to Zion

1. Five o’clock I’m on the road across the valley Six o’clock on top of the hills on the other side Seven o’clock I hear the speaker it a tremble Eight o’clock I feel my body winding down Nine o’clock mellow mood start rising Ten o’clock everybody feeling right Under the moonlight Under the streetlights Me and me bredren dem we all a meditate We talk about life And talk about strife And talk about all the little things that give we big smiles Next thing you know we laugh and then we chant And from we chant, I finally come to know that Chorus I got no worries No troube in my head I got the feeling flowing right through me I got no worries No trouble in my heaad Cause I know that I am right where I belong 2. Five o’clock its the end of another day Six o’clock I’m entering breadfruit compound Seven o’clock is when the music starts playing Eight o’clock on top the world with this feeling Nine o’clock mellow mood start rising Ten o’clock everybody feeling right Its all the nice vibes The meeting of the minds Me and me bredren dem, we all a mediate We feeling irie No one no kale Its only the herb and the roots that keep we smiling One Love is how we live life And fom we chant, I finally come to know that Chorus I got no worries No troube in my head I got the feeling flowing right through me I got no worries No trouble in my heaad Cause I know that I am right where I belong I got no worries No troube in my head I got the feeling flowing right through me I got no worries No trouble in my heaad Cause I know that I am right where I belong

1. Indepedant people set up shop Every working people get up and stand up We standing up for ongoing progression Forward is our only direction No need no tin fish, only want the hook and string We catch it natural cah Ital is vital Come check out the black industry We building up a country Buying it local every corner of the islands And if a man walk by and set dem eye on you Go on and tell them what they already know Chorus Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made 2. Indepedant people set up shop Every working people get up and stand up We standing up for ongoing progression Forward is our only direction No need no tin fish, only want the hook and string We catch it natural cah Ital is vital Come check out the black industry We building up a country Buying it local every corner of the islands And if a man walk by and set dem eye on you Go on and tell them what they already know Chorus Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made And if a man walk by and set dem eye on you Go on and tell them what they already know Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made Born locally Strictly keeping it roots Everything right here is Vanuatu made

Ooh little darlin Its time to fly to another dimension Ooh my little baby Rest your eyes, add another dream to your collection If you cry you know you have my attention Ooh little darlin Its time to fly to another dimension Ooh my little baby Rest your eyes, add another dream to your collection If you cry you know you have my attention And so me pray Good night oh Jah Jah, Amen And let family pray again Good night Oh Jah Jah, Amen So we sing, sing, sing,sing… Some one is praying for you Someone is praying for you And when it seems like you’re alone And your heart is torn in two Remember that, someone is praying for you Some one is praying for you Someone is praying for you And when it seems like you’re alone And your heart is torn in two Remember that, someone is praying for you Ooh little darlin Its time to fly to another dimension Ooh my little baby Rest your eyes, add another dream to your collection If you cry you know you have my attention Ooh little darlin Its time to fly to another dimension Ooh my little baby Rest your eyes, add another dream to your collection If you cry you know you have my attention And so me pray Good night oh Jah Jah, Amen And let family pray again Good night Oh Jah Jah, Amen So we sing, sing, sing,sing… Some one is praying for you Someone is praying for you And when it seems like you’re alone And your heart is torn in two Remember that, someone is praying for you Some one is praying for you Someone is praying for you And when it seems like you’re alone And your heart is torn in two Remember that, someone is praying for you