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Verse 1
(A minor) Him speaketh in tongues,
em (D minor) bedded into the hearts of all flesh (E major)
Yeah, (A minor) stanyoi, whoi
Verse 2
Oh, God, I beg for forgiveness
So help me, Lord, yes,
(D minor) I beg for forgiveness
Deep in my heart, please,
(E major) I'm cryin' for forgiveness
Allah, You Akbar,
(A minor) I fall to my knees for forgiveness
Verse 3
(A minor) Branded by the steel iron, bullets flyin'
Ladies (D minor) bein' hit through wickedness,
I'm losin' my grip
I thought (E major) we lived by the books,
The Bible, Koran
We pick (A minor) cotton,
my back is still hot an' dark
An' they threw burners
in our babies' faces
Pale hands that looked (D minor) scary touched
our bodies in the strangest places
(E major) Sweat from the white man's head
Fell on our daughters as she (A minor) cried
givin' white man head
Almighty, alrighty, niggas
is screwin'
God won't (D minor) You tell me why
these ho niggas is screwin'?
I'm (E major) sorry, Father, sacrifice me,
leave my wife
Sacri (A minor) fice me twice,
so my kids can see paradise
Verse 4
So we heed our God, King Selassie I (D minor)
Jahova God, Jah Rastafari
Who is seated in (E major) Zion an' reigneth in all
In the hearts (A minor) of all flesh, oh
Verse 5
Let my task, oh, Jah, (D minor)
with them that strive with me
Fight again (E major) st them, oh,
that fight again (A minor) st me, oh
Take hold thy shield an' rock an
(D minor) ' stand up for my health
(E major) Oh, Jah, oh, Jah, only you can comfort (A minor) me
Verse 6
La (D minor) la la (E major) (A minor)
Verse 7
Whoi, stand out
(A minor) Curse to the wicked snakes who try
to snatch the truth away
(D minor) Cursed be the ones who try
to take our youth away
(E major) Peace to the black, the brown,
the red, yellow an' white seed
(A minor) We don't discriminate man over color,
creed
They tried to snatch up our beats, son
an' steal our cul (D minor) ture
An' German Catholics,
whitewashin' Roman sculptures
(E major) How dare you try to deny
Allah's intelligence?
(A minor) Kidnap the truth an' destroyin'
the black evidence
Verse 8
Glory be to the Father, (D minor)
Glory be to the Son
Glory (E major) be to the Holy One,
the Holy One (A minor) of creation, whoi
As Jah was in the beginnin',
(D minor) is now an' forever shall be
(E major) Jah world, Jah world without (A minor) end, whoi
Verse 9
So we heed our God, King Selassie I (D minor)
Jahova God, Jah Rastafari
Who is seated (E major) in Zion
an' reigneth in the hearts of
In (A minor) the hearts of all flesh,
Outro 1
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