Sizzla - Show Us The Way

Intro
Well a Emperor Selassie I
what would the old timer say?
yow Nyahbinghi come mek wi teach dem how fi pray
eh eh aay hey hey

Chorus
Show us the way let us be sanctified
fiyah blaze I nuh cool nutten hey
teach dem to pray save those who doom to die
the needy shall not always to be forgotten no way

I will be hailing King Selassie
slew Saul and Goliath inna di battle
strength and protection has bestowed upon I an I
too much ghetto youths deh inna trouble

Verse 1
Well then this is life live and protect your own
could never be right keeping yuh black self down
then a who catch fright when dem hear mi sound?
Justice and equal rights a mek Babylon frown
run guh ask dem who dem are
dem ignorant answer show mi seh dat dem a Babylon tar
mi nuh matta yuh age nor who yuh are
all follies haffi done greater David and a greater son

(Chorus)
Show dem to pray teach dem to be sanctified
fiyah blaze I naw cool nutten hey
teach dem to pray save those who doom to die
needy shall not always be forgotten judgement

I will be hailing KIng Selassie
slew Saul and Goliath inna di battle hey
strength and protection for I an I
Babylon yuh get bun out to nutten

Verse 2
Tell dem seh man deh inna dem pants and mi seh woman inna dem skirt
righteousness divine orders run earth
I an I seal up King Selassie work
Babylon just know what it worth
what a di result after di effort?
show nuff cult love and dem turn a dish yuh dirt
going about dem business living inna curse
frustration tek a hold hey
mi tell yuh seh fi

Chorus
Show dem to pray teach dem to be sanctified
fiyah blaze I nuh cool nutten hey
show us the way save those who doom to die
Selassie bun dem out to nutten, ooh

show us the way let us be sanctied
fiyah blaze I nuh cool nutten hey, teach dem to pray let us be sanctified
Rastaman yuh know wi a guh chant

Verse 3
Well then how did it all began?
a just through vanity man nuh stop shot man
are you a slave?

No I am an Ethipian
prime minister tell Elizabeth repatriation
Babylon yuh get bun out all by me one
rakka kang dem ya ghetto youth a stand strong
a tell yuh seh, couldn't be mi king
mi memba when Selassie shot da bwoy deh wid di sling
di people dem confuse still suffering
from unnuh tek dem from Africa unnuh hide dem king
unnuh give dem images fi praise and ting
then Babylon dem bring dung colonialism
and di government bring dung imperialism
and then di politics fiction dat jump in
then di masses of the nation they began killing
every flesh shall perish from yuh nuh waah hail Selassie di king

(Chorus)
Well show us the way let us be sanctified
fiyah blaze I man nuhcool nutten no way
teach dem to pray save those who doom to die
the needy shall not always be forgotten yeah aaiee

show us the way let us be sanctified
fiyah blaze I man nuh cool nutten
teach dem to pray save those who doom to die
Babylon yuh get bun out to nutten