sweet jamaica

Eternal Father, bless this land
Guide I with thy mighty hand
Eternal Father, bless this land
Guide I an' I, I an' I, I an' I
Ooh yeah

Hey
Don't nuh nuh nice
It might look pretty inna di day but inna di night
A pure screwface
When shells fly, everything rise
What a pity fi see how mankind living dem lives
Hey, well tonight
Put down yuh gun, dash 'way yuh knife
Mi nuh wan' nuh fight
In the party, the girls dem nice
Herbs and spice
And we nah defend no graveyard, we a play bone dice

Mi tell you fi hear
Ritititiritititititi
Tell you fi hear
Bam bam bam bam
Huh!
Well as you see di youths dem playing board and cricket
Down to di babe and di suckling, a gone man
Inna mi sweet sweet Jamaica
White blood a run like water

And it burn mi heart
When mi read di papers and hear di talks
Of di juveniles 'round yah dem moving dark
Say, nuh light nuh shine on yaso dem
Play di part of a ruthless gangsta
Sweet sweet Jamaica
Hey, blood a run like water
And hey
I'm like a soldier
When mi deh inna mi yard, and anuh smiling
Mi inna mi camouflage
Trespasser nuh cross mi path or else di dogs will bark (Woof woof)
My mama told me
Son, yuh better careful
Dem cyan buy food but every man pitiful
Dem thirsty fi blood, this generation of vipers

Huh!
Mi tell you fi hear
Ritititiritititititi
Tell you fi hear
Bam bam bam bam
Hey!
Well as you see di youths dem playing board and cricket
Huh!
And nowadays youths dem a gone man

Eternal Father, bless this land
Guide I with thy mighty hand
Eternal Father, bless this land
Guide I an' I, I an' I, I an' I
Sweet Jamaica
White blood a run like water