Lyrics Cry No More - Christafari
                                                Dry 
                                                your 
                                                weeping 
                                                eyes 
                                                my 
                                                brethren. 
                                                Cry 
                                                no 
                                                more, 
                                                no. 
                                                Dry 
                                                your 
                                                teary 
                                                eyes 
                                                my 
                                                sistren. 
                                                Cry 
                                                no 
                                                more, 
                                                no 
                                                (Rev 
                                                21: 
                                                4).
 
                                    
                                
                                                (Chorus:) 
                                                Woman 
                                                hold 
                                                her 
                                                head 
                                                she 
                                                bawl 
                                                and 
                                                cry. 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy. 
                                                Because 
                                                her 
                                                son 
                                                was 
                                                shot 
                                                in 
                                                street 
                                                and 
                                                die. 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Father 
                                                hears 
                                                the 
                                                news, 
                                                him 
                                                hold 
                                                it 
                                                in 
                                                strong. 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy. 
                                                He 
                                                wonders 
                                                how 
                                                these 
                                                things 
                                                can 
                                                go 
                                                on 
                                                in 
                                                this 
                                                here 
                                                Babylon. 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy.
 
                                    
                                
                                                (Bridge): 
                                                Don't 
                                                give 
                                                in 
                                                (don't 
                                                give 
                                                up 
                                                now), 
                                                hold 
                                                your 
                                                head 
                                                high 
                                                (hold 
                                                it 
                                                up). 
                                                Although 
                                                we 
                                                are 
                                                born 
                                                into 
                                                sin 
                                                (Rom 
                                                3: 
                                                23), 
                                                (Though 
                                                we 
                                                are 
                                                born). 
                                                The 
                                                flesh 
                                                may 
                                                dead 
                                                but 
                                                the 
                                                spirit 
                                                it 
                                                can't 
                                                die 
                                                (1 
                                                Cor 
                                                15: 
                                                40-44). 
                                                (Chorus).
 
                                    
                                
                                                Woman 
                                                bawl, 
                                                she 
                                                hold 
                                                her 
                                                head 
                                                and 
                                                cry 
                                                because 
                                                her 
                                                only 
                                                son 
                                                was 
                                                shot 
                                                in 
                                                street 
                                                and 
                                                die. 
                                                He 
                                                was 
                                                    a 
                                                good 
                                                youth 
                                                and 
                                                she 
                                                questions 
                                                why? 
                                                But 
                                                no 
                                                words 
                                                could 
                                                be 
                                                said 
                                                to 
                                                dry 
                                                the 
                                                tears 
                                                from 
                                                her 
                                                eyes. 
                                                They 
                                                say 
                                                you 
                                                win 
                                                some 
                                                and 
                                                you 
                                                lose 
                                                some, 
                                                but 
                                                she 
                                                lose 
                                                too 
                                                much. 
                                                And 
                                                each 
                                                and 
                                                every 
                                                death 
                                                it 
                                                pushes 
                                                her 
                                                further 
                                                out 
                                                of 
                                                touch 
                                                of 
                                                reality, 
                                                my 
                                                God 
                                                it's 
                                                too 
                                                much 
                                                to 
                                                face, 
                                                and 
                                                the 
                                                sweetness 
                                                of 
                                                life 
                                                has 
                                                become 
                                                bitter 
                                                in 
                                                taste.
 
                                    
                                
                                                Just 
                                                because 
                                                another 
                                                gun 
                                                man, 
                                                he 
                                                wants 
                                                (to) 
                                                claim 
                                                say 
                                                that 
                                                him 
                                                    a 
                                                bad 
                                                man 
                                                (so 
                                                him 
                                                run-off 
                                                him 
                                                mouth). 
                                                Just 
                                                because 
                                                another 
                                                youth 
                                                man, 
                                                he 
                                                wants 
                                                to 
                                                boast 
                                                (and) 
                                                say 
                                                that 
                                                him 
                                                    a 
                                                big 
                                                man.
 
                                    
                                
                                                So 
                                                why 
                                                oh 
                                                why 
                                                must 
                                                we 
                                                work 
                                                in 
                                                vain 
                                                (Isaiah 
                                                49: 
                                                4), 
                                                and 
                                                why 
                                                oh 
                                                why 
                                                can't 
                                                we 
                                                make 
                                                    a 
                                                change, 
                                                yes. 
                                                Why 
                                                oh 
                                                why 
                                                must 
                                                we 
                                                feel 
                                                such 
                                                pain 
                                                we 
                                                want 
                                                to 
                                                cry 
                                                no 
                                                more 
                                                no. 
                                                Pastor 
                                                hears 
                                                the 
                                                news 
                                                him 
                                                shattered 
                                                in 
                                                pain. 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy. 
                                                Well 
                                                everyday 
                                                it's 
                                                    a 
                                                new 
                                                name, 
                                                but 
                                                the 
                                                stories 
                                                the 
                                                same, 
                                                them 
                                                kill 
                                                another 
                                                boy. 
                                                Parson 
                                                (pastor) 
                                                wonders 
                                                if 
                                                him 
                                                toil 
                                                in 
                                                vain. 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy. 
                                                But 
                                                him 
                                                know 
                                                to 
                                                live 
                                                is 
                                                Christ 
                                                and 
                                                that 
                                                to 
                                                die 
                                                is 
                                                gain 
                                                (Phil 
                                                1: 
                                                21). 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy. 
                                                (Bridge). 
                                                (Chorus).
 
                                    
                                
                                                Woman 
                                                hold 
                                                her 
                                                head 
                                                she 
                                                scream 
                                                and 
                                                cry 
                                                because 
                                                her 
                                                only 
                                                son 
                                                was 
                                                shot 
                                                in 
                                                street 
                                                and 
                                                die. 
                                                Here 
                                                is 
                                                the 
                                                question 
                                                she 
                                                ask 
                                                the 
                                                Most 
                                                High; 
                                                "why 
                                                do 
                                                the 
                                                wicked 
                                                prevail 
                                                and 
                                                the 
                                                righteous 
                                                die?" 
                                                (Jer 
                                                12: 
                                                1). 
                                                For 
                                                every 
                                                notch 
                                                on 
                                                his 
                                                gun 
                                                another 
                                                mother 
                                                lost 
                                                her 
                                                son, 
                                                and 
                                                every 
                                                brag 
                                                (that) 
                                                he 
                                                makes 
                                                another 
                                                man's 
                                                heart 
                                                breaks. 
                                                Oh 
                                                reality 
                                                Jah 
                                                know 
                                                it's 
                                                too 
                                                much 
                                                to 
                                                face. 
                                                How 
                                                could 
                                                you 
                                                let 
                                                    a 
                                                good 
                                                life 
                                                go 
                                                to 
                                                waist?
 
                                    
                                
                                                Just 
                                                because 
                                                another 
                                                gun 
                                                man, 
                                                he 
                                                wants 
                                                (to) 
                                                claim 
                                                say 
                                                that 
                                                him 
                                                    a 
                                                bad 
                                                man 
                                                chaa. 
                                                And 
                                                Just 
                                                because 
                                                another 
                                                youth 
                                                man, 
                                                he 
                                                wants 
                                                (to) 
                                                boast 
                                                say 
                                                that 
                                                he 
                                                is 
                                                    a 
                                                big 
                                                man. 
                                                Almighty 
                                                God 
                                                in 
                                                Heaven, 
                                                    I 
                                                wonder 
                                                how 
                                                long 
                                                    I 
                                                can 
                                                take 
                                                this 
                                                here 
                                                tribulation, 
                                                when 
                                                will 
                                                we 
                                                learn 
                                                from 
                                                mistakes. 
                                                No 
                                                more 
                                                retaliation, 
                                                this 
                                                here 
                                                war 
                                                has 
                                                to 
                                                be 
                                                done 
                                                time 
                                                for 
                                                repatriation 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                heart 
                                                of 
                                                Zion. 
                                                (Bridge). 
                                                (Chorus).
 
                                    
                                
                                                Through 
                                                her 
                                                teary 
                                                eyes 
                                                she 
                                                looked 
                                                up 
                                                into 
                                                the 
                                                sky. 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy, 
                                                Wo 
                                                yoy. 
                                                With 
                                                one 
                                                question 
                                                to 
                                                God 
                                                and 
                                                the 
                                                question 
                                                is 
                                                "why 
                                                He 
                                                let 
                                                them 
                                                kill 
                                                her 
                                                boy?" 
                                                Dry 
                                                your 
                                                weeping 
                                                eyes 
                                                my 
                                                brethren 
                                                and 
                                                dry 
                                                your 
                                                teary 
                                                eyes 
                                                my 
                                                sistren. 
                                                Lift 
                                                your 
                                                broken 
                                                hearts 
                                                up 
                                                to 
                                                heaven 
                                                and 
                                                Cry 
                                                no 
                                                more 
                                                (Rev 
                                                7: 
                                                17).
 
                                    
                                 
                            1 Blood and Fire
2 Consuming Fire (outro)
3 Soon Come (intro)
4 Thief in the Night
5 Love of My Life
6 Intentions
7 Emancipation Proclamation
8 My Radio (intro)
9 My Stereo
10 Selassie Say (intro)
11 Why You Ago Look?
12 Among the Dead
13 Hallelu-jah
14 Food for the Hungry
15 Warriors Chant (intro)
16 Warriors
17 Onward Christian Soldiers (outro)
18 Talawa (Lift Him up and Edify Him Daily)
19 Render Your Heart (It's Only What You've Done for the Lord)
20 Cry No More
21 For My Father's Sake
22 Roaring Lion (outro)
23 Word Sound & Power
24 No Water Can Out This Fire (outro)
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