Be Blessed

Jah! Hott 'n' dem a send dem yah blessings yah Yeah If you want to be blessed And don't you go settle for less Junor Kelly, endorse If you wanna be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a walk And be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a walk Yo Me no waan know who a bussy No waan know who a shippy But all me know the cemeteries a full bad bull Lots of youth lef' off the titty Him run gone grab the Uzi 'pon him waist and a shoot up the place But if the kids can't play inna the park Can't walk after dark Upon you curses, curses And this yah one here worth your while Lef' upon your face you put a smile And stop wrinkle and hurt it, hurt it You no see badness outta sight Go look a work a mind your child, child And if you wanna be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a walk And be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a Can't go a party and we can't rave 'Cause certain fools with gun they won't behave Nuff trigger happy when dem see friend dem a hype And after youth dem done fi pick off a stripe Nuff nuh brought up, drag up, dem force right Dem nuh right So me know dem bwoy deh Jah Jah ago smite So clean up your act because the time is near at hand And don't you follow no friend Take no bootsing from no one And don't say, "If me did know" when judge done pass the sentence Remember inna the grave there is no repentance Nuff a groupie Dem stupidie And if you wanna be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a walk And be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a walk There is no pardon when you take a life With a gun or a knife So youth man no take no boots nor bribe I see the blood up in your eyes This is what I man surmise Say you nah take no compromise I wonder who full you of lies Make you not acting wise Pon the serpent under disguise Me no waan fi know the puppet Waan fi know who pull the string The man behind the curtain with the sinister living The man weh a give the youth dem the wrong song fi sing Youths with the gun, well a you me a blame Say you wild and you just can't tame Well if you wanna be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a walk And be blessed Give the gun a rest Put the artillery 'pon pause because Hopefulness is the only way to step Full time you give the violence a walk Yo Me no waan know who a bussy Me no waan know who a shippy But all me know the cemeteries a full bad bull Lots of youth lef' off the titty