Sizzla - Cowboy

Intro:

Honourable Marcus Garvey

aaaaaaayyyyyy!

so much love

that's all I come to give Emperor Selassie

show dem love

and yet still dem nuh waan live so

Chorus

Babylon gi dem a toy

see it deh inna dem hand?

Dem turn cowboy

Babylon seh destroy

seh anytime now a pah-pah-poy oyy oyy

Babylon gi dem a toy

see it deh inna dem hand?

Dem turn cowboy

Babylon gi dem a toy

anytime now a black a die, cho!

Verse 1

Dem buss it up with violence and nuff a dem kick di bucket

Selassie run di resident

so gun man watch it

Rastaman come strong with love inna di district

yuh ah muss American with yuh gun pon yuh hip

di cowboy dem still ah hype cause Bob him shot di sherrif

commissioner ah run because we honor we commit

unnuh nah no natural cow so yow,

cowboy guh down

done know yuh bow yuh shot yuh bredda with yuh gun

fi rights nor justice yuh nah buss it fi none

well since a slaughter Selassie come

Emperor sit down round di biggest machine gun

Mousselini test and get dead,

skull turn down

(Chorus)

Verse 2

Some skin bound to peel like scallion

some a dem cyaan nyam dem meal comfortable and strong

diss di Man weh fly di seal, done know yuh wrong

Rastaman nuh try no deal we nuh fear no wicked man

shipment come inna drugs so dem a boast

yow pon di front dem clap up and all a sport

cyaan come 'gainst Jah Jah seed nor goat

touch Lion den and we gwine fi buss yuh throat

yuh nah go ah Africa den a weh yuh a run to?

nah na na na nah nuh worry,

Selassie see weh yuh do

Love and know Emmanuel,

yuh never humble

drop down a hell and a stress and trouble

(Chorus)

Verse 3

Dem yah journey yah I never srop trod it as Jah sun shine from above, ayyy

those of whom,

kick the bucket and rob brothers and sisters I surely love

still I have to keep going on,

I know not nothing of skylarking, ayyy

as long as Jah soil take the corn

I and I will be ruling, yeah

(Chorus)