Thanks and Praise - Chronixx

Oh lord have mercy Oh na na na na na Eeyyyy Bhim Ranking again Giving Jah Jah praise eehh eehhh Alhamdullilah fi de gift of life one more time Praises Unto be thy name one more time Things that I've been through A lot of pains that I've been through yeah Am still ah living being Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de north and mi look to de south Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de east and mi look de west Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de left and mi look to de right Mi haffi give thanks and praise Oo Ya See di whole ah up and rounds See di whole ah up and downs And di whole ah sounds man make just fill up de bank account Yet dem wanna bring we down We keep going and we never ago slow down Man haffi give thanks and Praise Praise to di ancient of days Some ah dem Deya inna di grave Eno be e just by the Grace Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de north and mi look to de south Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de east and mi look de west Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de left and mi look to de right Mi haffi give thanks and praise Oooh Ya when mi look all di things wey agwan Don't live life to impress anyone Life issa race so don't look none Don't look none every believer sayyyyy I will praise my lord I will praise my lord forever Forever and ever mi sing again I will praise my my creator I will praise my savior forever Forever and ever Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de north and mi look to de south Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de east and mi look de west Mi haffi give thanks and praise When mi look to de left and mi look to de right Mi haffi give thanks and praise

Give thanks and praises to the most-high (Jah) Give thanks and praises so high (so high) He will not deceive us my brethren He will only lead us again (again) Oh, take that veil from off of your eyes Look into the future of realize Noah had three sons, Ham, Shem and Japhet (Ham, Shem and Japhet) And in Ham is known to be the Prophet Glory to Jah, the Prophet is come (through all these ages) Glory to Jah, the Prophet has come (through all these stages) When my soul was hurtin' deep within And I'm worrying to be free, desperately, yeah So guide and protect I'n'I, oh Jah, Jah Through all these ages Guide and protect I'n'I, oh Jah, Jah Through all these stages Rastafari is his name (Jah) Rastafari is his name (Jah) If Jah didn't love I (love I) If I didn't love I (love I) If Jah didn't love I (love I) If I didn't love I Would I be around today? Would I be around to say? Give thanks and praises, give thanks and praises Give thanks and praises, give thanks and praises Give thanks and praises, give thanks and praises.

Skankin', groovin', hallelujah Skankin', groovin, help me Jah Jah Skankin', groovin', under pressure Skankin', groovin' Under the pressures of life and it tough Nuh stay down mama, time fi get up Nuh bother with the downful style, strictly upful vibes and pick it up When the bills dem, the rent and the mortgage due (weh mi chalice) When your best friends are gone and it's only you Light up a spliff turn up the music Skankin' sweet Everybody wanna feel irie Forget your troubles and rock with me You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah-e-yeah Skankin' sweet Everybody wanna feel irie Forget your troubles and rock with me You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah-e-yeah Skankin' sweet For every pain there's a melody, yeah For every trouble there's a harmony That brings everything together So make we sing together And who say life nuh hard And every man got their struggle I begging you help me Lord And let me overcome my trouble Skankin' sweet Everybody wanna feel irie Forget your troubles and rock with me You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah-e-yeah Skankin' sweet Everybody wanna feel irie Forget your troubles and rock with me You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah-e-yeah Skankin' sweet We skankin' til ah morning come Until the day when my troubles are gone Hallelujah We're groovin' inna Jah Jah name We're groovin' all my troubles away Skankin' sweet Everybody wanna feel irie Forget your troubles and rock with me You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah-e-yeah Skankin' sweet Everybody wanna feel irie Forget your troubles and rock with me You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah-e-yeah Skankin' sweet Everybody wanna feel irie Forget your troubles and rock with me You nuh feel how reggae music sweet, yeah-e-yeah Skankin' sweet I'm gonna be skankin' I wanna be skankin' I'm gonna be skankin' I'm gonna be skankin'

Rasta man wheel out And know you have it there Rasta man wheel out And come over here Office ease out, don't you have no fear? Officer ease out and don't you touch me by my hair I was yadding down the lane And I buck up in a old blue seem And he ask why my eye so red I said it's the good old cally green Rasta man wheel out And know you have it there Rasta man wheel out And come over here Office ease out, don't you have no fear? Officer ease out and don't you touch me by my hair Him see my hair have tie like a Taliban And him swear seh mi got it man And him a search fi a spliff couldn't find it Never know seh mi is a challis man This a no recent thing and a no Chronixx one It is a ancient tradition It is a gift to the wise And a long time dem a scheme in a Afghanistan Indian and Pakistan, not to mentioned African The best thing weed in a west indies Burning by the rivers of babylon Westmoreland have the baddest one Weh send yo brain pon a magic corp So mister office meck wi talk yaw Because a the same one in a Chronixx pon I've being steaming from morning Till my eyes got red And I don't got no money What can I do for my self Rasta man wheel out And know you have it there Rasta man wheel out And come over here Office ease out, don't you have no fear? Officer ease out and don't you touch me by my hair I was walking down the street And I buck up in a old DC He said that's the smell of the good old trees Rasta man what can you do for me Rasta man wheel out And know you have it there Rasta man wheel out And come over here Office ease out, don't you have no fear? Officer ease out and don't you touch me by my hair Regular walking pon Sunday morning Everything nice and ease Mi just charging fi go a mi yard Fi go put on mi rice and peas One Martinique up the road wid me and the old blue seem All who fret up on get release already So DC don't disturb my peace Office ease out cause money no grow pon tree Office ease out after you no cunning like me And him seh rasta man ease out Don't run up in the jeep And I say office cool out Yo cyaa faster than me

(Never give up the fight) Never give up the fight, no way (Never give up the fight) Never give up the fight, baby (Never give up) How many times will you fall in love Feel my heart slowly breaking up How do you know when your time is up We're fighting for love (Never give up) How many nights have we spent alone Enough just to make it on our own I know it's hard with no one to trust All of us been fighting since the day we were born Jah know that we will (Never give up the fight) We'll never give up the fight, no no no Never give up the fight We'll never give up the fight What you say? How do you know when a man's in pain? Can't show his weakness, he's got no one to blame Overstanding the way I feel Is the best thing in the world you could ever give to me Just promise me you'll (Never give up the fight) Never give up the fight, no way, ey (Never give up the fight) Never give up the fight (Never give up) promise me you'll never give up (Never give up) promise me you'll never give up If you have to spend (never give up) The rest of your life alone (never give up the fight) Promise me you'll never give up (never give up) If you should wake up and I'm not there anymore (Never give up, oh) Promise me you'll never give up (never give up) When all (never give up) of your friends and family are gone, baby (Never give up) promise me you'll never give up When life gets so cold, so cold and so dark, ooh baby Promise me you'll never give up, promise me (Never give up the fight) Promise me you'll never give up, promise me (Never give up the fight) Oh, I'll never give up (never give up) Promise, yeah, never, never, never break your promise ever Promise, promise me you'll never give up Say you promise, oh, promise me you'll never give up It is a promise (never give up) (Never give up the fight)

Teflon (na na na na na) Zinc fence (na na na na na) Chronixx (na na na na na) Spanish Town me born and grow Whole heap a badman me know One thing they all have in common; The whole a dem poor Me tell you this You no fi bad an' hungry You no fi bad an' hungry Anything bad fi dash 'way If I were you, I would a sell my gun If I were you I would a sell my gun If I were you, uh, me would a sell my gun And buy a old Corolla Taxi me run and buy me daughter stroller Son a baller but him no score no goal Cah the boots weh him have no have no insole Me waan show him say daddy a the boss Bring him go the shoes shop Pick up anything you want New shoes, new shirt, new shorts Cyaan buss gun and me pickney dem a bawl, oii Me no fi bad an' hungry How you fi bad an' hungry? Anything bad fi dash 'way If I were you, I would a sell my gun Uh, uh, I were you (if I were you) I would a sell my gun If were you (if I were you) I would a sell my gun And buy a burning machine Bootleg every Chronixx CD Dread & Terrible that would a full up the streets And me nah watch no face, cah food haffi eat Granny waan bed and she waan new teeth But the teeth haffi wait, she need somewhere fi sleep Say she see a Sealey 'pon T.V. Da mattress deh she need with some brand new sheets Whadada How you fi bad an' hungry You no fi bad an' hungry Anything bad fi dash 'way If I were you, I would a sell my gun If I were you (if I were you), oh I would a sell my gun Come on, if I were you (if I were you) Tell the rich man a foreign and the politician Ghetto youths don't need no more guns And no more ammunition We need a change in, we tradition We need some other things (others things) Like (like) computer, homework centre MacBook hard drive and projector Dumper truck, lawn mower and tractor Cement white marl and lumber Barrell a Clarks, school bag and ruler Hardcover book fi carry go a school Buy guitar, keyboard and flute Build up a studio with Pro Tools Da one yah a fi all a the taxi driver dem, you know Real hard working people weh a do real work Cah some man say dem have gun and bad And me no rate dem none at all Me tell you the truth Me no like thief, me no like rapist Move Ease out