Ask Jah Jah

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Hey, Notnice

Some youth... dem pray fi the wrong thing
Pray fi gun fi lef' body 'pon the banking
Politician no do a damn thing
When me talk to Jah, a dem thing yah me ask Him

Me ask Jah Jah fi get a buss
Not a chi chi bus
'Round a the upstairs is a must
So, me a beg you, no bother cuss
A in Jah we trust
'Member we've been through a lot a cruffs
Me ask Jah Jah fi get a buss
Not a chi chi bus
'Round a the upstairs is a must
So, me a beg you, no bother cuss
A in Jah we trust
We've been through

Hey
So me never figet weh me a come from
Growing up inna the slum for so long
Cardboard bed we use to have
But, you done know a we dream fi own divan
No bag a shoe, just me one All Star
Me granny couldn't find food, me no wrong her, star
Me pray to Selassie I fi be one, star
Cah me sister always waan fi own one bar
Dem say me nah come to nothing
"Youth, you nah buss, gwaan go sell soldier button!"
Dem never know, a me eye dem did a open
Cah me work harder and ask Jah fi do something
And...

Me never ask fi the wrong thing
Me never ask fi take people life over my thing
Politician no do a damn thing
When me talk to Jah, a dem thing yah me ask Him

Me ask Jah Jah fi get a buss
Not a chi chi bus
'Round a the upstairs is a must
So, me a beg you, no bother cuss
A in Jah we trust
'Member we've been through a lot a cruffs
Me ask Jah Jah fi get a buss
Not a chi chi bus
'Round a the upstairs is a must
So, me a beg you, no bother cuss
A in Jah we trust
We've been through

Hey
Me 'member when me used to go to school
Without no lunch money
Water run from me eye to me tummy
Nuff youth used to have it dem own and a done it
Still have a bag a gyal a road yet pick me
Because a me father Ulmis and Sonny
Shoes a beg bread, no fret, me no worry
Cah me done vision blessings a come in a hurry
Yo, Notnice

Me never ask fi the wrong thing
Me never ask fi take people life over my thing
Politician no do a damn thing
When me talk to Jah, a dem thing yah me ask Him

Me ask Jah Jah fi get a buss
Not a chi chi bus
'Round a the upstairs is a must
So, me a beg you, no bother cuss
A in Jah we trust
'Member we've been through a lot a cruffs
Me ask Jah Jah fi get a buss
Not a chi chi bus
'Round a the upstairs is a must
So, me a beg you, no bother cuss
A in Jah we trust
We've been through