[00:00:00] Old War Chant - Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley [00:00:02] Written by:Stephen Marley/Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley [00:00:18] Down in a the ghetto is like old vietnam [00:00:20] Gun shot a bust with grenade and bomb [00:00:22] First fi survive a fi iron lion [00:00:25] Learn fi trod through great tribulation [00:00:27] Learn to survive off the plantation [00:00:30] Plant up potatoes wi plant up yam [00:00:32] Turn over soil cause food have fi nyam [00:00:35] Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [00:00:38] Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [00:00:40] Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [00:00:43] And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [00:00:45] Now mi do di guzumbah the old war chant [00:00:48] Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [00:00:50] Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [00:00:53] Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [00:00:55] Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [00:00:58] Wey dem a go do when the real war start [00:01:00] Can't find solution who play the part [00:01:03] Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off [00:01:05] You use to brag how you kill and laugh [00:01:08] How you wicked and a rip out men heart [00:01:10] Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf [00:01:13] Well I jr gong a show you say you soft [00:01:15] Now jr gong no matter [00:01:16] How you brawd or you big [00:01:18] We naw show respect if [00:01:19] You don't love how you live [00:01:20] Everyday you get up you tek on you naw give [00:01:23] Big up raggamuffin you respect him solid [00:01:25] Back to the issue wey wi di a deal wid [00:01:28] Down in a jamaica is like old vietnam [00:01:30] Print a di eyes put a destruction [00:01:33] For the simplest thing man a bram bram bram [00:01:35] Man a live them whole life in a police station [00:01:38] Man a sentence fi hang and don't do a wrong [00:01:41] We plant sensimillia and we plant up we yam [00:01:43] And wi turn over soil for food have fi nyam [00:01:46] Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [00:01:48] Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [00:01:51] Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [00:01:53] And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [00:01:56] Now mi do di guzumbah the old war chant [00:01:58] Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [00:02:01] Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [00:02:03] Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [00:02:06] Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [00:02:08] Now really true I and I positive [00:02:11] Taking up a matter getting inquisitive [00:02:13] A blind man can see [00:02:15] The type of life man a live [00:02:16] Yo raggamuffin you is like a college [00:02:19] Back to the issue wey mi a deal wid [00:02:21] Down in a the ghetto is like old vietnam [00:02:24] Gun shot a ring with grenade and bomb [00:02:26] First wi survive you have to be a marksman [00:02:29] Learn to bus shot a shot gun out a hand [00:02:31] Learn to survive off the plantation [00:02:34] Plant up potato wi plant up yam [00:02:36] Turn over soil for food have fi nyam [00:02:39] Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [00:02:42] Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [00:02:44] Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [00:02:46] And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [00:02:49] Now mi do di guzumbah the old war chant [00:02:51] Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [00:02:54] Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [00:02:57] Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [00:02:59] Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [00:03:02] Wey dem a go do when the real war start [00:03:04] Can't find solution who play the part [00:03:07] Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off [00:03:09] You use to brag how you kill and laugh [00:03:12] How you wicked and a rip out men heart [00:03:14] Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf [00:03:17] I jr gong a show you say you soft [00:03:19] Now down inna di [00:03:20] Ghetto wey the poor people live [00:03:22] Due to sufferation some of dem think negative [00:03:25] Give thanks and praises to the life jah jah give [00:03:27] The elder done tell you [00:03:28] Small people get big anyway [00:03:30] Back to the issue wey mi di a deal wid [00:03:32] Down in a the ghetto is like old vietnam