Rejoice! - Illinois Honors Chorus, Bill Buhr & Edith A. Copley

Rejoice, rejoice, God's ears are stitches Oh, rejoice, his eyes are big x's Oh, rejoice, his arms are burning witches Oh, rejoice, his hands perform hexes Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you And rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you And rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds Rejoice because you're trying your best And rejoice, the bed you sleep in is burning Oh, rejoice, the sky's fucking falling! Oh, rejoice, the world we know is turning Oh, rejoice, your father's been calling Rejoice although this world will devastate you And rejoice although this world will penetrate you And rejoice although you will not survive Rejoice, you'll never make it out alive And rejoice, your hair it smells like burning hair Oh, rejoice your nails all got chewed off Oh, rejoice and holy fuck you're bleeding there! Oh, rejoice, you burned your whole beard off Rejoice despite the fact this world will hurt you And rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you And rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds Rejoice because you're trying your best

Ah me say things get bitter in the west We affi head to the east Ah you done know Sizzla Kalongi ever bless You see it, you see it Selassie I ah prince of peace [CHORUS:] Tell you just be nice And live it up me nah lie Rejoice and praise Rastafari Just be nice And live it up me nah lie Rejoice and praise Rastafari Some fightin for power When love lead the multitude Every second every hour Childern callin out for food They want to go to school In clean clothes and pretty shoes Give us now because mama say Promise is a comfort to a fool Teach them to love them one another Love stop them from killing of eachother Follow the words of your fathers and your mothers To hurt yourself I tell you don't you bother Hey! [CHORUS:] Just be nice And live it up mi nah lie Rejoice and praise King Selassie I I tell you just be nice And live it up mi nah lie Even though we taught them nah cry The word is out, how dem so hype Dem friend ah tell dem things And from foreign, Dem glad dem friend ah send them things Ey youth be humble Don't bad mind dem things You work for what you want That's the powers of the King Ok Poor people facing things Such bad position Don't you worry, Most high will make your provision Dem hungry and them dirty, Hey Look how mi _ So mi know say mi strong [CHORUS:] Tell them say Rejoice and praise Rastafari Just be nice And live it up mi nah lie Just be nice Tell you say ah more life Burn out them war and strife Tell you say And live it up mi nah lie Rejoice and hail Rastafari Just be nice And live it up mi nah lie Rejoice and praise Rastafari _ For me It make me feel so glad Nah go kill me nah go thief Mama tell me that is bad Some don't have nuttin fi eat So dem go loot and rob I rather trod for east And satisfy with the little weh mi have [CHORUS:] Just be nice And praise Rastafari Be nice and live it up mi nah lie Just be nice Kalonji say ah more life I burn them strife I tell yuh just be nice And live it up we nah lie Rejoice and praise Rastafari I tell you say be nice And live it up, be nice, Never give it up, be nice Positive it up OK Some fightin for power When love lead the multitude Every second every hour Childern callin out for food They want to go to school In clean clothes and pretty shoes Give us now because mama say Promise is a comfort to a fool Teach them to love them one another Love stop them from killing of eachother To hurt yourself I tell you don't you bother Follow the principle of the ancient Fore-fathers and your mothers [CHORUS:] Be nice and live it up we nah lie Rejoice and praise Rastafari Be nice and live it up we nah lie Rejoice and praise Rastafari

If the things you do are not pleasing you It's time to take another hard point of view You take the things you've and learned All that you know are real And what you feel is your first concern Make the sacrifice and make it right Rejoice, Rejoice in the things you know are right You better rejoice Make you feel real good inside There may be times oh when you're in doubt About the way, and just how to work it all out You'll find the things you seek are within your reach Your mind conceive, your heart believe it Now that you've sacrificed and you've paid the price to make a better way in your life today Rejoice You can see the light, yes you can Ah Yeah Rejoice Ahh Yeah, yeah There may be times oh when you're in doubt About the way, and just how to work it all out You'll find the things you seek are within your reach Your mind conceive, your heart believe it Now that you've sacrificed and you've paid the price to make a better way in your life today

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam Yet I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you, I know what you'll do You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream But if I know you, I know what you do You love me at once The way you did once upon a dream I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream I know you, the gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you, I know what you'll do You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream