It's no use trying to bring me down Nor praying to extinguish my light It's no use going to a crossroads or talking to the Pharisees So that I may be nailed to a cross Olorumarê, Ogum, Yehôshua, Vishnu, Yahweh and Ra Jah ya Rastafari He who guards me never sleeps Rain, rain, rain and purify my soul I walked through flowers and thorns, but I never walked alone, I never walked alone I walked through flowers and thorns, but I never walked alone He who guards me never sleeps It's no use trying to bring me down Nor praying to extinguish my light It's no use going to a crossroads or talking to the Pharisees So that I may be nailed to a cross It's no use trying to bring me down, because my God takes care of me I walked among flowers and thorns, but I never walked alone, I never walked alone I walked among flowers and thorns, but I never walked alone He who protects me never sleeps