Rasta Love (feat. Ky-Mani Marley) - Protoje

Rise to your feet little soldier Times are changing, yeah See in order to get it You got to go out there and get it You got to know your mark Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left I've got my mind made up I'm in my fatigues and I'm ready for war Hear the drummer drumming This situation's my occupation A buffalo soldier that's just what we are And when you're digging your trenches, soldiers make sure you dig them deep Cuz the only way to survive this place this time little homie is to never sleep You see this war ain't in Iraq it's right here on the neighborhood streets Well mother fuckers they're just living to die, welcome to the belly of the beast You got a little bit of dro in yo pocket spark up and put your mind at ease Cuz you think they give a fuck about you for a second, ooh You might as well be deceased Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left Respect it and check it, the Southside where I sling Still there's no stopping till the entire world is mine My coalition is firm, don't you be concerned To live and die on the streets and tough lesson learned Lord knows I ain't no killer but don't temp me Cuz I can squeeze on my trigger until it's empty And you would never catch me slip food to militants Cuz I'm surrounded by angels tell um im heaven sent Ain't afraid to die for the cause, nooo I keep a lookout for snakes they full of in vic Eyes bloodshot red I'm burning of sensi Harder the battle the sweeter the victory And I'm ready to write my own verse of history You can't tell me I never told yah boy You can't rhyme yah mother fucking Soulja Boy Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left Yo left yo left yo left right left I'm fighting to survive the seeds of my own So I teach them lessons they need to know for when they get grown Say son you stay far from snitches and get a good girl boy keep far from her, haha Now keep your focus with your eye on the prize A million rise just for their rights, fuck it a million die Drop to your knees and hold your head to the sky And say a prayer for the lord soldier that you need to fly Dear lord the hour is upon us As we engage in battle be merciful upon our souls Grant us the strength so we may overcome the danger that lay in our way Our father, who arth in heaven hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come, thy will be done On earth as it is in heaven Give us this day, our daily bread And forgive us of our trespasses As we forgive those who trespass us

Louie Rankin & Maintain) Ghetto soldier, ghetto soldier, Rebel soldier, rebel soldier, ghetto soldier, rebel soldier I was brought up on the block with the hustlers and killa fiends and the killas with no soul. See on the block every chick got a whole lotta fuzz in'em screamin for the po-po Ya my papa was a legend but lemme tell you somethin bout me, I was raised up poor And I'm my hood nobody gave a muthafuck about you ya befriend the pen. My childhood, many bitches on the corner sippin guiness [? ] don't let my name go. Carry a chip on my shoulder, bout the size of texas you want drama playas sayin no more Ya I'm a product of the street labeled a menace to society, how the fuck would they know Don't be so quick to point the finger when really you gonna shit it by me. Soldier release and reload. I know I told ya when you fuckin with me just know ya fuckin with a ghetto soldier, I know I told ya when you fuckin with me just know ya fuckin with a Rebel soldier You can never pretend like I don't exsist, I'm in the mist of the thugs, and I'm huggin the block shootin and never miss. Who in the hell is this, witness never make it, no evidence. Snitchin is not allowed in my residence, born in this ghetto storm talk it walk it do it all in teh ghetto form soldiers born and lose more than a leg or arm, paper chase it doin a million miles an hour, live for the moment cause I'm knowin this could be my last hour. Got the flower to bloom, got the power to boom. Get ya high as the moon but with these cowards I'm doomed I'm a goon show mistakes there ain't no room for ya ain't no errors cause the sherriffs got a room for ya they don't scare us because the terrors increases the crime rate in the seasons see americas most wanted on your tv's ghetto soldiers they don't know it but we here to keep your poppin this song keep tighten up they hide your johnny cockren is gone Gotta do whatcha gotta do with the circumstances given liven life as a ghetto soldier. It seems the jefferson and demons and the police uniforms and they searchin for ghetto kids to murder. I was here to survive when they came to trash the ones who took the note to protect'em from every corner with? . This systems hittin the gutters baby hungry daddy lookin at? Baby daddy eat so daddys gotta risk his life, this ghetto livin is the closest to the single shot [? ]

One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, yo One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, hey Say fool you must be crazy What is it you tryin to do u cannot faze me I've been smokin on a pound and feelin hazy For five-o i wont stop they gotta chase me Now make it mo' better for the cream My music brings the cheddar, see what i mean The seats in the ride is leather, the rims are clean I change like the weather, now i'm the king, yeah yeah One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, yo One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, hey Now if you wanna find me, i'll be in Jamaica smoked out In a black navigator, evading all the playa haters - high Here comes the rover with the troops Decked out in army fatigues, And stompin 'um with my black tin boots, say what Now while you remixing punch lines, i create How you wanna battle me, hah When you just a feather weight, hey yo You know how long i've been knocking out heavyweights, its best you chill Meditate find your space and know your place because I'm like a disciple, when i appear from the clouds I gets on stage i get the mic and then i bless the crowd, blow Me and my soldiers we gon' ride tonight Get some of the... we gon' get high Babylon ridin slowly, ah try fe hold me Want to prosecute i for my Ganja Babylon ridin slowly, ah try fe hold me Like they don't know, eh, what i'm tellin ya One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, yo One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, hey It's me a runnin down in J-A Twenty thousand pounds of Ses on the ship headin straight for the bay, yo Well i'm a check the rice around the weed And all vibes have got me jealous and i meditate, hey Now probably i hit the airways I'm burnin live 'till i'm back in the M-I-A, yeah I say my soldiers from around the way I call up shortly for the party we be doin this everyday One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, yo One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, hey Eh la la la, yeah One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, yo One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, hey Eh la la la, yeah One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, yo One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, hey Eh la la la, yeah One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, yo One time for my warriors, my last smugglers and all my buffalo soldiers One time for my warriors, my heat carriers and all my buffalo, hey Eh la la la, yeah yeah

Gotta go... I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry Even though you're not here by my side Truely you're always on my mind So i just called to sing a lullabye To comfort your heart so you never cry I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry... Tell her not to worry you'll be okay She should pray for your safety night and day Soon back together you'll be again I know you both can't wait to see that day I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry... Wherever you are just call his name He'll hear your voice and it'll make his day A day doesn't pass, when you're not on his mind Please don't cry, you'll be together in time Even though you're not here by my side Truely you're always on my mind So i just called to sing a lullabye To comfort your heart so you never cry I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry... I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry... I really wanted to take you with me On my little country journey But you have to understand, oh why And not sit alone at home and cry, And cry, alone at home and cry. Don't cry.

Ey, ey Watch ya dread Hey hey Kingston, be wise Kingston, free up your mind Kingston, just be wise Kingston, free up the I, yeah When the city a go click-clack-blow, you bet Government fingers and tic-tac-toes in it And while they working on the X's and O's I'm living I-N-I like I'm Mister Kamoze No surprise when they sending foes to me Opposite of when plain clothes approaching me Follow they rules is what they propose to me Selling they souls for what is owed, you see Nothing is owed, nothing is promised Never know the government woulda run up inna them garrison Without no sorry, without excuse Soldier man inna them lorry, everybody get abused, and Everybody have them views now The media is owned so know where you get your news from And the blood deh pon them shoes now When them walking it trace Look them hard in them face And say Kingston, be wise Kingston, free up your mind Kingston, just be wise, for me Kingston, free up the violence Now all the damage can't quantify Roy Rayon couldn't sanctify Say a nuff a dem them send fi die So the city a intensify Say the ghetto them a gentrify Well I, nobody nuh identify Nuff bodies unidentified and just a lie deh Then where the gun deh? Dead pon Saturday Buried Sunday like Solomon Grundy Like a no Sons of Solomon them have down deh Leonard Howell, Pinnacle and them land deh Subdivision, them deal it underhand deh So learn it 'cause them come back with dem plan deh So tell me how far do you wanna go now, hey Cah them will ratta-tatta-tatta when u pow-pow-pow Kingston, be wise Kingston, free up your mind Kingston, just be wise For me! Kingston, free up the violence Hum Do you overstand me man Hum Yeah, its live from the capital... city Hey hey Be wise! Be wise! For me! Kingston! Kingston! Kingston! Be wise! Kingston! Free up the I, yeah

It's been crazy lately I've been in my feels Got me rearranging All of my plans, all my dreams It'll be invigorating Anytime you be around Same time it'll be frustrating When I see you in a crowd My eyes they go wherever Girl, all I do is stare And when you notice, I know You would be so extra, I swear How me supposed to feel When you deh close And me just can't reveal fi mi emotions And me just want fi see you and do the most to you How me supposed to feel When you deh close And me just can't reveal fi mi emotions And me just want fi see you and do the most to you And girl me want you feel the same so Me want you feel the same so Girl, I want you feel the same so I want you feel the same so Girl, I want you feel the same so I want you feel the same so Girl, I want you feel the same so I want you feel the same so Same so, same I've been contemplating What all of this means It's not that I'm complaining But circumstances be real And I know you see these changes Yeah, around and around we go Doesn't it just feel amazing When I got you up in my zone? You're like my favorite painting One I would never sell Just have you up in my room And keep you all to myself How me supposed to feel When you deh close And me just can't reveal fi mi emotions And me just want fi see you and do the most to you How me supposed to feel When you deh close so And me just can't reveal fi mi emotions And girl me want fi see you and do the most to you I say me want you feel the same so I want you feel the same so Girl, I want you feel the same so I want you feel the same so Girl, I want you feel the same so I want you feel the same so Girl, I want you feel the same so I want you feel the same so Same so, same Same, same Same, same Same so I want you feel the same so (same so) (Same so, same so) (Same so, same, same) (Same, same)

When I was just a young boy, maybe like 17 I would talk to my father, told him about my dreams And often he would tell me, "Don't rush to be a man" I heard the words that he spoke, but could not understand 'Cause to me life was easy, it was just fun and games Until I saw that people were filled with so much pain It's harder to share sometimes, easier to pretend The way we treat each other, I just don't comprehend Last night I heard a story, too crazy to be true I wouldn't dare repeat it, what are we gonna do? And as we figure it out, the time just slips away Don't worry 'bout tomorrow, just be glad you've got today Strange Strange things are happening Strange Strange things are happening Strange Strange things is happening Strange, oh Hey, oh, what a feeling fi get what you want? Then want disappear from it all How strange is the thought Boss, how your fears run so deep? House of my dream, nightmares in my sleep And I wake and I can't get my thoughts to align I lost in my head and I searching for time And I want figure how fi escape from my mind 'Cause it too strange up deh, God know I trying And it start take a toll, me start feel a weight Heavy is the head, now I know what it mean And I feeling ashamed, feeling the doubt Cyan understand what this feeling about Will I reach an amount of the things that I need That would lead me to be at myself and be free Yow, it all too bizarre, I can't get a grip It moving too fast and my fingers a slip 'Pon a daily this reach me, this draining habit 'Cause the more me attain is the stranger it get I'm in pain, I'm in danger, I'm in love, I feel hate All at the same time, I cyan get a break And it's strange Strange things are happening Strange Strange things are happening Strange Strange things is happening Strange

Empress look what I brought for you Marijuana glistening in the morning dew She put her lips to my blunt and kiss it No excuse when she roll she spliff For she don't even care if it smudge no lipstick Nah refuse that a how she rep She make sure I have some greens with it when I sip it Then she roll off and roll up ma ting And make me know that anyhow I put it in my lyrics then Only some girls gonna comprehend No she nuh agree with dem policies So she bun her trees No apologies neva needed Pon her property no it never cease so she get her peace And her release when she weeded Like it when it cure but she have a pree, prefare it when it green Have more THC when she steaming When me go country and me come back in She nuh ask a ting 'cause she know wah me a bring She put her lips to my blunt and kiss it No excuse when she smoke she spliff For she don't even care if it smudge no lipstick then Nah refuse that a how she rep She make sure I have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I sip it Make sure I have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Oh she love ma herb etiquette How I roll it up so delicate How I nah take a draw before she get a hit How me a drive in from far And me alone pon the road jussa move with My light and my music when The thought of you just waiting make me reach home safely Navigate me baby, I know it's on you brain When you hear these statements And these message placements No need to explain what I say She put her lips to my blunt and kiss it No excuse when she smoke she spliff For she don't even care if it smudge no lipstick then Nah refuse that a how she rep She make sure I have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I sip it Make sure I have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— So now she say she grown up And she growing her own from the ground up From the seed to the stalk till the pound drop And now a me make demands when I show up Then I set sail as I inhale The surplus is not for sale It's purpose is much more real So courteous with how she deal it But it increase her feeling when me a buil' it She wet it and seal it Put her lips to my blunt and kiss it No excuse when she smoke she spliff For she don't even care if it smudge no lipstick Nah refuse that a how she rep She make sure I have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I sip it Make sure I have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Have some greens with it when I— Empress look what I brought for you Marijuana glistening in the morning dew Empress look what I brought for you Marijuana glistening, marijuana glistening, glistening, glistening

Open up your eyes and fight for your rights Or you will die Cause I'ma gonna fight for you, baby But it's all alright, that's right Now where do you run to, run to? Is all of this just fun for you? And where are you hiding, hiding? Don't you see me fighting for you? Where do you run to, run to? Is all of this just fun for you? And where are you hiding, hiding? Don't you see me fighting for you? Don't you see me fighting with all my might? Don't you see me meeting all your type? Don't you see I'm lost inside your eyes? Don't you see me loving you? Aye Never find a better place to be than wrapped up in your tide Can't seem to go without the thought of being all up in your life Hold me down, don't ever let me leave It's part of your design I'm right here for you So where do you run to, run to? Is all of this just fun for you? And where are you hiding, hiding? Don't you see me fighting for you? Where do you run to, run to? Am I too frightening for you? And where are you hiding? Where you hiding? Don't you see me fighting for you? Aye, girl, the farthest I'll fight from it is you In my darkest of night, girl you big moon Tell you things ever so feel so right That you have to start hide when you see what you into Wan' talk and me can't even begin too Wan' spar every chance that me get You no see her how she set? Coulda give her set a twin too Even Jesus guilty of sin too Worst with all of this trauma me been through And all of this hurt that me 'cause When me look inna me past, realize see I been fool 'Cause inna my life you fin include Like two year now you shoulda been boo Have to change up the key, now me in tune Can't nothing like a woman when she in bloom And you been blooming Now where do you run to, run to? Is all of this just fun for you? And where are you hiding, hiding? Don't you see me fighting for you? Where do you run to, run to? Is all of this just fun for you? And where are you hiding, hiding? Don't you see me fighting for you? So where do you run to? Where do you run to? Don't you see me fighting for you? Where are you hiding? Where are you hiding, ooh?

Blessings for my music It's love for the music Journey on my music I've been doing this for seven years I never make a dollar, never make a change I say naa go give up, naa go ever slow You know say me a hold it down for seven more I've been doing this for seven years I never make a dollar, never make a change I say naa go give up, naa go ever slow You know say me a hold it down foreva flow This is my seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch I know I'm coming home Me mother send mi go school for seventeen years Me come out and turn DJ, it no seem fair What you seeing here, this is a product Of two college, one diploma, no degree Nuh know the meaning, out in this world and Everything you learn in aj the past five years It naa go help you fi earn nuttin What's the word cousin, you help your cousin So every word that dem heard me with worth suppin' Every burden them hurl at me Hurdle so flawless dem naa listen (I've been doin' this...) Mi a miss out pon lift up mi team A watch Gong and Stephen Marley a live out the dream you know Welcome to Jamrock did lift my feeling up I listen it still, I listen it keen you know (I've been doin' this) Mi decide say the music can meaningful Take a look at my life and I clean it up My herb customers calling me But now my music demanding me This is my seven year itch I've been doing this for seven years I never make a dollar, never make a change I say naa go give up, naa go ever slow You know say me a hold it down for seven more I've been doing this for seven years I never make a dollar, never make a change I say naa go give up, naa go ever slow You know say me a hold it down foreva flow This is my seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch I said I'm coming home (I've been doin' this...) Proto to most, Oje to some Call him Diggy, the only son, the sister young Mommy legendary as around Ask fi a pound and them will tell you who did carry macka a town (I've been doin' this) ask Marshall, ask him And if yuh get a glimpse ah Sean Paul Beg unuh ask him, how it feel fi go three times plat Then ask Shaggy 'cause him did move three times that (I've been doin' this) No haffi feel like that Just want retire to a seaside lot Leff all the war and bring the peace right back Never been in love until now just Just lost it wondering how I woulda get through it (I've been doin' this) Like customs with herb And no mi no accustom to hurt But I got accustomed to her (I've been doin' this) And her she accustomed to me Addicted to the thing weh addicted to she Empress far and she calling me But now my music demanding me This is my seven year itch I've been doing this for seven years I never make a dollar, never make a change I say naa go give up, naa go ever slow You know say me a hold it down for seven more I've been doing this for seven years I never make a dollar, never make a change I say naa go give up, naa go ever slow You know say me a hold it down foreva flow This is my seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch and then I'm coming home My seven year itch and then I'm coming home