Get Lively

The man a say the singers went before And the players on instrument followed after Along with them were the damsels playing timbrels Hey, oh, yeah Said, the music is life, wow Help us be great and love your creator, yow Be loving inside, yow We no owe them no favor, we no covet no neighbor, yow The music is life, yow Help us be great and love the creator, yow Be loving inside, yow We no owe them no favor Hey, oh Don't abuse it, though the music we play Get the youth them use it and them get educate We use it to the wicked in high and low place Love Selassie I for righteousness sake Better get lively 'Cause the music make the youth strong and mighty Why? Better get lively 'Cause a love run the place, so do no fighting Oh, Babylon you can't test Words, sound, and powers for the youth is a the best Education a Rastafari interest Pen and paper, them don't illiterate Teach them fi read 'cause them must pass the test Nah make mama feel not a less Nah make papa feel not a less Stay up and be right and we nah go no left, yo To how we sing the pagan them confess In the beginning is the words we manifest Until it come and all dwell among flesh Haffi sing and clear all mi conscience Go and tell the wicked man say, "Be not offend" Yo, we burn the fire lead the children Righteousness heal them Better, better get lively 'Cause the music make youth strong and mighty Why? Better get lively Hey, a love run the place, so do no fighting Aye Better get lively 'Cause a Rastafari almighty Aye Better get lively And a love run the place, so do no fighting Aye, aye, aye, aye Them nah hold no powers, so me sing Nuff of them turn coward Then a wha' make them freak out after hours So me haffi sing and lead the youth them every hour Them yah music bring the rain shower Them yah melody will come bloom all the flower Hey, a so the music a give the youth power So me see say, pagan get devour Music bring me back inna the time of Noah Ezekiel take up and Jeremiah Babylon, couldn't stop them yah fire 'Cause the music lift the ghetto youths them higher Better get lively 'Cause the music make youth strong and mighty Why? Better get lively 'Cause Rastaman a al- Rastaman a almighty Tell the world, get lively Nyabinghi, get youth strong and mighty Why? Better get lively Yo love, so do no bother fighting Hey, oh, ooh The music is life, yow Help us be great and love your creator, yow Be loving inside, yow We no owe them no favor, we no covet no neighbor, no The music is life, yow Help us be great, our Rastaman our creator, yow Be loving inside, yow We no owe them, no owe them no favor Free up your heart and your soul very quick Bongo man, you haffi chant and sing fi do it Nuff ghetto youth Babylon inflict A sing me haffi sing fi remove the conflict Like footprints in the sand righteous words from me live Me chant sing the pagan down inna the pit High Babylon, Zion just can't stop it It's the doorway to love and a righteousness Righteous words don't got no limit Me a hail Emperor Selassie I Quick, quick, yo Said, the music is life, yow Help us be great and love your creator, yow Be loving inside, yow We no owe them no favor, yo Better get lively 'Cause the music make the youth strong and mighty Why? Better get lively Yo, Rastaman a almighty