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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Protoje
Vocals
Mortimer
Vocals
Stone Strickland
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Oje Ollivierre
Songwriter
Phillip Winta James
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Phillip Winta James
Producer
James Bonzai Caruso
Mixing Engineer
Jeremy Harding
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
A word unto the wise is enough
You can look but don't touch
My relations in search
'Cause out here in this jungle, we roam
Every king has his throne
And if you enter my zone
I vow to protect my own
Protect my own
I will protect my own
Protect my own
[Verse 2]
Bread basket from birth to the casket
I've heard they've been talking some words, I look past it
I was brought up and taught of the tactics
And learned that the lion don't turn when dog barking
Watch who you burn, who you spark with
And you have to go earn if you want it
So we no concern with who hawking
When them spit can't reach where we walking
Enemies in disguise wanna see my demise
The don't even realize Jah no wrong them
'Cause I see that in life, you achieve something nice
But achieve something twice is a problem
Then you can imagine what I face
Two up in the hand and another on the way
Plus I have another in the brain
And every other one a put the other one to shame
[Verse 3]
A word unto the wise is enough
You can look but don't touch
My reparations in search
'Cause out here in this jungle, we roam
Every king has his throne
And if you enter my zone
I vow to protect my own
Protect my own
I will protect my own
Protect my own
[Verse 4]
Yeah, yeah, sharp like the thorn crown pon Christ head
But you know the flow hard though like slice bread
Lyrics melt the butter fi make a nice spread
But not a margarine and pull the margin in
The church, they marching out and if you're marching out
And you in a doubt, you march without me
I rather march alone than fi march back home
Tell me, queen, say me lost the throne, no
This was built on the power of the truth
Discovering the powers and empowering the youths
If you give them a minute, them devouring the fruits
And within the hour, call it sour chappy roots
You no seat, none skill like Bibi pon my feet
But drop me pon the rhythm, watch the clarity we speak
Ain't no poverty between what we have and what we need
So strength out to the wise and protection for the meek
[Verse 5]
'Cause a word unto the wise is enough
You can look but don't touch
My reparations in search
'Cause out here in this jungle, we roam
Every king has his throne
And if you enter my zone
I vow to protect my own
Protect my own
I will protect my own
Protect my own
Written by: Mortimer Mcpherson, Oje Ollivierre, P. James, Phillip Winta James