Buju Banton — Til Im Laid To Rest

'Til I'm laid to rest, yes Always be depressed There's no life in the West I know the East is the best All the propaganda they spread Tongues will have to confess I'm in bondage, living is a mess I've got to rise up, alleviate the stress No longer will I expose my weakness He who seeks knowledge begins with humbleness Work 7 to 7 but I'm still penniless All the food upon my table, Massa God bless Holler for the needy and shelterless Ethiopia awaits all prince and princess 'Til I'm laid to rest, yes Always be depressed There's no life in the West I know the East is the best, yes Propaganda they spread Tongues will have to confess What coube so bad about the East, everybody wants a piece Africa for Africans, Marcus Mosiah speak Unification outnumbers defeat What a day when we walk down Redemption Street Banner on heads, Bible inna we hands One and all let's trod the promised land Buju go down a Congo stopped in Shashamane Land The city of Harare where Selassie come from In Addis Ababa then Botswana Left Kenya end up in Ghana Oh, what a beauty my eyesight behold Only Ethiopia protect me from the cold 'Til I'm laid to rest, yes Always be depressed There's no life in the West I know the East is the best All the propaganda they spread Tongues will have to confess Organize and centralize come as one Our seeds shall be so many more than sand Some new and replenish, pure and clean, and For too long we've been under this band Some a save a bag a riches, yet they die empty hand Go on saying I'm stupid and laugh all you can Easier for a camel to enter through a needle eye Than a rich man to enter a Zion Take it from I man So 'Til I'm laid to rest, yes Always be depressed There's no life in the West I know the East is the best All the propaganda they spread Tongues will have to confess I'm in bondage, living is a mess I've got to rise up, alleviate the stress No longer will I expose my weakness He who seeks knowledge begins with humbleness Work 7 to 7 but I'm still penniless All the food upon my table, Massa God bless Holler for the needy and shelterless Ethiopia awaits all prince and princess 'Til I'm laid to rest, yes Always be depressed There's no life in the West I know the East is the best All the propaganda they spread Tongues will have to confess What coube so bad about the East, everybody wants a piece Africa for Africans, Marcus Mosiah speak Unification outnumbers defeat What a day when we walk down Redemption Street Banner on heads, Bible inna we hands One and all let's trod the promised land Buju go down a Congo stopped in Shashamane Land The city of Harare where Selassie come from In Addis Ababa then Batswana Left Kenya end up in Ghana Oh, what a beauty my eyesight behold Only Ethiopia protect me from the cold 'Til I'm laid to rest, yes Always be depressed There's no life in the West I know the East is the best All the propaganda they spread Tongues will have to confess Organize, centralize, come as one