Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Burning Spear
Canonical path: /burning-spear/tradition
Related lyric paths: 6
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Tradition
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Tradition
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CHORUS
Why o why o why
Why o why o why
More than 2000 years
Since I come here
More than 2000 years
Since I come here
And all i can say is
CHORUS
Do what you can
What you can
For I and I
CHORUS
Using my brothers
(Why why why, tell my why)
Brothers and sisters
(Why why why, tell my why)
Using my brothers, brothers
(Why why why, tell my why)
Brothers and sisters you can hear them say
(Why why why, tell my why)
Do what you can
What you can
For I and I and I and I and I
CHORUS
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Burning Spear performs "Tradition", and this lyric page sits inside the Burning Spear catalog on LyroVerse.
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