JAHOVAH

(Collin Grant & Charles Sinclair)

WALKING IN DARKNESS FOR THE LONGEST TIME
I’VE OBSERVED THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND
COULD INNONCE STILL BE MINE
MIGHTY REDEEMER
TRUE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD
PRESERVE I IN THIS DAY OF JUDGMENT
HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL

CHORUS:
JAHOVAH JAHOVAH

TRAPPED IN IGNORANCE
THIS WORLD IS CONSUMED
MEN DELIGHT IN ACTS OF WICKEDNESS
BEHOLD THE EVIL THAT THEY DO
MOTHERLESS CHILDREN ARE THEIR VICTIMS
YET THEY CONTINUE TO KILL
BUT I KNOW THESE THINGS MUST COME TO PASS
PROPHECY FULFILLED I PRAY

SEE THE HEATHEN THEY TRY TO CONQUER JAH JAH CHILDREN
THEY ALL START TO BEND
CAUSE RASTAFARI DON’T BEG FOR FRIENDS
FIRE BURN THEM NOW
CAUSE RASTAFARI DON’T BOW YOW
NAH SELL NO GOW (NOT SELLING FALSEHOODS)
DAT DI WHOLE A DEM FI COME KNOW

TASTED THE BITTERNESS OF THIS EARTH
BUT SALVATION COMES BY THE WORD
QUENCH ME LORD TAKE THIS CURSE
LIFT UP MY CONSCIENCE NOW LET IT SHINE
LIKE A BEACON TO ALL MANKIND
WOE OH OH OH OH

REPEAT CHORUS

MOTHERLESS CHILDREN ARE THEIR VICTIMS….

HEART BREAK

(Collin Grant & Charles Sinclair)

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE ME NO

I’M STANDING IN THE RAIN
WAITING FOR YOU TO COME AGAIN
I STARE AT THE MIDNIGHT SUN
WILL I BE WAITING
‘TIL THE MORNING COMES

CHORUS:
HOW MANY WAYS CAN A MAN’S HEART BREAK
AND HOW MANY TIMES IS HE NOT SUPPOSED TO CRY
HOW MANY DREAMS MUST I DREAM OF YOU
AND WILL I LIVE TO SEE MY DREAMS COME TRUE
HOW MANY NIGHTS MUST I BE ALONE
AND WILL I EVER GET TO CALL YOU MY OWN
HOW MANY TIMES MUST I CRY FOR YOU
YOU MAKE ME SO BLUE (WHY DO YOU MAKE ME SO BLUE)

AM I SUFFERING IN VAIN
HOLDING BACK MY TEARS
HIDING MY PAIN
TRUE BELIEVER MY HEART BURNS LIKE A FLAME YEAH
WHILE YOU RUN AROUND AND PLAY YOUR GAMES

REPEAT CHORUS:

NOW I SEE THAT LOVE IS BLIND
THE WORLD AGREES I MUST HAVE LOST MY MIND
BUT THIS FEELING CANNOT BE ERASED NO
YOUR LOVE HAS CAPTURED ME
I’M LOST WITHOUT A TRACE

REPEAT CHORUS:

BITTER SWEETNESS TO MY SOUL
THAT’S THE WAY THE STORY GOES

ADLIB………

CRUCIAL STATE

(Collin Grant & Kareem Green)

WHO SHOULD I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE NO NO

OOH THESE DECISIONS
I’M SO OVERWHELMED
I’M IN NEED OF YOUR GUIDANCE
LORD I’M GONNA NEED SOME HELP
SO BEWILDERED
SO CONFUSED
SLIPS AWAY LIKE QUICKSILVER
BUT I KNOW THERE’S NO TIME TO LOSE

CHORUS:
WHO SHOULD I LOVE (YEAH, YEAH) WHO SHOULD I HATE (TELL ME)
I’VE GOT TO KNOW, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
WHO CAN I TRUST, WHO SHOULD I BE WARY OF
I’VE GOT TO KNOW, I’M IN A CRUCIAL STATE

MOTHER, FATHER HELP ME
THEY’RE LONG GONE
SISTER BROTHER TELL ME
BUT THEY’VE GOT TROUBLES OF THEIR OWN
WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN
SO FULL OF WICKEDNESS
NO PRINCIPLES BY WHICH TO GUIDE
I REALIZE I’M ALL BY MYSELF

REPEAR CHORUS:

WISE MEN HAVE RUN OUT OF WISDOM
AND THE FOOLISH
THEY THINK THEY’VE GAINED MORE THAN SOME
I SEE THE WICKED AND THEY’RE EXALTED IN THEIR KINGDOMS
SO BOLD THEY WANT MY VERY SOUL
PROTECT ME JAH HOLY ONE

REPEAT CHORUS / ADLIB…:

SO JAH SAYS

(Collin Grant & Charles Sinclair)

JAH IS ALL I NEED YES (HEY)

WOKE UP THIS MORNING GOT TO FACE ANOTHER DAY
I’M LIVING IN A WORLD FILLED WITH WAR, SORROW AND HATE
COME MY LITTLE ONES WE’VE GOT MUCH WORK TO DO
NO SENSE IN SITTING DOWN WITH A FROWN
FEELING SAD AND BLUE YEAH

CHORUS:

JAH SAY NONE OF MY SEED SHALL BEG BREAD
JAH SAY HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY
JAH SAY NONE OF MY SEED SHALL BREAD
JAH SAY NOT ONE OF MINE SHALL GO ASTRAY

HAPPY IS THE MAN WHO TRULY KNOWS HIMSELF
CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD FREE AND INDEPENDENT, WELL
GOT A MIND OF HIS OWN AND HIS SOUL IS HIS DOMAIN
REFUSE TO BE A PAWN IN YOUR BLOOD FOR FORTUNE AND FAME GAME

RE[EAT CHORUS:

NEVER THIRST OR HUNGER JAH GIVES ME ALL I NEED
AND THROUGH ALL OF THE SEASONS
HE NURTURES EVERY SEED YEAH
I AND I MUST PROSPER NO MATTER WHAT IS DONE
RISE ABOVE SO STRONG IN LOVE
SHINING LIKE THE SUN

REPEAT CHORUS:

HAPPY IS THE MAN WHO TRULY KNOWS HIMSELF
CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD FREE AND INDEPENDENT (WELL)
GOT A MIND OF MY OWN AND MY SOUL IS MY DOMAIN
REFUSE TO BE A PAWN IN YOUR BLOOD FOR FORTUNE AND FAME GAME

JAH SAYS NONE OF MY SEED SHALL BEG BREAD
JAH SAYS HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY (YEAH)
THE MOUNTAINS SHALL CRUMBLE AND FALL TO THE SEA
IF MY CHILDREN ARE FOUND BEGGING IN THE STREETS (WELL SO JAH SAYS)

JUST KEEP THE FAITH AND CALL HIS NAME
JAH NEVER CHANGE HE’LL REMAIN THE SAME
TAKE AWAY YOUR SORROWS TAKE YOU PAIN
GIVE YOU SUNSHINE WHEN THERE’S RAIN, GIVE YOU SUNSHINE

TELL IT TO THE NATIONS TELL IT FAR AND WIDE
JAH WILL ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE
MEN SHOULD BE RIGHTEOUS AND SWALLOW THEIR PRIDE
MUST SURVIVE, SO JAH SAYS

YOUR FRIEND

(Collin Grant Kareem Green)

YES I’LL BE THERE (AAH)

CHORUS:

I’M GONNA BE YOUR FRIEND
UNTIL THE VERY END
NO I WONT PRETEND
I WILL BE TRUE
YES I WILL BE YOUR FRIEND
NOW AND FOREVER LET IT BEGIN
NO MATTER WHAT IT IS
I WILL BE THERE FOR YOU

NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER
I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE YOU CAN COUUNT ON
SOMEONE WHO REALLY CARES
TO LEND A HELPING HAND
WHENEVER YOU NEED TO MAKE A STAND
WHATEVER IT IS YOU REQUIRE
I WILL BE THERE TO FULFILL YOUR DESIRE

REPEAT CHORUS:

FAITHFUL AND TRUE FOREVER
I WILL ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE
WHEN YOU NEED SOMEONE YOU CAN LEAN ON
SOMEONE TO BE YOUR GUIDE
YOU’LL NEVER FACE THE NIGHT ALONE
I’LL NEVER LEAVE YOU OUT IN THE COLD
IF YOU ARE WEAK I WILL BE STRONG
THROUGH THICK AND THIN
I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON

REPEAT CHORUS:

THIS IS STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART
AND NO ONE COULD EVER DOUBT
MY LOVE FOR YOU
I’LL PLAY MY PART (YES I WILL)

EVEN IN YOUR DARKEST HOUR
LET ME BE THE LIGHT THAT SHINES
AND SHOULD THIS WHOLE DAMN WORLD FORSAKE YOU
REMEMBER YOU’RE STILL MINE
I’LL BE THERE TO CHASE AWAY YOUR FEARS
YES I’LL BE THERE TO WIPE AWAY YOUR TEARS
FOREVER ‘TIL THE END OF TIME
I PLEDGE MY HEART WITH A LOVE SO DIVINE

REPEAT CHORUS / ADLIB…

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

(Collin Grant & Robert Scarlett)

PRINCES, PRIESTS AND WARRIORS
KINGS AND QUEENS DON’T TARRY YAH
I’M CALLING ON MY GREAT ANCESTORS
TO HELP ME BURN AND BLAZE THIS HOTTER FIRE
ANGELS ARCHANGELS AND SERAPHIMS
HOLY CREATURES COME AND SPREAD YOUR WINGS yeah

CALLING ON THE PAC
THE NYABINGHI AND THE BOBO SHANTI
MALCOM X AND MARCUS GARVEY
PAUL BOGLE NANNY AND CUDJOE
THESE ARE MY HEROES

CHORUS
WE AH FIGHT DIS YAH REVOLUTIONARY WAR
COME PEOPLE COME MEK WE PAR

LET’S TAKE A TRIP TO RECENT HISTORY
AMADOU DIALLO WAS WALKING THE NEW YORK STREETS
WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN BY THEIR FRONT LINE SOLDIERS
49 BULLETS AND THEY TURNED HIM OVER
THEY SAID HIS WALLET LOOKED LIKE A BIG GUN
HATRED AND MALICE TARGET PRACTICE BIG FUN
N.Y.P.D. ANOTHER JOB WELL DONE
MURDERING, SLAUGHTERING AFRICA’S TRUE SONS

REPEAT CHORUS:

REMEMBER THIS EUGENICS IS IN THE MIX
A MASTER RACE, SOME KINDA SUPREMACISTS
THEY WANT TO CREATE FOR THEY SEE THAT TIME A TWIST
ERADICATE THEM, THEY ARE MAD SCIENTISTS

REPEAT CHORUS

HEY WHAT IS THIS AIDS CRISIS IN AFRICA?
AND THIS EBOLA THEY SAY THEY CAN’T FIGURE
WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER ATTEMPTED GENOCICE
TIME BOMB EXPLODES, GOT TO STAND UP AND FIGHT

WE’VE GOT TO FIGHT, WE’VE GOT TO FIGHT YEAH
SAY WE ARE FIGHTING DIS YA WAR
ALL OVER AFRICA, ALL OVER JAMAICA, ALL OVER AMERICA
AIDS BOMB EXPLODES, TIME BOMB EXPLODES, ANTHRAX BOMB EXPLODES
HUMAN BOMB EXPLODES

EXPLODING BOMBS, ALL OVER JAH CREATION
THEY’RE EXPLODING BOMBS ALL OVER JAH CREATION
GOTTA FIGHT, YEAH WE’VE GOT TO FIGHT, SAY WE AH FIGHT
YEAH WE AH FIGHT.

I AM

(Collin Grant & Charles Sinclair)

LET THE TRUMPETS SOUND AND THE ANGELS CRY
WOE, WOE, WOE FOR JAH JUDGMENT IT HAS COME

I AM THE ONE WHO WAS PIERCED AND SUFFERED
FOR YOUR REDEMPTION
I BORIE YOUR BURDENS ON THE CROSS
I’VE BEEN WITH THEE
THROUGH ALL THE YEARS
ALPHA AND OMEGA
THE FIRST AND THE LAST

CHORUS:
KEEP TO MY WORD, I WILL PRESERVE THEE
IN THE DREADED DAYS IN THE TIME TO COME
KEEP TO MY WORD, I WILL BE WITH THEE
I’M THE BRIGHT MORNING STAR, THE MOON AND THE SUN

I AM THE ONE WHO WAS JUDGED
YOU FOUND ME GUILTY
TOOK ME TO BE SLAUGHTERED LIKE AN INNOCENT LAMB
I APPEARED BEFORE MOSES
IN THE FORM OF A BURNING BUSH
SPOKE MY NAME
I AM THAT I AM

REPEAT CHORUS:

YES I AM THAT I AM YES I AM, I AM, YES I AM (WOE CHILDREN)

I AM THE SAME ONE, OF WHOM JOHN SPOKE
BEHOLD I COME QUICKLY THAT IS NO JOKE
I COME TO CLAIM WHAT’S MINE
DESTROY THE REST
WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH
BE AT YOUR BEST, NO LESS

REPEAT CHORUS:

REVELATION, THIS IS THE REVELATION YEAH
REVELATION WOE OH OH OH
THIS IS THE REVELATION THAT WAS GIVEN UNTO TO JOHN
WHO WAS EXILED IN THE ISLE
AND THEY DID CRY
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY

Adlib…..

BIGGEST PART OF ME

(Written By David Pack - Adapted by Collin Grant, Charles Sinclair & Orville Malcolm)

YES YOU’RE THE BIGGEST PART OF ME
YES I WISH THEY COULD SEE
I NEED YOU CLOSE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO GUIDE ME

SUNRISE THERE’S A NEW SUN RISIN’
IN YOUR EYES I CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES AN’
REALIZE AND IT KEEPS ME REALIZIN’
YOU’RE THE BIGGEST PART OF ME
BY MY SIDE NEED YOUR LOVIN’ HERE BESIDE ME
SHINE A LIGHT NEED YOU CLOSE ENOUGH TO GUIDE ME
ALL MY LIFE I WAS HOPIN’ YOU WOULD FIND ME
YOU’RE THE BIGGEST PART OF ME (WELL)

WELL MAKE A WISH CHILDREN
AND I KNOW JAH WILL MAKE IT COME TRUE
SAY A PRAYER CHILDREN
OF THE THINGS JAH WILL DO FOR YOU
AIN’T NO RISK NOW
LET JAH LOVE RAIN DOWN ON YOU
WASH AWAY THE PAST
SO THAT YOU MAY START ANEW

SUNRISE RISIN’ OVER MY SHOULDER
IN YOUR EYES GETTING STRONGER GETTING BOLDER
REALIZE ALL I WANNA DO IS PRAISE JAH
HE’S THE LIGHT THAT SHINES IN ME
BY MY SIDE GOT A FEELING THAT FOREVER
SHINE A LIGHT WE ARE GONNA STAY TOGETHER
ALL MY LIFE FOR ME THERE’S NOTHING BETTER
YOU’RE THE BIGGEST PART OF ME (WELL)

MORE THAN AN EASY FEELING
JAH BRINGS JOY TO ME
HOW CAN I TELL YOU WHAT HE MEANS TO ME
FLOW LIKE THE PUREST RIVER FOR AN ETERNITY
I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME
JAH IS ALL I NEED

YOU SAVED MY LIFE
YOU MADE IT RIGHT
I’LL BE A SERVANT TO YOU
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE
YOU SHINE A LIGHT ON MY LIFE YEAH
SHINE A LIGHT YEAH YEAH
JAH IS MY LIFE HE IS MY LIFE
I WILL ALWAYS BE A SERVANT TO THEE
I AM YOUR SON, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE
YEAH YEAH, I WILL ALWAYS BE FAITHFUL UNTO THEE YEAH

KISS YOU

(Collin Grant & Charles Sinclair)

TO KNOW YOU
IS TO NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST YOU
AND I DO SO WANNA KISS YOU
WHEN YOU’RE GONE I’M GONNA MISS YOU
BELIEVE ME
MY WHOLE HEART WOULD BE GRIEVING
AND OH MY SOUL WOULD BE WEEPING
DON’T TELL ME THAT YOU’RE LEAVING

I CAN’T PICTURE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU IN IT
IF YOUR LOVE WAS FIRST PRIZE I’D DO ANYTHING TO WIN IT
LET ME TELL YOU THIS

(CHORUS)
GIRL I NEVER KNEW WHAT I MISSED ‘TIL I KISSED YOU

FIRST NIGHT
OH MY LOVE IT WAS TRUE LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
I WANNA HOLD YOU ‘TIL FIRST LIGHT
SQUEEZE YOU WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT
AS I STATED
MY WHOLE LIFE’S COMPLICATED
AND OH HOW I WISH I HAD WAITED
FOR YOU THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

I CAN’T PICTURE MY WORLD WITHOUT YOU IN IT,
IF YOUR LOVE WAS FIRST PRIZE I’D DO ANYTHING TO WIN IT

GIRL IT HURTS TO BE ALONE I REALLY MISS YOU
WANT YOU TO BE MY ONE AND ONLY
I REALLY MISS YOU
LIFE WITHOUT YOU COULDN’T BE
I REALLY MISS YOU
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVIN’
I REALLY MISS YOU

OOH YOU GOT A WAY ABOUT YOU
I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOU

REPEAT CHORUS:

TAKING CHANCES
MOONLIGHT KISSES AND HIDDEN ROMANCES
SILHOUETTES OF YOU AND ME DANCING
IT’S REALLY NOT MY STYLE
BUT YOU BRING ME
HAPPINESS, JOY AND ALL OF THOSE SWEET THINGS
THAT I CAN’T FIND EVEN WHEN I’M DREAMING
HOW COULD I LET YOU GO

GIRL IT HURTS TO BE ALONE I REALLY MISS YOU
CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVIN
I REALLY MISS YOU …. REPEAT CHORUS / ADLIB…

ETHIOPIA

(Collin Grant & Charles Sinclair)

RISE AGAIN RISE AGAIN

HOLY ONE
PLEASE TAKE MY HAND
COME AND LEAD I TO THE PROMISED LAND
GUIDE AND PROTECT I TAKE I INTO THE LIGHT
THAT MYSTIC PLACE WHERE MAN’S SOUL TAKES FLIGHT
FOR IT WAS SEALED AND GIVEN UNTO I AND I
CARRY THIS MESSAGE FOR ALL MANKIND
TRAVELLED THE ROAD STUMBLED ON MY WAY
BUT JAH LOVE HAS FOUND I THIS DAY

CHORUS:
INNA ETHIOPIA
TRODDING WITH THE SAINTS
AS THEY ENTER THROUGH ZION’S GATES
INNA ETHIOPIA
BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO IS HUMBLE
YET SEEK THY FACE

MY HEART IS UNBURDENED
MY SOUL IS AT PEACE
THE SHACKLES AND CHAINS
HAVE ALL BEEN RELEASED
I AM A LITTLE CHILD ONE MORE AND AGAIN
THE FATHER OF CREATION IS MY BEST FRIEND
FOR IT WAS SEALED AND GIVEN TO I AND I
CARRY THIS MESSAGE FOR ALL MANKIND
TRAVELLED THE ROAD STUMBLED ON MY WAY
BUT JAH LOVE HAS FOUND I THIS DAY

REPEAT CHORUS

WOE UNTO THEM WHO STAND IN JUDGMENT
AND OBEY NOT THE LAWS OF JAH
THEY BOW TO THE POPE, PUT ALL THEIR HOPES
IN SODOM AND GOMMORAH
THEY PUT ALL THEIR TRUST IN MAMMON
THEY LUST FOR THE THINGS OF THE WORLD AND THE FLESH
BUT I FEAR NO ONE
THERE’S ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE POWER OVER LIFE AND DEATH

OPEN UP THE GATES OF ZION AFRICA WE WAAN FI GO……..

MORE FIRE

(Collin Grant & Charles Sinclair )

WOE MY MY MY YEAH FATHER OF IRATION SAY HEY

(YOUR) WICKED INTENT BRINGS FOR THE STENCH
THEY CLAIM THEY ARE WISE BUT THEY NEED TO BE CLEANSED
THIS HOTTER FIRE IT BURNS FOR THEE
READ IT IN THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
YOU PUT YOUR SELF IN FRONT AND CLAIM YOU ARE THE HEAD
BUT YOUR DEEDS MAKE ME CRY MAKE MY HEART BLEED INSTEAD

CHORUS:
MORE FIRE, HOTTER HOTTER FIRE LET IT BURN
MORE FIRE, HEATHEN AND SHEDEN THEY ARE RUNNING
MORE FIRE, BABYLON SYSTEM COME TUMBLING DOWN
MORE FIRE, CHANT IT RASTAFARI SON

IN THEIR SUITS AND
ALL OF THEM BOMBING INNOCENT PEOPLE FROM THE SKY
THEY AND THEIR GUYS ARE TRYING TO SPY
ON ORTHODOX, TWELVE TRIBE AND BOBO SHANTI I
TEMPLES CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES
FILLED WITH RAPISTS AND MURDERERS
WANT ALL OF US TO LIVE LIKE HOGS
CHANT RASTAFARI THE RASTAMAN THEY CAN’T GAG

REPEAT CHORUS:

WATCH THE THINGS THAT YOU TALK
BEFORE YOU LET JAH GET WRATH
MAROON SPEAR THROUGH YOUR HEART
BLOW AWAY YOUR EVIL THOUGHTS
WATCH THE SEED THAT YOU SOW
FOR THE WICKEDNESS WILL GROW
THEN YOU SAY YOU DID NOT KNOW
HOW LONG RASTAMAN DONE REVEAL AND SHOW

REPEAT CHORUS

MY LORD FATHER OF IRATION WARNING TO THE NATIONS

RASTAMAN WILL NOT SLEEP IN A CARDBOARD BOX
RISE UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND PUNCH YOUR CLOCK
WORK FROM DUSK TO DAWN AND NEVER STOP UNTIL WE DROP
MODERN SLAVE SOCIETY I HAVE TO BURN THAT

REPEAT CHORUS:

SELL THEY’RE SELLING US THEIR CHRISTENDOM
BUT WE WANT NO PART OF THAT SALVATION
THEY HAVE PLANS FOR ASSIMILATION
BURN I COME TO BURN I COME TO BURN THEM DOWN
STEP WE HAVE TO STEP WE HAVE TO STEP
STEP FAR AWAY FROM THEIR ROMAN CONCEPTS
WON’T KILL OUT MY CULTURE WON’T PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE
TREE WITHOUT ROOTS GARVEY SAYS THAT IS DEATH
COLONIAL MENTALITY MAKES US BAWL AND FRET
EVERYTHING WE HAVE IT’S WHAT THEY WANT TO TAKE
LIKE A GHOST ON US THAT’S HOW THEY SET (i.e. they are all over us – haunting us)
SO I THROW THE FIRE CENTRE RIGHT AND LEFT
BURN OUT THEIR EVIL BURN THEIR WICKEDNESS
TEAR UP VAMPIRES MAN I RIP UP THEIR CHESTS
WON’T ALLOW THEM TO TAKE MORE FROM US AND GIVE US LESS
RASTA SONS AND DAUGHTERS THEY CAN’T JAH BLESSED
OH WHAT A DAY WHEN THE JUDGEMENT COMES
BURN DOWN GOMORRAH AND I BURN DOWN SODOM
THEY MURDER THE INNOCENT AND TAKE IT FOR FUN
PAGAN HEARTED BABYLONIANS
CAST AWAY THEIR CORDS BREAK THEIR BANDS ASUNDER
FIRE BRIMSTONE LIGHTNING AND THUNDER
THIS IS NOT A JOKE THIS IS NOT A BLUNDER
THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALL SHOULD PONDER
THEY WORSHIP THE POPE AND THE QUEEN AND HER SONS
CARELESS BLACK PEOPLE THEY SHOULD BE SHUNNED
GIVE UP THEIR CULTURE THEIR WHOLE LIVES ARE DONE
ALL NATIONS MUST BOW TO THE KING OF ZION

EMPEROR SELASSIE I
HAILE SELASSIE I
KING SELASSIE I
HAILE SELASSIE I
EMPEROR SELASSIE I

THE RIVER OF HEALING

(Collin Grant & Robert Scarlett)

WHAT’S IN MY HEART CANNOT BE SPOKEN
IF IT COULD BE MENDED IT WOULD NOT BE BROKEN
FEELS LIKE MY SOUL IT HAS BEEN
SHATTERED ALL TO PIECES
I’VE GOT TO FIND THAT PLACE OF SILENCE
THEY CALL THE RIVER OF HEALING

CHORUS:
TAKE ME TO THE PLACE WHERE THE WATERS FLOW
OVER ME SO CLEAN AND PURE
WHERE I CAN FAST AND PRAY FOR SEVEN DAYS
AND FOR SEVEN TIMES SEVEN MORE
WOE OH OH ME OH MY
LEAVE THIS ALL BEHIND
ALL THE SUFFERING OF MANKIND
TAKE ME WHERE THE PURE LIGHT SHINES
PENETRATES MY MIND
ARMS OF THE DIVINE

REPEAT CHORUS:

IF I COULD CHANGE MEN AND THEIR EVIL WAYS
I’D SHOUT MY SOLUTION LIKE I WAS GIVING PRAISE
FORGIVE IF IT SEEMS LIKE I’M RUNNING AWAY
BUT I MUST GROW STRONGER FOR THE BATTLE TO COME
IN THESE THE FINAL DAYS

REPEAT CHORUS:

CAN’T CLOSE MY EYES TO THE EVIL THAT MEN DO BUT I
DARE NOT LOOK UPON IT DARE NOT SPEAK THE TRUTH
FOR SO IT IS NOW DARKNESS IS TAKEN FOR LIGHT
THEY WON’T HESITATE TO DROWN ME IN HATE
SPREAD MY WINGS AND FLY

REPEAT CHORUS /ADLIB…