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Artist: Alborosie
Canonical path: /alborosie/time
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Time
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Time
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[INTRO & CHORUS]
righteousness will forever reign whooooa yeah whoooa yeah
yeah yeah rastafari will forever reign ah judgement
suh yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean clean clean
yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
dem still ah walk inna dem dream
who yuh know fi touch dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean
who yuh know fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man down ah jungle clean
[VERSE 1]
caan stop it rasta man sound ghetto yutes ah kill bout it
babylon yuh frown mi ah guh chop yuh with di hatchet
longtime mi tell yuh seh slavery must abolish
'memba seh sentence and yute start attack it
longtime mi tell dem seh dem never move clean
di whole ah di yute dem deh pon di corner clock di machine
papa broke mummia bawl nuh cash come in
suh di fittest of di fittest ah guh lit up di scene
[CHORUS]
suh yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean clean clean
yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
dem still ah walk inna dem dream
who yuh know fi touch dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean
who yuh know fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man down ah jungle clean hey
[VERSE 2]
mi hail di king and dem nuh love it
longtime mi tell yuh seh di bugga dung like wild pumpkin
hail king selassie dem don't love mi king
babylon well ah sing through dem sink
wi humble and wise and wi deh pon di chart
wi skillful and bright wi nuh fear nuh gunshot
wi praise di most high suh wi got di world lock
wi deh ya top ah zion while dem still ah chart chart
[CHORUS]
suh yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean clean clean
yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
dem still ah walk inna dem dream
who yuh know fi touch dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean
who yuh know fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man down ah jungle clean
[VERSE 3]
now it begin rasta man word it is suh everlasting
dem caan stop di yute when dem rising who!
babylon bere judgement wi bring
wi humble and wi cool and ah watch yuh system
whoooy watch dem dem mek it look hunky dunky but ah
big tonya ah drown inna one big bucket
ah did end ah di day and likkle gun inna mi pocket
if worse come to worse mi ah guh flash di big ratchet and
[CHORUS]
suh yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean clean clean
yuh nuh fi trust dem dem meditation lean
dem still ah walk inna dem dream
who yuh know fi touch dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man will dust dem out clean
who yuh know fi trust dem dem meditation lean
bobbo man down ah jungle clean
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