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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Buju Banton
Lead Vocals
Firehouse Crew
All Instruments
Two Friends Crew
Background Vocals
Dalton Browne
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bobby Dixon
Songwriter
Melbourne Miller
Songwriter
Donald Dennis
Songwriter
Paul Crossdale
Songwriter
Mark Myrie
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bobby "Digital" Dixon
Producer
Gavin Lurssen
Mastering Engineer
Joshua Florian
Assistant Mastering Engineer
Tony "CD" Kelly
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
All my days
Seem like they have been wasted, eh?
But ya know
Just goes out to show
[Chorus]
'Til I'm laid to rest, yes
Always be depressed there's no life in the West, uh
I know the East is the best
All di propaganda dem spread
Tongues will haffi confess
[Verse 1]
Oh, I'm in bondage living is a mess
An I've got to rise up, alleviate the stress
No longer will I expose my weakness
He who seeks knowledge begins with humbleness
Work 7 to 7, yet me still penniless
For di food pon me table massa God bless
Allah feed the needy an shelterless
Ethiopia awaits all prince and princess, uh
[Chorus]
'Til I'm laid to rest, yes
Always be depressed there's no life in the West, uh
I know the East is the best, yes
Propaganda dem spread tongues will haffi confess
[Verse 2]
What could a bad so about di East
Everybody wants a piece
Africa fi Africans Marcus Mosiah speak
Unification outnumber defeat
What a day when we walkin' down Redemption Street
Banner 'pon head, Bible inna hand
One and all make we trod di promised land
Buju go down a Congo, stop inna Sashamanne land
The city of Harare is where Selassie come from
In Addis-Abba den Botswana
Left Kenya, a end up inna Ghana
Oh what a beauty my eye sight behold
Only Ethiopia protect me from di cold
[Chorus]
'Til I'm laid to rest, yes
Always be depressed there's no life in the West, uh
I know the East is the best
All di propaganda dem spread
Tongues will haffi confess
[Verse 3]
Organize and centralize come as one
Our seeds shall be so many more den sand
Some new and replenish pure an clean heart
Far too long, we've been under this bond
Some a save a bag a riches an dem bend empty hand
Want say me stupid an laugh all yuh can
Easier for a gunman to enter through a needle eye
Than it is for a rich guy to enter inna Zion
Take it from I man so
[Chorus]
'Til I'm laid to rest, yes
Always be depressed there's no life in the West, uh
I know the East is the best
Lord, propaganda dem spread
Tongues will haffi confess
[Verse 4]
Oh, I'm in bondage living is a mess
An I've got to rise up alleviate the stress
No longer will I expose my weakness
He who seeks knowledge begins with humbleness
Work 7 to 7, yet me still penniless
For di food upon me table massa God bless
Allah feed the needy and shelterless
Ethiopia awaits all prince and princess, uh
[Chorus]
'Til I'm laid to rest, yes
Always be depressed there's no life in the West, uh
I know the East is the best
All di propaganda dem spread
Tongues will haffi confess
[Verse 5]
What could a bad so 'bout di East
Everybody wants a piece
Africa fi Africans, Marcus Mosiah speak
Unification outnumber defeat
What a day when we walkin' down Redemption Street
Banner 'pon head, Bible inna hand
One and all make we trod di promised land
Buju go down a Congo stop inna Sashamanne land
The city of Harare is where Selassie come from
From Addis-Abba Inna Botswana
Left Kenya a end up inna Ghana
Oh whatta beauty my eye sight behold
Only Ethiopia protect me from di cold
[Chorus]
'Til I'm laid to rest, yes
Always be depressed there's no life in the West, uh
I know the East is the best
All di propaganda dem spread
Tongues will haffi confess
[Outro]
Organize and centralize come as one
Written by: Bobby Dixon, Donald Dennis, M.A.MYRIE, Mark Myrie, Melbourne Miller, Paul Crossdale