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Artist: Bob Marley
Canonical path: /bob-marley/small-axe
Related lyric paths: 6
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Small Axe
Read Small Axe lyrics by Bob Marley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Small Axe
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Why boasteth thyself with evil men
Playing smart and not being clever?
I say you're working iniquity to achieve vanity, yeah
But the goodness of JAH JAH endureth forever
If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready to cut you down
These are the words of my master
Keep on telling me
No weak heart shall prosper
Oh, no they can't
And whosoever diggeth a pit, Lord
Shall fall in it, shall fall in it
Whosoever diggeth a pit shall bury in it
Shall bury in it
If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready to cut you down
And whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall in it, fall in it
Whosoever diggeth a pit shall bury in it, shall bury in it
If you have a big tree
We have a small axe
Ready to cut you down
Sharpened to cut you down
If you are the big tree
we are the small axe
Ready to cut you down
Sharpened to cut you down
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