Jamaican Collie

Lyrics

[Intro] Give thanks an' praise to the emperor Lord-God Jesus Christ, emperor Lord-God Selassie I the first I beg your pardon, what do you say? (Do it, Jah) A hundred tons of cali Live the life you love and love the life you live Burning in my chalwa, chalwa (Uh-um) Black people, cali are weh di whole world need [Verse 1] Say, give mi fi mi true cali weed A mi say, give mi fi mi true cali weed So take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from But-a take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from Jamaican cali make you dally The other cali, dem are blasted folly Say, man who drink an' drivе find it well difficult to stay alive Mi no drink white rum cah mi will tumblе down So take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from Cah, when di wicked-dem come to eat up I an' I flesh Jah know, say, they shall stumble an' fell What is of this day when I an' I go down to the pit, black people? [Verse 2] A hundred pound of cali Cah tell you, say fi bring di cali come An' make we smoke up di sensi Bring di cali come an' make we smoke up di sensi Jah make you, a mi say Jah Jah make mi Is one thing I-ya pupa only wanted to see Is all of we black bredda, dem be free Say, free from Babylon brutality Black people, you got to hear me when I tell it to you Tellin' it like it is, I an' I no fugitive When I and I shower dis to the nation It come here like when ya read from Genesis to Revelation Bam-diddly-diddly [Verse 3] So mi say, take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from Take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from Jamaican cali make you dally The other cali, dem are blasted folly The other cali, dem are blasted folly But if a bush herb, you have fi put it pon di ground But if a cali, beg you bring di sensi come Say, mi no smoke lamb's bread cah it will hurt up mi head No smoke lamb's bread cah it will hurt up mi head Say, bring di cali come an' make we smoke it 'til it done [Verse 4] Black people, you got to know yourself at dis ya I-wah Each one teach one down in a Babylon The fool said in their heart that there is no God But wrong did, all they do abominable thing unto Jah But black people, every day I an' I wake up I give thanks my life GIve thanks for the day, give thanks for the sunshine Rising of the sun Until Jah Jah blessed day has been done [Verse 5] I tell you, say fi take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from Take mi to Jamaica weh we cali come from Mi no chat slackness, mi is a culture in a dis We don't have no time fi go talk no killings Say, all who don't love di culture lyrics Are go end up in a bottomless pit [Outro] So mi say, take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from But-a take mi to Jamaica weh di cali come from We walkin' to town with two Guinness stout An' a gold teeth in a fi mi mouth Jah man, you should-a hear di ting-dem start shout