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'THE
MISSION'
Junior
Gong, feat Stephen Marley
From
Jungle to Rema
From
Tivoli to Matthews Lane
Ahhhhh,
ahhhhh, I
From
Waterhouse to Drewsland
From
Baneland to Delacre
Ahhhhh,
ahhhhh, I
A youth and youth
fi have a plan and
have
some ambition
And
make sure unnu firm ina di
Armageddon
So
when you son become a man, him know
just
where you stand
Him
know him poopa set it so him follow
tradition
If
Marcus Garvey say fi read then why
some
man ah pree
'Cause
knowledge ah the key and it will
set
the people free
And
Haile I philosophy is African unity
Unno
watch dey segregation and social
impurity
The
race is not just for the swift but those
who
can endure
Make
sure you have a steady footing in
ah
Zion door
And
keep dem thoughts dem pure,
Jah
love is for the poor
But
some likkle bwoy ah burst some
gun
dem mooma can't afford
If
Jah say blood fi run let Jah will be done
The
heaven and the earth will pass away
before
him word no come
But
if I'm rise without a cause there will
be
no reward
For
you to enter Zion gates because you
are
a fraud
For the youths in
the struggle
Fighting
Guerilla warfare
Ahhhhh,
ahhhhh, ah
Somalia
to Ethiopia
From
Egypt to Zimbabwe
Ahhhhh,
ahhhhh, I
Haile Selassie say
ah war if colour is a scar
If
one from every nation can come live up
an
ah par
So
don't care who you are there's a
brighter
morning star
It's
shining with di town and tell the
people
near and far
You
seek and you will search with science
and
research
The
flesh it is the temple and the temple
is
the Church
Haile
Selassie say fi work so how some
man
ah lurks
Dem
fix upon the corner side like
rubbish
heap and dirt
Haile
Selassie say ah one respect for every man
No
care dey race; no care dey colour nor
di
religion
So
make a decision fi bun di division
'Cause
each and every rasta youth to
trot
pon di mission
From Portmore to Kingston
From
Kingston to Montego Bay
Ahhhhh,
ahhhhh, I
From
Seaview to Riverton
Common
and Hundred Park Lane
Higher,
higher, higher, higher, higher, I
From Jungle to Rema
From
Tivoli to Matthews Lane
Ah,
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, I
From
Southside to Telaville
From
Iraq to USA
Higher,
higher, higher, higher, higher, I
From Waterhouse to
Drewsland
Baneland
to Delacre
Ahhhh,
ahhhhh, I
Portmore,
ah, ah, Kingston to boom.
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Brothers
Damian 'Jnr Gong' Marley (left) and
Stephen Marley.
- photo by Nathaniel Stewart/Freelance
Writer
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