Be Patient

Be patient
All nice and decent youth man
Hold up unuh head, father God will do unuh good
Cobra said that
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Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high
Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high

Life hard, hey
Pon mi hand, look
Life hard, hey
But, we still have fi go through
Life hard, hey
Still we hold up we head
Life hard, still we nah bow, nah bend

Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high
Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high

Work hard, and God will be your guide
Work hard, youth, you must survive
Work hard, we nah have no time fi hide
Work hard, and mi father God be your guide
From him guide you, your talent, it cyaan hide

Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high
Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high

Remember, say
Romance built inna day
And anybody tell you so, tell dem dem brain a decay
See God deh, mi nah tell unuh no lie
Trust inna God an' you must get apply
Unuh think, say
Anuh di Cobra a try
And mi still a work hard fi go higher than high
Open your heart an' make the father come in
And from him reach inna your heart, a pure Jah you goin' bring

Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high
Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high

Hold up your head
Youth cyaan respect must
Hold up your head
No wicked heart man cyaan stop you
Hold up your head
Grudgeful people cyaan stop you
Hold up your head
Dem envious, dem cyaan stop you
Respect due to mi, so it will due unto you
Say, listen, mad Cobra, yes, mi come an' pass through

Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high
Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high

Life hard, but we still have fi go through
Life hard, hey, pon mi hand, look
Life hard, but still mi nah bend
Life hard, still we just hold up we head

Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high
Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high

Hold up your head
Jamaican, hold up unuh head
Hold up your head
Canadian, hold up unuh head
Hold up your head
English crew, hold up unuh head
Hold up unuh head
New York people, hold up unuh head
Di time weh we livin' in is redder than dread
A so it was written, an' a so it was said

So, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high
Mi say, be patient
And you will make it if you try
Trust inna God an' hold up your head high

Remember, say
Romance built inna day
And anybody tell you so, tell dem dem brain a decay
See God deh, mi nah tell unuh no lie
Trust inna God an' you must get apply
Unuh think, say
Anuh di Cobra a try
And mi still a work hard fi go higher than high
Open your heart an' make the father come in
And from him reach inna your heart, a pure Jah you goin' bring