Old War Chant-Damian Marley

[00:00.00] Down in a the ghetto is like old Vietnam [00:20.28]Gun shot a bust with grenade and bomb [00:22.77]First fi survive a fi iron lion [00:25.20]Learn fi trod through great tribulation [00:27.93]Learn to survive off the plantation [00:30.15]Plant up potatoes wi plant up yam [00:32.91]Turn over soil cause food have fi nyam [00:35.43]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [00:37.77]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [00:40.41]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [00:42.99]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [00:45.24]Now mi do di guzumbah the Old War Chant [00:47.82]Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [00:50.37]Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [00:53.04]Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [00:55.56]Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [00:58.08]Wey dem a go do when the real war start [01:00.57]Can't find solution who play the part [01:02.94]Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off [01:05.55]You use to brag how you kill and laugh [01:08.19]How you wicked and a rip out men heart [01:10.71]Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf [01:13.11]Well I Jr. Gong a show you say you soft [01:15.51]Now Jr. Gong no matter how you brawd or you big [01:18.18]We naw show respect if you don't love how you live [01:20.55]Everyday you get up you tek on, you naw give [01:23.19]Big up Raggamuffin you respect, him solid [01:26.19]Back to the issue wey wi di a deal wid [01:28.38]Down in a Jamaica is like old Vietnam [01:30.93]Print a di eyes put a destruction [01:33.18]For the simplest thing man a bram bram bram [01:35.64]Man a live them whole life in a police station [01:38.16]Man a sentence fi hang and don't do a wrong [01:40.71]We plant sensimillia and we plant up we yam [01:43.20]And wi turn over soil for food have fi nyam [01:46.08]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [01:48.45]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [01:51.09]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [01:53.67]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [01:55.92]Now mi do di guzumbah the Old War Chant [01:58.71]Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [02:01.11]Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [02:03.78]Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [02:06.30]Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [02:08.58]Now really true I and I positive [02:11.37]Taking up a matter getting inquisitive [02:13.86]A blind man can see the type of life man a live [02:16.41]Yo Raggamuffin you is like a college [02:18.96]Back to the issue wey mi a deal wid [02:21.48]Down in a the ghetto is like old Vietnam [02:24.06]Gun shot a ring with grenade and bomb [02:26.58]First wi survive you have to be a marksman [02:29.01]Learn to bus shot a shot gun out a hand [02:31.74]Learn to survive off the plantation [02:34.20]Plant up potato wi plant up yam [02:36.72]Turn over soil for food have fi nyam [02:39.27]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [02:41.67]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [02:44.34]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [02:46.92]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [02:49.14]Now mi do di guzumbah the Old War Chant [02:52.02]Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [02:54.36]Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [02:57.06]Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [02:59.61]Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [03:02.19]Wey dem a go do when the real war start [03:04.50]Can't find solution who play the part [03:07.26]Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off [03:09.84]You use to brag how you kill and laugh [03:12.15]How you wicked and a rip out men heart [03:14.85]Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf [03:17.43]I Jr. Gong a show you say you soft [03:19.71]Now down inna di ghetto wey the poor people live [03:22.56]Due to sufferation some of dem think negative [03:24.96]Give thanks and praises to the life Jah Jah give [03:27.54]The elder done tell you small people get big anyway [03:30.24]Back to the issue wey mi di a deal wid [03:32.76]Down in a the ghetto is like old Vietnam [03:35.34]Gun shot a ring with grenade and bomb [03:37.86]First wi survive you have to be a marksman [03:40.29]Learn to bus shot a shot gun out a hand [03:43.02]Learn to survive off the plantation [03:45.33]Plant up potato wi plant up yam [03:48.12]Turn over soil for food have fi nyam [03:50.67]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [03:53.10]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [03:55.83]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [03:58.38]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence