It cost nothing

Never you going haste in di race
Jah love my son
Oh oh oh
The step you make is what you take
Before the sun go down
Check it
Natcha, natcha, aye

It cost nothing to love my friend

Animosity and hatred no count
Oh oh
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love is the total, that's the only amount
Do you get this
It cost nothing to love my friend
Animosity and war no count
Woi oi oi
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love is the total, that's the only amount

You, having di youts in fear, how could
Like say when you come dem fear di nuff old coupe
Your badness and your gun will do you no good
You say you murder some and have some more fi go shub
Well everyday threats have been sent
Unuh draw border line and send no man no cross no fence
Check wha you a fight for
It no make no sense
How you go fight fi your brother inna dis a government
Mi tell you say

It cost nothing to love my friend
Animosity and war no count
No tribal war
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love is the total, that's the only amount
Ease up offa di badness weh you a back out out
Ooh wee boi boi
Cost nothing to love my friend
Animosity and hatred no count

Do you get that
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love is the total, that's the only amount

Jah give it everything within himself for di human beings
You have fi check yourself and you fi know if you clean
Fighting for wealth a no mess up Jah Jah scene
Future a build so your ship a sail in
Let no more, no more follis continue
Yo, you about to lose if da one ya slip you
Queen no me, it a di wrong she a trample
Emperor Selassie I a ballast di angle
Mi tell you say

It cost nothing to love my friend
Animosity and war no count
Did you get this one
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love is the total, that's the only amount
Stand up and be strong
Cost nothing to love my friend
Animosity and hatred no count

Woii
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love is the total, that's the only amount

Yo, psychologically you psycho
One thing you educate di pickney
Through your complete system technology
Technologically fading
Ease up with your synagogue teaching
Do you see the time, do you see the days
Taking over mind inna dem computer age
Yo bigga bwoy you a gwaan too crave
Scarn the ghetto yout and lock dem off inna cage
Mi mek you know

It cost nothing to love my friend
Animosity and hatred no count
Did you get this one
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love is the total, that's the only amount

So never you going haste in di race
Jah love my son
Oh oh oh
The step you make is what you take
Before the sun go down
Well then

To a you, a you, have di youts in fear, how could
Like say when you a come dem fear di nuff old coupe
You and your gun do no good
You just murder some and say you have more fi shub
Well everyday threats have been sent
Unuh draw border line and send no man no cross no fence
Check wha you a fight for
It make no sense
Fight fi your brother inna dis a government
Mi haffi mek unuh know

Cost nothing to love my friend
War and hatred that don't count
Woah oh oh
Cost nothing to love my friend
Love the total, the only amount
Yeah