Crédits
INTERPRÉTATION
The Wailers
Chant
Bob Marley
Guitare
Alvin "Seeco" Patterson
Percussion
Carlton Barrett
Batterie
Earl Lindo
Claviers
Peter Tosh
Chant
COMPOSITION ET PAROLES
Bob Marley
Paroles/Composition
PRODUCTION ET INGÉNIERIE
The Wailers
Production
Chris Blackwell
Production
Tony Platt
Ingénierie
Sylvan Morris
Ingénierie
Phil Brown
Ingénierie
Paroles
[Verse 1]
Why boasteth thyself, oh, evil men
Playing smart and not being clever? Oh no
I said, you're working iniquity to achieve vanity, yeah
If a-so a-so
But the goodness of Jah Jah I-dureth for-I-ver
[Chorus]
If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpen to cut you down
Well sharp
Ready to cut you down, oh yeah
[Verse 2]
These are the words of my master, keep on tellin' me, oh-oh
No weak heart shall prosper, oh, no, they can't
And whosoever diggeth a pit, Lord
Shall fall in it
Shall fall in it
Whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it
Shall bury in it
[Verse 3]
If you are the big tree
We are the small axe
Sharpen to cut you down
Ready to cut you down
[Verse 4]
Eh, whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it
Fall in it
Eh, whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it
Shall bury in it
[Chorus]
If you have a big tree
We have a small axe
Ready to cut you down
Well sharp
Sharpen to cut you down, oh
[Chorus]
If you are the big tree, let me tell you this
We are the small axe
Ready to cut you down
Well sharp
Sharpen to cut you down
[Outro]
If you have a, oh, big tree, yeah
We are the small axe
Written by: Bob Marley

