Overcome

Overcome yuh know
Selassie I, heh
Brighter day
No no no no
Di Genius again

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Shall overcome (we shall overcome)
Shall overcome, must overcome
We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Must overcome (we shall overcome)
Selassie I
So, mi a pray till Jehovah come

Mi pray to mi God weh deh a earth or sky
Fi mi friend weh seh dem love mi, when mi know dem lie
Mi pray fi di Gully youth
Becaw mi know dem cry
Babylon a shoot wi dung and dem a tell bare lie
Mi pray, cause rice and flour fi buy
Cyaan depend pon cassava, dat hard fi fry
Nah live inna no old days dat hard fi try
Mi Ras, but Mama eat steak and dat hard fi buy

So, we-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Shall overcome (we shall overcome)
Shall overcome, must overcome
We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Must overcome (we shall overcome)
Seh ghetto youths a money over gun

Mi tired ah di: Di damn frustration
Tired ah babylon and dem damn molestation
Dem know mi occupation
Seh nuh lock off di sound and lock mi inna no station
Wi music haffi wi nation
Ah it alone people use go through dem tribulation
Mi a talk wid di nation, mi no want no demonstration, no

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Shall overcome (we shall overcome)
Shall overcome, must overcome
We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Must overcome (we shall overcome)
Thy will be done, Jah know

Mi tired a di: Everyday man a dead
Tired a di: Innocent blood a shed
Tired ah it: Jamaica a run red
People cyaah sleep inna dem bed
Mi tired ah di: Poverty
We need solidarity
Mi a talk to di majority
Yuh hear mi (yuh hear mi) clearly, cleary

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Must overcome (we shall overcome)
Jehovah come, must overcome
We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Must overcome (we shall overcome)
Yeah, ee-eeh ay
Nuh, Selassie I
Nana, nana-na, no
Yeah, ee-eeh
Overcome
Money over gun, gyal over gun
We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Shall overcome (we shall overcome)
Yeah, yeah

Nay, nay
Every Gully Side, yuh see it
From Cassava Piece to Grants Pen to Common Sense (every Gully, every Trench)
To Walton (we shall overcome)
Nana, nana-na, South Side, Jungle, Firehouse
Every Gully, every Trench
South-East Gardens, Spanglers
Overcome
Spanish Town
Cleanse one another, yuh know (overcome)
Cleanse one another (overcome)
Mountain View
McGregor, Gully (overcome)
Every Gully, Portland
St. Antony, St. Mary, the whole Jamaica, Jamaican
We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)
Selassie I



Credits
Writer(s): Edward Joel Kowalczyk, Patrick Dahlheimer, Chad David Taylor, Chad Alan Gracey
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