Intro        Ah me ah say hail Emperor Haile Selassie I the first man

              Almighty live and reign, man 

              Hear mih now,hear mih 'no

              Ah Sizzla Kalonji say blaze the redder fire, man

              Jah!

 

Chorus    Life is eternal,get serious about that

              Living for the best of the people

              Love is eternal and I'm serious about that

              Remember doh study evil

              Life is eternal,get serious about that

              Living for the best of the people

              Love is eternal,I'm serious about that

              Yah! hear mih now! Kalonji say

 

Verse 1   No weapons,no wrong-doing

              'Cause each and every second ah de youth life it ruin

              Police ah kill de youth and act as if dem never knew him

              Slavemaster? we haffi go slew him,yow!

              Dem spread dem propagandas with dem medias interviewing

              Good sheep ah fall and dem never rescue him

              Burn out corruption,hear de wicked arguing

              Pharaoh slave de people but coup him--bu'n yuh!

 

Chorus    Life is eternal,get serious about that

              Living for the best of the people

              Love is eternal,get serious about that

              Remember doh study evil

              Life is eternal,I'm serious about that

              Living for the best of the people

              Love is eternal,I'm serious about that

              Yow! ghetto youth me say

 

Verse 2   No bother go snort no cocaine and get mad-up

              Nothing nuff go do,and could dey,now dem get sad-up

              Brag 'bout dem gun inna dem waist and whey got pad-up

              Kooya-now,him ah dust he out if yuh ask him all what-up

              Find out him own neighbour him go rob-up

              People him ah shoot,people him ah stab-up

              Hear from the shout all him body get tag-up

              Jus' so...love dem never have-up

              But listen now

 

Chorus    Life is eternal,get serious about that

              Living for the best of the people 

              Love is eternal,I'm serious about that

              Remember doh study evil

              Life is eternal,get serious about that

              Living for the best of the people

              Love is e------,love is e------,love is e------

              Love is eternal Kalonji say

 

Verse 3   Better know love,ah make it spread like de ocean

              Survival inna de ghetto,that's the notion

              Stop make yuh people blood run like lotion

              Get your own share of the portion--woyy!

              Beautiful for situation

              Tell dem say to give I-man repatriation

              BLAZE fire,no hesitation

              Judgement penitration,Kalonji shout

 

Chorus    Life is eternal,get serious about that

              Living for the best of nah people

              Love is eternal,get serious about that

              Remember doh study evil

              Life is eternal,get serious about that......hey-hey!

              Love is eternal,get serious about that

              Yow! ey!-ey!-ey! hear mih now,hear mih now

              Judgement Jah!

 

Verse 1    No weapons and no wrong-doing

repeated  'Cause each and every second of de youth's life it ruin

              Babylon kill mih pickney and act as if dem never knew him

              Prime Minster? we haffi go slew him,hoyy!

              Spread dem propaganda with yuh medias interviewing

              When good sheep ah fall,dem never rescue him

              Pharaoh slave de people but coup him...