Good Over Evil - Groundation

Standing so I can see them beneath the morning sky All those who seek to climb so high To insure the river Jordan will not run dry All of the tears run out of the valley high Oh a den Mesada! I fear the War's out Tell Father they've come, oh tell Mother they've come Lord forgive they for they have stamped on the ocean Oh forgive them who trampled by the way side Lord forgive them who trot upon the ocean Lord forgive them for all of dem a they don't know They sit there robbing de poor We shall stand upon the lies they told Rocking the boat that they stole, Remember Babylon rule them... Dread Iyon Dread Dem a payaka, want to live and be so free yeah, oh lord Now if dem want to live, if dem want to live, oh now shelter we Oh Father they stole, another one, another country poor Oh another one, another country poor Well now the youth man say Well now the Convenant say, oh the youth man say And the a government now they don't know Now they don't see Jah people don't want to Believe them, no more, they are deceive yes, no more While they sit in their illusion wondering how Babylon rule dem, rule them So dem, so dem man, so dem a masses have cried And left them all out, and left them all out To suffer inna dis a ghetto while dem trampled out On my soul, Brought to you dem Lepo paya, dem Lepo paya, Lepo paya gone a Ethiopia Lepo paya, dem Lepo paya, Lepo paya gone a Ethiopia Standing so I can see them beneath the morning sky Seeking to climb the ladder so high Oh the mighty Jordan will not run dry So our tear drop from valley to the sky Oh they don't know, they sit there punishing the poor While all my brethren a lock up 'pon the floor Give us our justice and we will seek no more Remember Babylon rule dem... Dread Iyon Dread Dem a payaka, want to live and be so free, oh lord Man if ya want to live, if ya want to live, oh now shelter we Oh dear Mother and Father come look at me, Flying so peacefully Oh now de, now de Father come run uponthe I-shed Oh dear Sistren come upon the ocean Oh my Idren run upon the I-shed Oh dear Sistren run upon a dey don't know Now they don't see Jah people don't want to Believe them, no more, they are deceive yes, no more While they sit in their illusion wondering how Oh Babylon rule them, rule them

Spit fire like dragon, thinking them can escape The works of William Gordon Them fire as Judas come, thinking them can ride on The words of Marcus Garvey (Oh man de were) Filling up our heads with visions While it's our souls on which they bargain Live as they all live, blind as they are blind They'll never know that, for this here price We shall give our lives to them Now did ya, did ya see them ride into the war Gone so long they call out to the one Son I'm here for you they trapped him to belong, When they were all Standing at the foot of the moutain as we tried to Warn them oh Jah Jah, we warn them Still they come with their silver tongue show Yes, and we chant them oh Rasta, we whant them They man come with their silver tongue show (Good man say) You're just a string in the puppet show Spit fire like dragon, thinking them can escape The works of Mohandis Gandhi Spit fire as Judas come, thinking them can destroy The words of Bantu Biko (Oh man de were) Filling up our heads with visions While it's our souls 'pon which they bargain Oh the crisis de man light, the fittest de man fight, They'll never know that For this here price, we shall give our lives to them Now did ya, did ya see them ride into the war Conquered us so long they hold their head up high As them pray on the poor and juvenile When they were all standing at the foot of the mountain As we tried to warn them oh Jah Jah, we warn them Still they come with their silver tongue show Yes, and we chant them oh Rasta, we chant them They man come with their silver tongue show Chant them down, chant them down no they'll never know Warn them oh Jah Jah, we warn them Still they come with their silver tongue show Yes, and we chant them oh Rasta, we chant them They man come with their silver tongue show (Good man say) You're just a string in the puppet show. Compositor: Groundation

Uuuh-uuuuhh-uuuhhhhh-uuuuuhhhhh yes Laaaa-daaaa-daaaa-daaaaaa It was a miracle at last There would be born daughters and sons It was a great testimony All from this Holy Empress Now man's back on his feet again my friend Back out to wailing n' psalm again Man is back on his feet again my friend Back on the thrown once again Wasn't it proven already? Must it be proven once again? That the greatest of the answers Moves onward with the beat Allowing me to Surround you with love And challenge man's role To be a unifying force That will rally all of man's soul No sign of wonder Could ever compare with The depth of ones wows Don't you cry my daring For there will come a light from the Empress Giving my own testimony Of a real true life Overcoming the depths of poverty Just one of life's miracles Jah sent for you You, you, you... I've seen all the truth Bring forth all the youth Thinking back I have survived a lot Remembering all the miracles Jah send for you You, you, you...

One rock, yeah, that we deh pon Just remember it's our father's home One rock, yeah, that we deh pon Just remember it's the Congo man home Between love and hate, between peace and war We're in a tug-a-war for what's to come And all the energies surrounding the Earth It seems you can't get nothing done For there are no winners without losers No rich without the poor So if ya asking for forgiveness You're not of this Earth no more Never will come to be for Him Never will it come down here Experience has written those lines in his face All surrounded by a lion's mane Hungry and thirsty through the desert he crawl To the Dead Sea shore but he can't drink Life changes all the time Manifesting prophecies through the line And it's true what the Rastaman said Heaven's on Earth and it lives inside your head You who starship dreamer You are a distant joker With no vision for the future How things will get better? The Earth is the lord, and the fullness there of Jah alone will see you through One life alone will have to do But with his insatiable heart, man may Be pushing Jah further and further away So, who is gonna brace him for it? Stand up and face it You are ready now Passing you a rod as an anointed one (yeah) So all these gifts of Jah formed the Earth and life Where nothing comes without a price And nobody gonna take away, oh A change is coming for you (coming, coming, coming, coming) Got to be ready when it comes One rock, yeah, that we deh pon Just remember it's our father's home One rock, yeah, that we deh pon Just remember it's the Congo man home

Zion, dreaming from an Iron gate Dragon, fire ago burn dem all Jah gonna start the revolution The light struck the night, Too indiscipline a battle dem fight Walk and talk they steal, mash dem down we will With the strength of a lion stand still Iya, Iya, war today, oh steal I hear war today-ay-ay The youth dem call upon the elders of which we seek after The Congo Man a chanting, oh dem Congo Man a chant... Oh the youth dem know, but what they cannot see Is how dem use to laugh, and then kick upon we Oh all the youth don't know, of all those tears we cry Yes oh this Rastaman life, oh of this Rastaman life And you can hear them shouting changes From out of the minds and thoughts of our children Here in desolate places Oh we give thanks and praises to dem elders For the guidance we are after Oh we give thanks and praises to dem elders For unto them we know that No one shall stand alone tonight Shall run, run tonight, shall stand alone tonight Shall run, run tonight Long before this war we use to cry and use to lie in bed With visions of fire running red, And so we call upon these elders instead Don Carlos at the control Wo yeah! Wo yeah! Now (4x) See them come up along the road, oh I can see them Some walk by day and some stalk by night Oh Rastafari shall greet them in the end And so de man run up so long, so long, Oh, Lord! Beaten dem down, shootin' dem down Oh it's a poor man's battle for the youth man stalk And the rich dem run away Seems like de don't know dem right from wrong But I see the youth will fight tonight, wow Look how they jump, and shriek and moan For natty coming over: Oh freedom taking over