所属专辑:Universal Love
歌手: Pato Banton
时长: 05:13
I was a dead man out in the cold [00:00:01]
Life was the pits and I was deep in a hole [00:00:03]
Just about to give up then lo and behold [00:00:05]
A voice from within said: "Save your soul". [00:00:08]
Hit it! [00:00:19]
Yo brothers and sisters all around the globe [00:00:42]
I got a story yeah it's got to be told. [00:00:44]
To my family friends fans even my foes [00:00:47]
Like this ya this is how it goes. [00:00:49]
I was out in the world without an aim or a goal [00:00:52]
Out a school and out a control. [00:00:54]
Set in my ways yeah stuck in a mold [00:00:57]
And going the wrong way down a one way road. [00:01:00]
Young and bold I didn't wanna be told [00:01:02]
I use to steal and brag about the stuff I stole. [00:01:05]
Then one bright day my mind got blown [00:01:08]
When a voice from within said: "Save your soul". [00:01:10]
My mind got blown! [00:01:22]
I didn't listen no I didn't want to be told [00:01:33]
Things were looking up and I was on a roll. [00:01:36]
I was a rude boy and a Romeo [00:01:38]
And anywhere I went I started to show. [00:01:41]
I had money women and plenty of gold [00:01:44]
And a over inflated E. G. O. [00:01:46]
I was a dead man but I didn't know [00:01:49]
Until a voice from within said: "Save your soul". [00:01:51]
Yo! You see me? Original rough neck youth [00:02:16]
From up so round so down so in so out so bout so. [00:02:19]
You see me? Is better a boy don't even see me [00:02:23]
A me a run things this year expensive and dear. [00:02:26]
Garn clear come wid it rude bwoy [00:02:30]
Then me nar tell you maan. [00:02:33]
My life was like a movie and I was playing the role [00:02:35]
Of a black youth living in the ghetto. [00:02:38]
Where the action was that's where I'd go [00:02:40]
Right or wrong I'd be going with the flow. [00:02:43]
But what you reap is what you sow [00:02:46]
It's like a karma the bad you do will follow [00:02:48]
You around and I was going down [00:02:51]
Right down with my face in the ground. [00:02:53]
Two hands bound to a siren sound [00:02:56]
None of my so called friends anywhere to be found. [00:02:59]
And as I thought to myself in life your alone [00:03:01]
A voice from within said: "Anyone home?" [00:03:04]
Yes Lord! Well here I be [00:03:07]
If I ain't ready yet I go never be. [00:03:09]
I'm sorry for the things that I did before [00:03:12]
Believe me Lord I won't do them no more. [00:03:14]
I'll be an arrow Lord if You'll be my bow [00:03:17]
Anywhere I'm sent I'd gladly go. [00:03:19]
I'll be a witness yeah all around the world [00:03:22]
To every man every woman every boy and girl. [00:03:25]
Well I was born in the ghetto where the strong survive [00:03:48]
And with a will to strive I began to rise. [00:03:50]
From seventy nine or was it seventy five [00:03:53]
When reggae music began to open my eyes. [00:03:55]
About the truth the rights and Jah the most high [00:03:58]
And how to achieve a little pie in the sky. [00:04:01]
Inspirited? Yeah I was totally elevated [00:04:03]
To the point where I decided to chat the mike. [00:04:06]
But my direction was not to only those of my complexion [00:04:08]
But the brown yellow red and white man. [00:04:11]
Critics criticise cynics cynicise [00:04:13]
Any entertainer with a message they victimise. [00:04:16]
But in this world of sin its no surprise [00:04:18]
So with the media I sympathise. [00:04:21]
I hear the rich mans laughter hear the poor mans cries [00:04:24]
See hypocrites advertise there lies through their eyes. [00:04:27]
Everyone's born everyone dies [00:04:30]
But only God's children get the prize. [00:04:32]
Don't be a fool be cool come on and get wise [00:04:34]
Yeah wize up! no compromize. [00:04:37]
And listen to the voice that resides within the mind [00:04:40]
Cause God has sent a guide to all mankind. [00:04:43]
The choice is yours life above or death below [00:04:45]
It's up to yo! To save your soul.[00:04:48]