Jah Cure, Jah Mason - Working So Hard lyrics
[Jah Cure, Jah Mason - Working So Hard lyrics]
Holy Emmaunel I, Selassie I Jah
Working so hard
Yeah man how we tell dem say Jah Cure
And Jah Mason come fi slew Babylon
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah man
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeaaah
Let dem know wha' gwarn
Tell dem wha' gwarn nuh Jah Cure
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yuh nuh see it?
Working so hard inna Babylon Man
Haffi work so hard
Still I can't see what I've
Been working for yeah mon
Working so hard inna Babylon Inna Babylon
Inna Babylon
Still I can't see what I've been working for
Can't see wha' we a' work for
Modern slavery dem still a' kill baby Still
A' kill baby yuh nuh? Vampire blood thirsty
Jah Jah find dem guilty Dem find dem guilty!
Nuff a' dem works filthy
Rasta deh pon di journey
I don't need no attorney No day, no way
No no no no no no yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well di Bobo man a' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
Emperor Selassie I alone weh mi fear
Emperor Selassie I call, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mi' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
King Selassie I weh me a' true mi turn to di
East and holla Holy Trinity
Emmaunel, Marcus and His Majesty
Mi never close mi eye never
Go down pon mi knee
An' holla praise to di man who irate you an'
Di man who irate the sky, di land and di sea
Who irate di flowers and even di tree
Di man who irate di fishes an'
Di birds an' di bee
A' emperor Selassie I come set us free
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah mon let
Dem know wha' gwarn, nuh?
Working so hard inna Babylon See
How hard man haffi work
Still I can't see what I've been working for
Can't see a' ting can't see a' ting
Working so hard inna Babylon
Still I can't see what I've been working for
400 years inna slavery See how long!
Its' been so long Still strong yu'nuh!
Too long Babylon enslave we
Still we've been strong Never give up di
Faith yu'nuh, still going strong yu'nuh
Straight to Zion movin' on an' on
Still been strong through dis stormy weather
True di Bobo man a' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
Emperor Selassie I alone weh mi fear
Mi crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
King Selassie I weh mi
Well dem nuh teach we fi love an'
Dem nuh teach we fi care
Nuh teach we fi give an' dem
Nuh teach we fi share
Everyday we get up inna di same nightmare
Can't walk di street yah haffi walk inna fear
Election fi run a' dat time dem draw near
Dem man a' buy di most brandy
Whisky and beer
A' who bring di gun an' di coke it come 'ere?
So wha' happen to di yute weh
Nuh have no dinner fi share?
An' wha' happen to di yute weh
Nuh have no shoes fi wear?
Dem a' wear Fila and Nike Air
So tell mi di truth if Babylon care?
Mi ready fi go blood Babylon dis a' year
Working so hard inna Babylon How
Hard man a' work man
Still I can't see what I've been working for
Working so hard inna Babylon Can't tek it
No more yu'nuh? Zion way before
Still I can't see what I've been working
For Dem nuh cater fi di poor
Modern slavery
Dem still a' kill baby Can't gwarn
Vampire blood thirsty
Jah Jah find dem guilty Blood
Dem a' tek yu'nuh nuff a' dem works filthy
Oh well di Bobo man a' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
Emperor Selassie I alone
Working so hard
Yeah man how we tell dem say Jah Cure
And Jah Mason come fi slew Babylon
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah man
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeaaah
Let dem know wha' gwarn
Tell dem wha' gwarn nuh Jah Cure
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yuh nuh see it?
Working so hard inna Babylon Man
Haffi work so hard
Still I can't see what I've
Been working for yeah mon
Working so hard inna Babylon Inna Babylon
Inna Babylon
Still I can't see what I've been working for
Can't see wha' we a' work for
Modern slavery dem still a' kill baby Still
A' kill baby yuh nuh? Vampire blood thirsty
Jah Jah find dem guilty Dem find dem guilty!
Nuff a' dem works filthy
Rasta deh pon di journey
I don't need no attorney No day, no way
No no no no no no yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Well di Bobo man a' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
Emperor Selassie I alone weh mi fear
Emperor Selassie I call, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mi' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
King Selassie I weh me a' true mi turn to di
East and holla Holy Trinity
Emmaunel, Marcus and His Majesty
Mi never close mi eye never
Go down pon mi knee
An' holla praise to di man who irate you an'
Di man who irate the sky, di land and di sea
Who irate di flowers and even di tree
Di man who irate di fishes an'
Di birds an' di bee
A' emperor Selassie I come set us free
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah mon let
Dem know wha' gwarn, nuh?
Working so hard inna Babylon See
How hard man haffi work
Still I can't see what I've been working for
Can't see a' ting can't see a' ting
Working so hard inna Babylon
Still I can't see what I've been working for
400 years inna slavery See how long!
Its' been so long Still strong yu'nuh!
Too long Babylon enslave we
Still we've been strong Never give up di
Faith yu'nuh, still going strong yu'nuh
Straight to Zion movin' on an' on
Still been strong through dis stormy weather
True di Bobo man a' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
Emperor Selassie I alone weh mi fear
Mi crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
King Selassie I weh mi
Well dem nuh teach we fi love an'
Dem nuh teach we fi care
Nuh teach we fi give an' dem
Nuh teach we fi share
Everyday we get up inna di same nightmare
Can't walk di street yah haffi walk inna fear
Election fi run a' dat time dem draw near
Dem man a' buy di most brandy
Whisky and beer
A' who bring di gun an' di coke it come 'ere?
So wha' happen to di yute weh
Nuh have no dinner fi share?
An' wha' happen to di yute weh
Nuh have no shoes fi wear?
Dem a' wear Fila and Nike Air
So tell mi di truth if Babylon care?
Mi ready fi go blood Babylon dis a' year
Working so hard inna Babylon How
Hard man a' work man
Still I can't see what I've been working for
Working so hard inna Babylon Can't tek it
No more yu'nuh? Zion way before
Still I can't see what I've been working
For Dem nuh cater fi di poor
Modern slavery
Dem still a' kill baby Can't gwarn
Vampire blood thirsty
Jah Jah find dem guilty Blood
Dem a' tek yu'nuh nuff a' dem works filthy
Oh well di Bobo man a' crush an' a' clear
Dem a' mock an' a' jeer
Emperor Selassie I alone