High Grade

Dem ask me what me smoking
And me just a show dem say a the highest grade
And we never get fraid enuh
Rastafari say a the highest grade
Guh under, a go under

But a high grade spliff inna mi head
Feel like mi chalice put a fire inna John Paul head
But a high grade spliff inna mi head
And if me smoke, me smoke mi herb, Eden haffi go fled
But a high grade spliff inna mi head
Feel like mi chalice put a fire inna John Paul head
But a high grade spliff inna mi head
And if me light, me light mi herb, say Eden haffi go-

Well me go call Mr. Tally
Tell him say me waan 50 pound of the cali
Waan 20 pound fi go give to Miss Molly
Next 20 pound fi di big ganja rally
Next 10 pound haffi go go inna mi chally
Right yah now me ready fi go bun down Cali
Put anotha fire, mi say, pon dem hoodali
Man a hug up and fi hail like a rally
Spanish man a man, all a play manipali
Rub up and a hug up and a dilly and dally
Kill di whole of dem and push dem out pon di trolley
Cyaa touch me, the sun dem cyaa touch me folly
12 Inna too much folly

But a high grade spliff inna mi head
Feel like mi chalice put a fire inna Pope Paul head
Tall grade spliff inna mi head
And if me light, me light mi chalice, pagans haffi go fled
Tall grade spliff inna mi head
And if you, yow a get batty man, a so me say

You cyaa get me panic
'Cause me tell dem, this a nuh di Titanic
Babylon dem a say dem cyaa stand it
Nah smoke yuh coke, me all a gwaan smoke mi chronic
Long time di United Nation waan ban it
Bill Clinton and him friend dem, dem try fi plan it
Haile Selassie I make dem cyaa stand it
Gwaan smoke di herb, Babylon a vomit
Fiji and say Agawolla dem waan ban it
But 'round di corner di whole a dem a ship it
Emperor Selassie I tell dem fi stop it
Tell di ghetto youth dem gwaan smoke di highest, highest, highest

But a high grade spliff inna mi head
Feel like mi chalice fire inna John Paul head
Tall grade spliff inna mi head
And if me smoke, me smoke mi herb, Eden haffi go-
Tall grade spliff inna mi head
Feel like mi chalice put a fire inna John Paul-
Tall grade spliff inna mi head
Unuh watch yah now, hey

Bob Marley tell me say a now him judgement
Excuse me mek I light my spliff
From reality I just can't drift
Jacob me a say, "Pee fi lick it inna gully, yo"
Tired fi lick it inna bush, him waan fi lick it in di open
Nuh man no sell it out fi token
Well Peter Tosh a tell dem say, "Light up
Yuh spliff, light up yuh chalice, fire!"
"Put it inna Buckingham Palace"
Wesley's a say, "Just smoke di herb, a hold a rum, mi God"
By right, couldn't tek this one a buh-buh claat
Hey Capleton a say, "Light up di chalice and go bun down Rome"
A pure fraud, man, Pope Paul a phone
Queen Elohim say, "Build all a we pon Mount"
Hey, yow, unuh watch yah
A di highest grade surround me
Haffi build a spliff, a di highest grade surround me
Me haffi load mi chalice, di highest grade surround me
Haffi build a, a di highest grade, ahh

But a high grade spliff inna mi head
Feel like mi chalice put a fire inna John Paul head
But a high grade spliff inna mi head
And if me light, me light mi chalice, pagans haffi go dead
Tall grade spliff inna mi head
And if me light, me light mi chalice, Eden haffi go fled
But a high grade spliff inna mi head
Unuh watch yah now, a big a-

Judgement, a so me tell dem, whole seh herbs
Right yah now me know say that it good fi your nerve
Hail Bobo Shante, ghetto youth haffi purge
Righteousness di ghetto youth dem preserve
Emperor Selassie say fi gwaan lead di herd
Fire, fire fi di Albans we a burn
Tell King Selassie, "Gwaan mark mi word"
Put on di wing, you coulda fly like a bird
Fire fi di nerd