Protect Me

Determination a mi title From yuh lazy Jah no like yuh You a look strength all bout When the strength is inside yuh Now a no the time fi yuh idle Do not be envious of evil men Nor desire to be with them For their hearts devises violence And their tongues talks of trouble making Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Jah Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney How many more, youths Babylon a go murder Cyah tek it no more So mi jump pon a bus and mi gone down a country Same thing a gwaan down deh The likkle youth dem a fire gun down deh A weh the country a come to Dunwell seh better mi get a gun to But mi naw dweet Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Jah Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Mi waan start supm new Mi just get a youth, waan live fi mi youth Mi nuh waan dead young Like whole heap a youth weh mi know from the slum Weh we really a fight fah Mi born come hear seh a enemy zone that But mi see a man stand up a him gate And a man walk up and give him four shot Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Jah Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Civil war everywhere Nations a fight against nation The feast and famine Wah really a gwaan pon the land Jah Jah protect me, along the way Fi mi family, every night I kneel and pray oohh Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Jah Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney Jah Jah beg yuh please nuh let me go Weh mi a go do if you left mi now Protect mi youths mi begging you All a dem a, whole a we a We a Jah Jah pickney