The Mission - Stephen Marley & Damien Marley
[CHORUS]
yeah! aay, from Jungle to Rema, from Tivoli to Matthews Lane
Ahhhh ahhhh aye, aay! from Waterhouse to Georgeland, from Painland
to Delacray, ahhhh ahhhh aye, boom!
[VERSE 1]
Ah youth an youth fi have a plan, and have some ambition
An mek sure unno firm inna di Armageddon so when yuh son become
ah man, him know just weh you stand, him know him puppa
set it suh him follow tradition, If Marcus Garvey seh fi read
then weh some man ah pree, cah knowledge ah di key and it wi
set di people free, an Hailie high philosphy, is African unity
unno waan just segregration and social impurity di race is just
not for di swift, but those who can endure, mek sure you have ah
steady footing inna zion door, and keep your thoughts dem pure, jah
love is for di poor, but some likkle bwoy ah bus some gun dem mumma
can't afford, if jah seh blood fi run, then jah will be done
di heaven and di earth wi pass away before him word nuh come
but if him pause without a cause, there will be no reward, for
you to enter zion gates because you are a fraud
[CHORUS]
for di youths in di struggle ohh yeah, fighting guerilla warfare
ahhh ahhh aay, Somalia to Ethiopia, from Egypt to Zimbabwe
ahhh ahhh aye, aay
[VERSE 2]
Hailie Selassie seh ah war, if colour is ah scar, if one from every
nation caan come live up on ah par, so don't care who you are, there's
a brighter morning star, its shining wake di town, and tell di people
near and far, you seek and you wi search, with science and research
di flesh it is di temple and di temple is di church haillie selassie
seh fi work, so how some man ah lurks, turn fixture pon dem
cornerside like rubbish heap and dirt, Haillie Selassie seh ah one
respect fi every man, nuh care di race nuh care di color nor di
religion, So mek ah decision, fi bun di division, Cause each an every
rasta youth fi trod pon de mission aay
[OUTRO]
from Portmore to Kingston, from Kingston to Montego Bay ahhh
Ahhh Aye aay, from Sea View to Riverton, come on Hundred Park Lane
higha higha higha, higha higha high, brups! from Jungle to Rema
from Tivoli to Matthews Lane, ahhh ahhh aye aay, from Southside to Taylor
ville, from Iraq to USA, higha higha higha, higha higha high, highaaaaa
from Waterhouse to Georgeland yeeah, Painland to Delacray, ahhhh ahhhh aye
aay, Portmore aaay Kington to boom


















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