A Just Life

Family push me aside
Fake friends hurt mi too
Waan' mi hard live life
Dis a waa mi learn yuh know

People a just people
Whether friends or family
Nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Waan' see mi fall 'pon mi face, yeah
And dem will do the same evil
A nuh just yuh enemy
Cah nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Psalms a mi remedy, yeah

Mommy sey, enemies stop hurt people long time
So called friend a dweet, friend a do it
Ones dem weh you put yo trust inna
Dem a wolf could a never sheep
You turn yuh back dem left a knife in a yuh spinal chord
Know yuh life reach the final part
Cyaan believe a good friend become horrible story
Jah know mi find that hard

A just life, a just life
Dem laugh but inside nuh must right
And I've seen faces like those
Dem know fi fake it like, whoa, whoa
And a just life, a just life
Everything happen fi a reason
A nuh everybody ago pree life like how we do

Cah people a just people
Whether friends or family
Nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Waan' see mi fall 'pon mi face, yeah
And dem will do the same evil
A nuh just yuh enemy
Cah nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Psalms a mi remedy, yeah

Payday, dem only-gon link you 'pon a payday
Months me and dem nuh talk
Dem never link mi 'pon mi worst day
Much more than that, dem never link mi 'pon mi jurt day, yeah
Suh mi know dem a opportunist
My struggles, me alone trod it through this
No bwoy cyaan tell mi 'bout this
And if mi did soft, dem would a shell mi down quick

And a just life, a just life
Dem laugh but inside nuh must right
'Cause I've seen faces like those
Dem know fi fake it like, whoa, whoa
And a just life, a just life
Everything happen fi a reason
A nuh everybody ago pree life like how we do

People a just people
Whether friends or family
Nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Waan' see mi fall 'pon mi face, yeah
And dem will do the same evil
A nuh just yuh enemy
Cah nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Psalms a mi remedy, yeah

Selassie I, watch over I and I
Payday, look how much a dem a help
Neva know dem woulda turn dem back 'pon yuh

(People a just people) Huh, uh
(Hurt mi heart, hurt mi heart)
Just life a just life, hey
(How dem a carry some dirty thought)
(Cyaan believe it)
People a just, people a just, people
(Hurt mi heart, hurt mi heart)
(How dem a carry some dirty thought)

People a just people
Whether friends or family
Nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Waan' see mi fall 'pon mi face, yeah
And dem will do the same evil
A nuh just yuh enemy
Cah nuff a dem a carry hate inside, oh Jah
Psalms a mi remedy (remedy.. remedy..)