Give Thanks (Harmony)

Life so uncertain Mi jus ah work fi mi pickney future Mi nuh know wen ah my time But until then Oh jah, for my life me give thanks Amen! Mi naw give it up so Jah never give no, jah never give Jah never give a man more than he can bear No time fi a sit down and a loaf now Life too short hurry up no Mi waan buy a house in a up town What a day when the Garrison no bruk yo Night before last night Mi deh a mi grandaddy nine night A burn a high grade and ah mediate What is the purpose of life No my life fi you go come struggle In a my life mi walk weh from trouble In a my life as a black man mi know it a go hard But mi waan mek supn from nothing Jah, Jah, me naw stop work hard Until mi reach in a the cemetery Oh jah, for my life me give thanks Amen! Mi naw give it up so Jah never give no, jah never give Jah never give a man more than he can bear No time fi a sit down and a loaf yo Life too short hurry up no Mi waan buy a house in a up town What a day when the Garrison no bruk yo Mi being through it worst Mi strive to be the best Life so sweet a no money bring me happiness But inna babylon The music fi hold down black people Caw the lack of it a the root of sadness And the love of it a the root of all evil Jah Jah mi nah stop work hard Until mi reach inna de cemetery Oh jah, for my life me give thanks Amen! Mi naw give it up so