- Be A Man
Our forefathers worked the fields in burning sun, they sweat and strained
But we are sad to say, we won't do it again
Because now that we've realized that oh so long we've been hypnotized
We suffered day and night, but since then we're bright
Yes, my skin is black
So when you see me come, you can turn your back
You ain't gonna be
- Book Of Rules
Isn't it strange how princesses and kings
In clown-ragged capers in sawdust rings
While common people like you and me
We'll be builders for eternity
Each is given a bag of tools
A shapeless mass and the book of rules
Each must make his life as flowing in
- Cool Rasta
I say cool, oh cool, cool Rasta cool.
Sit up and meditate, no time to contemplate.
Cool, oh cool, Rasta no fool.
Now that you wear your dreads,
Let no badness come into your head.
Even though we don't know,
- Country Boy
A true, a true
Everything I say
A true, a true
Everything I say
Country boy
You're running up and down
Country boy
You go on like you know town
- Love Won't Come Easy
An' my mama say: "Son, just listen an' understand,
You've got to fight hard, boy, to keep your lover's hand."
She say: "Love won't come easy,
So you don't think it's easy, now.
Love won't come easy, now, and how."
You've got to fight, boy,
- Young, Gifted And Black
Young, gifted and black
Oh what a lovely precious dream
To be young, gifted and black
Open your heart to what I mean
In the whole world you know
There's a million boys and girls
Who are young, gifted and black
And that's a fact