In the springtime
You can see nature full and free
High up in the trees
You can hear the birds them singing songs of freedom

Out in the open
Everything there is fresh and clean
Unlike the life I’m here living
All creatures great and small
Living together one and all

I wanna be
The way I wanna be
That is the way I wanna be
Like the birds in the tree yeh
They’re going tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet…
Singing songs of freedom
Singing songs of freedom

Living in the city
No chains around my feet
But still I am not free
No handcuffs on my hand
But I’ve got my dignity
I wanna be
The way I wanna be
That is the way I wanna be Like the birds in the tree yeh
They’re going tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet…
Singing songs of freedom
Singing songs of freedom

Say as a youth living in the city
Can’t get no work
Can’t get no job
Can’t get no money to put in my pocket
I can’t get a thing to have of my own

That’s why I wanna be free
That’s why I wanna be free
Like the bird in the tree
Like the bird in the tree

They’re going tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet…
Singing songs of freedom
Singing songs of freedom

Yes in the spring time
You can feel nature full and free
High up in the trees
You can hear the birds them singing songs of freedom

Out in the open
Everything there is fresh and clean
Unlike the life I’m here living
All creatures great and small
Living together one and all

I wanna be
The way I wanna be
Just like the birds in the trees
They’re going… tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet…
They’re going… tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet….
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Should I put my trust in you
Should I put my faith in you
Should I let you stick around
Should I let you float around

My desire was for us to live clean and strong
Then we could go on in life to live and grow

But woman you went away
Left me here to stay
Now you’re coming back to me
On your bended knees

Should I put my trust in you
Should I put my faith in you
Should I let you stick around
Should I let you float around

Should I, should I, should I, should I
Let you Float around, stick around,stay around, oh yeah

It’s not so long ago
That we were together
Sharing and caring for each other
The people used to say
Our love would never fade
Now will I be the fool
To let you stay here again

Should I let you stick around
Should I let you float around oh yeah

Should I, should I, should I, should I
Let you float around, stick around, stay around oh yeah
Should I, should I, should I, should I
Let you float around, stick around, stay around oh yeah

You wrote me a letter
You found some one better
You say you can’t face me
And you’re sorry you hurt me
My heart was torn in two
I didn’t know what I should do

Should I let you stick around
Should I let you float around oh yeah

Should I, should I, should I, should I
Let you float around, stick around, stay around oh yeah

It’s not so long ago
That we were together
Sharing and caring for each other
The people used to say
Our love would never ever fade

Should I let you stick around

Don’t worry Jester, don’t worry Jester
Sister sister sister
Don’t worry Jester with me

Hey little girl so won’t you have a date with me
Me say hey little girl so won’t you have a date with me
I say to meet me at my gate girl a quarter to eight
I say to meet me at my gate girl and don’t be late

Cause it’s not the first time since I’ve been trying baby
Trying to get next to you darling
But you keep on building up something baby
So that I can’t get through
But this time baby I’m going to
I’m going to baby

Hey little girl so won’t you have a date with me
Me say hey little girl so won’t you have a date with me
I say to meet me at my gate girl a quarter to eight
I say to meet me at my gate girl and don’t be late

I say don’t make me late baby
Don’t make me wait
I beg you don’t make me late baby
Don’t make me wait

Cause it’s not the first time since I’ve been trying baby
Trying to get next to you darling
But you keep on building up something baby
So that I can’t get through
But this time baby I’m going to
I’m going to baby

I got to get to got to get to you

Hey little girl so won’t you have a date with me
Me say hey little girl so won’t you have a date with me
I say to meet me at my gate girl a quarter to eight
I say to meet me at my gate girl and don’t be late

Meet me at my gate girl a quater to eight
I beg you meet me at my gate girl and don’t be late
Cause it’s not the first time since I’ve been trying baby
Trying to get next to you darling
But all the time you keep on giving me baby
Giving me a road black for true
But this time baby I’m going through
I’m going to baby

I’ve got to get to got to get you
I’ve got to get to got to get you baby

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty reh body gwan so
Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty reh body gwan so

Hey fatty fatty weh make you go long so
Hey fatty fatty weh make you go long so

When you come a dance hey you do you own thing
Your hip just a go just like it on a hing

Hey fatty fatty weh make you gwan so
Hey fatty fatty weh make you go long so

You do the round the World
You do the electric move
You do the water pumping
You say you wanna bubble with me

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty weh make you gwan so

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty weh make you gwan so

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty weh make you gwan so

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty weh make you gwan so

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty weh make you gwan so

Hey fatty fatty weh make you gwan so
Hey fatty fatty weh make you go long so

Say anytime I see you
You just a wake and a num
Watch the people dem a wake
On a laugh and go long

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty neh body gwan so

Cool down fatty me say easy now
Cool down fatty neh body gwan so

You walk down the road
You gwan like you slim [?]
[?] true you don’t know
In town you’re the biggest thing

Hey fatty fatty weh make you gwan so
Hey fatty fatty weh make you

You do the water pumping
You do the electric move

Hey fatty fatty

Well this one is worries tonight oh true
Worries in the dance hall tonight
Worries in the dance hall I say

Hit the road Jack no wanna come back
No more, no more no more
Hit the road Jack no wanna come back no more

Well say I was born in April & christened in May
Sure I wanna see that shiny day
Hit the road Jack no wanna come back
No more no more
Hit the road Jack no wanna come back
No more no more hey

Drifting on a memory yeah
Ain’t no place I’d rather be yeah
I said I’m drifting on a memory yeah
Ain’t no place I’d rather be yeah
Then with you girl oh yes
Then with you girl
Gwan

You na know, you na know, you na know
Say ya safe, you na know, you na know

You na know, you na know, you na know
Say ya safe, you na know, you na know

Sitting in a railroad station
With my suitcase in my hand
Going back where I came from
I’ve had more than I can stand
Not listening to a word they say
I know my aim, I know my destiny
I ain’t gonna hang around, I’m going home
I’m going home
Going home
Where I came from

Look over yonder, tell me what do you see
Look over yonder, tell me what do you see
Just a cool persuasion
Just a cool persuasion
Just a cool persuasion
Alright alright alright
I’m tired playing all those games
Oh it seems I don’t get time out anymore, oh baby
I’m tired of playing all those games
Oh it seems I don’t get time out anymore, oh baby

So stop mess around, mess around, mess around
Mess around with me, oh baby
So stop play around, play around play around
Play around with me, oh baby

Gwan go long, gwan go gwan go long

Hear dem style
Ah bubble we a go bubble it tonight alright alright
Ah bubble we a go bubble it tonight alright alright

It’s I man Barry Boom
And I man Maxi Priest
We a go nice it up tonight
Dance hall style
Dance hall style
Dance hall style

You na know ya na know, ya na know say your say
You na know, ya na know

You na know ya na know, ya na know say your say
You na know, ya na know

Cool na sir, easy na sir

Cool na sir, easy na sir

And I man Maxi Priest
I man Barry Boom

Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man

It’s I, Maxi Priest and me have to mention
Lord me never hear such a dangerous band
In case you never know say dem name caution
Now you a go get a little information

So girl set yourself inna good position
Wind up your body inna slow motion
Hug up your boyfriend on even your husband
Maxi Priest a de first singer to drop it in action

Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man

So hear the bass drum, that the one must set de time
Then you know fe we lyrics have fe rhyme
You hear the snare drum, that the one must set de pace
Man a shake dem shoulder girl a wind up dem waist

You hear the rhythm section just a chop it fe you
You know sey dem deh style say dem have fe brand new
You hear the hi-hat, it a cook on de shot
You know say dis ya band no carry distortion

Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man

We big pon de land, important
You know we write, riddim militant
We big pon de land, we important
You know we write riddim militant

So watch me people how me write the version
Invention, just origination
I man and Barry Boom say we set up a plan
Set up rehearsal in a studio fashion

Which part that inna Clopham Juction
Hit after hit that a fe we function
That’s why you have fe get the band them call caution

Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man

We big pon the land important
You know we write, riddim militant
We big pon de land we important
You know we write riddim militant

So watch me people how me write the version
Invention, just origination
That’s what I, man, Maxi Priest, a go tek and cork the session

So girl set yourself in a good position
Wind up your body inna slow motion
Hug up your boyfriend on even your husband
Maxi Priest a de first singer to drop it in action

Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Caution, me say you got to have caution
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Me say we important hey

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Me say we big bout ya ha

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Me say we important hey

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Me say we big bout ya ha

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man

Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Jah la man, Jah la man, Jah la man
Me say we important hey

Cool nah, sir, easy nah, sir
Cool nah, sir, easy nah, sir
Cool nah, sir, easy nah, sir

Dancin’ mood, feeling in a dancing mood ah yeah
Dancing mood, feeling in a dancing mood ah yeah

Say late Saturday night
I was feeling irie
I went to a dance that night, I was feeling good
Stepped through the gate, what did I do
I bought myself a drink oh yeah
So I was feeling irie, drinking at a dis yer party
Got myself a corner oh yeah
I held on to the nearest daughter
She was dancing, she was dancing good
She was dancing good
Do you know how she make me feel good
I was in a dancing mood
Do you know how she make me feel good
Yes I was, yes I was in a dancing mood

Dancin’ mood, feeling in a dancing mood ah yeah
Dancing mood, feeling in a dancing mood ah yeah

Late Saturday night
I was feeling irie
I went to a dance that night
I was feeling good
Stepped through the gate yes I did I did
I bought myself a drink
Got myself a corner got myself a corner
Held onto the nearest daughter
Dancing rub a dub against the corner
Yes I was, I was
Dancing rub a dub against the corner

Throw me corn me never call no fowl
Suppose you wanna pick it up it’s your business
Oh well boy

Throw me corn me never call no fowl
Suppose you wanna pick it up it’s your business
Oh well boy

Just like my father used to have a form over yard yeah
I as a youth used to buy the bags of seeds
To throw amongst the fields well boy

By the end of the season
Every one is looking for feed oh yeah
What you sow you reap
What you reap you eat you know oh yeah
What you sow you reap
What you reap you eat you know oh yeah

Throw me corn me never call no fowl
Suppose you wanna pick it up it’s your business
Oh well boy

Just like the old days
We used to work so hard over yard yeah
We used to dig so deep
To plant [?]
Inna the field oh yeah

Yes upon our heads
We carry the load to town oh yeah, oh yeah

Dollar fifty a pound
What you don’t sell you take home

Dollar fifty a pound
What you don’t sell you take home

Dollar fifty a pound
What you don’t sell you take home

Throw me corn me never call no fowl
Suppose you wanna pick it up it’s your business
Oh well boy

Throw me corn me never call no fowl
Suppose you wanna pick it up it’s your business
Oh well boy

Suppose you wanna pick it up it’s your business
Suppose you wanna pick it up it’s your business

Well in smoking sensimilla
Gotta give thanks and praise into the Lord God Jehovah

Get it from the cool herb vendor
Rasta know say jah jah ade sender de sender

Get it from the cool herb vendor
Rasta know say jah jah ade sender de sender

Over the hills and down a de galley
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Sey rasta smoking a whole heap of sensi
Sen sen sen sensimilla

Over the hills and down a de galley
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Sey rasta smoking a whole heap of sensi
Sen sen sen sensimilla

Cause dis a sensimilla time
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Cause dis a sensimilla time
Sen sen sen sensimilla

Cause whether in a rizla
Or a whether in a chalwah
Say rasta smoke it all
Say natty smoke it all
Say we tired to lick it in a bush
We wanna smoke it out in the open
Say we tired to lick it in a yard
We wanna smoke a draw out side

Cause sensimilla time
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Cause we say sensimilla for me
Sen sen sen sensimilla

Say some a short coke
Some a smoke de hash
Some a push needle jah jah
Know them have to crash

Say some a short coke
Some a smoke de hash
Some a push needle jah jah
Know them have to crash

Sen sen sen sensimilla
Sensimilla time
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Sensimilla for me

Say get it from the cool herb vendor
Rasta know say jah jah a de sender de sender

Say get it from the cool herb vendor
Rasta know say jah jah a de sender de sender

Over the hills and down a de galley
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Say Rasta smoking a whole heap of sensi

Over the hills and down a de galley
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Say Rasta smoking a whole heap of sensi

Cause dis a sensimilla time
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Cause dis a sensimilla for me
Sen sen sen sensimilla
Alright ooh yeah

Some a short coke
Some a smoke de hash
Some a push needle jah jah
Know de have to crah

Some a short coke
Some a smoke de hash
Some a push needle jah jah
Know de have to crah

Get it from the cool herb vendor
Rasta know sey jah jah a de sender de sender

Get it from the cool herb vendor
Rasta know sey jah jah a de sender de sender

Sensimilla time, Sensimilla for me

Stand up and fight for your rights my brother
Stand up and fight for your rights
Stand up and fight for your rights my sister
Stand up and fight for your rights

Don’t let no one try to push you down
Don’t let no guy try to muck you around no
Just stand up and fight for your rights, my brother
Stand up and fight for your rights

Live by the sword
I say you die by the sword
Live by the gun
I say you die by the gun
Let’s put it down
Cause we all know that it’s wrong
Just stand, just stand, just stand up for your rights
Right on, right on

Stand up and fight
Stand up and fight

Take a stop, cool off and check yourself
Take a stop, cool off and check yourself

Just stand, just stand, just stand up for your rights
Right on, right on hey, yeah
Stand up and fight

Hey don’t let no one take no liberty

Hold on to what you got
At least you’ve got your dignity
So it was written
So shall it be done
All creeds of man should strive to leave as one

Is it left
Is it right
Yes we do have to fight
Is it left
Is it right
If we wanna reach the light

Just stand up
Just stand up for your rights
Cause you all got to unite yeah yeah oh yeah
Stand up and fight

Is it left
Is it right
Yes we do have to fight
Is it left
Is it right
If we wanna reach the light