It Was Written

[00:34.50] Blazing!
[00:42.17] And it was written
[00:44.85] Up in the book of life
[00:48.45] That man shall
[00:51.01] Endure forever more
[00:53.75] And it was written
[00:56.61] Up in the book of life
[01:00.69] That man shall
[01:02.37] Endure forever more
[01:05.89] Well did the pen is stronger than the knife
[01:08.64] They can kill you once but they can't kill you twice
[01:11.59] Did you know destruction of the flesh is not di ending to life
[01:15.33] Fear not of the anti-Christ
[01:17.66] Did you know that I exist before the Earth
[01:20.26] An did you know that my eyes are windows to the world
[01:23.11] Did you know you can't go ah Zion and wear Jerry curls
[01:26.65] Can't tell di boys from di girls
[01:28.95] Your body is just a vehicle transporting you soul
[01:31.83] It's what's inside of people is beauty to behold
[01:35.28] Fear not of evil
[01:36.95] Every day dem flesh it grow old
[01:38.59] Changes of the times take a toll
[01:41.03] And it was written
[01:43.65] Up in the book of life
[01:47.49] That man shall
[01:48.96] Endure forever more
[01:53.73] And it was written
[01:55.53] Up in the book of life
[01:58.98] That man shall
[02:01.45] Endure forever more
[02:04.95] Fear is in the eye of the beholder
[02:08.17] Love is in the presence of the love maker
[02:11.12] Life is in the words of the comforter
[02:13.42] Endure much longer, live much longer
[02:17.02] Fear is in the eye of the beholder
[02:20.45] Love is in the presence of the love maker
[02:23.17] Life is in the words of the comforter
[02:26.12] Endure much longer, live much longer
[02:28.42] A vester on his chest
[02:30.43] And Rastafari is his name
[02:31.52] A gift of everlasting life for all us to sustain
[02:34.87] Blessing that you all be got
[02:36.52] Lessons taught you all forgot
[02:37.63] Rasta call I shit you not
[02:39.33] Do you remember Elijah and his chariot of flames
[02:43.79] Same blood dat run through my veins
[02:46.46] Fear is in the eye of the beholder
[02:49.20] Love is in the presence of the love maker
[02:52.24] Life is in the words of the comforter
[02:54.10] Endure much longer, live much longer
[02:57.88] Fear is in the eye of the beholder
[03:00.59] Love is in the presence of the love maker
[03:03.98] Life is in the words of the comforter
[03:06.51] Endure much longer, live much longer
[03:09.84] Careful how you entertain stranger
[03:12.68] Selassie never born in a manger
[03:15.57] And never crucified as a savior
[03:18.67] And likkle himself from all di ruler
[03:21.62] Babylon na function with a failer
[03:24.44] So be careful of them cellular and pager
[03:27.82] 'Cause as I see them I see danger
[03:30.47] So dem great but Selassie ah greater, yo
[03:33.91] That man shall endure forever more
[03:39.16] And it was written up in the book of life
[03:45.59] That man shall endure forever more
[03:51.13] Mi think mi wan lick upon shots upon a blood clot
[03:55.69] And fill the block with bummer as cops
[03:57.85] Cops mi nah talk mi know you watch me walks and
[04:00.87] While black woman is getting raped across New York and
[04:03.41] Before little brothers and chalks and
[04:06.49] Imagine somebody say "That's your son dead" and
[04:08.78] See us
[04:09.19] We do the crime, we do the time
[04:11.01] You get away scott free
[04:12.90] So the police they gon' pop you for they pop me
[04:15.32] 'Cause if you get me, you got me, you shot me, no lock me
[04:18.29] Carry shotty's since mom slapped me 'cause mi room sloppy
[04:21.07] The youngest nigga out the camp, it's me
[04:23.13] But nobody pampered me
[04:24.74] So you better don't ran with me, for semi
[04:26.75] Mi a player plenty
[04:27.61] Chicks mi blaze many
[04:29.81] Raise plenty a few dollars
[04:30.95] Storm out mi Prada
[04:31.80] Watch a bum holla
[04:32.94] Watch em run, hit the floor
[04:34.62] Told em come, come
[04:35.68] No
[04:36.62] Throw your guns up pon di air
[04:37.53] Blow!
[04:38.12] And it was written
[04:40.84] Up in the book of life
[04:44.11] That man shall
[04:46.64] Endure forever more
[04:49.58] Watch for sticks and stones
[04:50.90] Stumbling blocks in piles
[04:52.48] Life is one big road
[04:53.79] Miles on top of miles
[04:55.85] So blessed be the soul that always remains a child
[04:58.95] When most people don't even smile
[05:01.19] There's a natural mystic
[05:02.85] Blow through the air
[05:04.12] So keep in realistic and always be aware
[05:06.69] The truth is crying out and it's so loud and so clear
[05:10.66] But most people won't even hear
[05:14.72] Spiritual pollution is in the atmosphere
[05:15.92] And with so much confusion
[05:17.55] Can one be happy here
[05:19.28] The gift of Rastafari is for all man to share
[05:22.84] But some would rather to be so unfair
[05:25.08] And it was written
[05:27.94] Up in the book of life
[05:31.54] That man shall
[05:33.89] Endure forever more
[05:37.09] And it was written
[05:39.46] Up in the book of life
[05:43.04] That man shall
[05:45.51] Endure forever more
[05:49.04] And it was written
[05:51.76] Up in the book of life
[05:55.35] That man shall
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