[Intro] C  Em  Am  F
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  A word from the wise
               Am                F
  Don't try to make life on your own
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  Remember that jah jah by your side
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  For i was a soul who lost and my life
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  Was in dismay
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  For amongst evil forces in which i came
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  Guns and ammunition were my chosen way of life
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  With God fearin people i choose to strive
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  For all of the lives that are take they can never be replaced
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  But still jah jah chose to remember my face

[Refrão]

               C             Em
Though i never lived like he wanted
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I was mindful of what he though me
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So now i beg and plead im on my bended knees
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Cause father u rescue
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And i've got the stars to show i barely made it along life's road
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Cause when my life got dark he was the onlyiest part
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He was the light at the end of the road

[Segunda Parte]

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  When i was young boy growin up in august town
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  We ate from the same pot we were idlings all around
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  From corner to colour and corner
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  From rockers to jungle kentyre
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  Rising to dreadhieghts and river all around
             C                        Em
And then the footbal ground became my battlefield
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And my life was so surreal
C             Em
  People were fallin all around
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  But jah helped me to stand my ground
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Only Jah, Only Jah Coud've Helped me to stand my ground

[Refrão]

C           Em            Am  F
So now take it from me son
You can change the world today
Cause livin proof
Livin proof that crime doesn't pay
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Though i never lived like

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