Thanks and Praise

A fistful of steel in my right hand

And if it be Jah will

I began

Giving thanks and praise

Cause I coulda been

Pushing up daisies

With Babylon trying to phase me

But I evade it you see

Ya if was

Something that had nothing to do with me

Giving thanks for the quest

For one love and one unity

Cause free is what we should be

One people not in captivity

Giving thanks for the sun up above

Shine on everyone

Raise a Jah love

It keeps my black skin black

So you know it's a factor

Giving thanks for the days that's past us

Jah provides not because he has to

Giving thanks for what I have Jah

Remember I and I

When you're passing by and by

Would you ever see an eye

When I give thanks and praise

....

Well even if you got the whole damn world on your shoulders

Every day you're still alive

But a little bit older

I just shake it off

Can't let it get me down

Especially in this crunch time

I won't just wanna sit around and??

I got to keep my **** together

We been walking on this earth forever

I might've lost my job

Lost my girl's touch

But I ain't in a rush

So hush baby hush

I'm just chilling in the park

Clear my mind

It's a nice day

The sky's still blue

The wind is still blowing

The trees are still growing

My baby boy is two

You're getting bigger everyday

We chilling Philly

Around the way where we living

Got the whole world in check

This is just the beginning

So I keep my mind open

Eyes shining bright

I'm an old dog learning new tricks every night

And every time you get cut

You know you might get scarred

But don't sweat it kid

Just remember who you are

When I give thanks and praise

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Giving thanks for the birds

And the herbs

And the words I speak

To a superb sound

Giving thanks for the funky **** sound

Giving thanks for the ground

Place stone

Haile Selassie (JAH!)

Jah will being done in the fulfillment of the prophecy

Door to door

King of Kings

All eternity

Giving thanks for my health

'Cause I know that somewhere there's children starving to death

Giving thanks for my friends and my family

I couldn't make it sometimes

Without them helping me

Someday this world will come up

Babylon taking me through phases

We're still giving thanks and praise

Gotta give thanks and praise