It Was Written (feat Damian Marley & Stephen Marley)

CHORUS (Stephen Marley)

It was written up in the book of life

That man shall endure forever more

It was written up in the book of life

That man shall endure forever more

VERSE

Well did you know the pen

Is stronger than the knife

They can kill you once

But they canÕt kill you twice

Did you know destruction of the flesh

Is not di ending to life

Fear not of the anti-christ

Did you know that I

Exist before the earth

And did you know my eyes

Are window to the world

Did you know you can't go ah Zion

and ah wear jerry curls

Can't tell di boys from di girls

Your bodies just a vehicle

Transporting the soul

It's what's inside people

Is beauty to behold

Fear not of evil

Every day dem flesh it grow old

Changes of the times take a toll

CHORUS

The one ya name, fear is in the eyes of di beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer

Live much longer

Fear is in the eyes of di beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer

Live much longer

BRIDGE

A vester on his chest

And Rastafari is his name

A gift of everlasting life

For us to all sustain

Blessing that you all be got

Lessons taught you all forgot

Rasta call I shit you not

Do you remember Elijah

And his chariot of flames

Same blood dat run thru my veins

VERSE Capleton:

The one ya name, fear is in the eyes of di beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer

Live much longer

Fear is in the eyes of di beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer

Live much longer

Careful how you entertain stranger

Selassie never born inna nuh manger

I'll never crucify as me savior

Elect off himself inna the ruler

Babylon ah nah malfunction well dem a failure

So be careful of dem cellular and pager

Cause I sign see dem I see danger

Som se dem great but Selaisse I greater

CHORUS

VERSE Drag-on:

Hey dick you wanna lick upon shots

Upon a bloodclot

And fill the block with bummer ass cops

Cops me dun talk you know you watch me walks in

My black woman is getting raped across New York sand

Before another brother's in chalk sand

I 'magine somebody said that just a dead sam

See us we do the crime we do the time

Y'all get away scott free

So police they gine pop you b'fore you pop me

Cause if you get me you got me you shot me

Know'll lot me carry shotty since moms slap me

Cause my room sloppy

The youngest nigga out the camp is me

But nobody pampered me

So you better don't ramp with me

Fi see me, me don't play plenty

Chicks me blazed many

Raised plenty fi dollars

Storm my impala

Watch a bum holla

Watch 'im run, hit the floor

Told 'im come, come no

Throw ya ganja pon de air

CHORUS

Watch for sticks and stones

Stumbling blocks in piles

Life is one big road

Miles on top of miles

So blessed be the soul

That always remains a child

And most people don't even smile

There's a natural mystic

Blowing in true the air

So keep it realistic

And always be aware

The truth is crying out

And itÕs so loud and so clear

But most people won't even hear

Spiritual pollution is in the atmosphere

And with so much confusion

Can one be happy here

The gift of Rastafari is for all man to share

But some would rather to be so unfair

CHORUS