August Town - Shashamane Dubplate

A word from the wise, don't try to make life on your own

Remember that jah just by your side

For I was a son who was lost, and my life was in dismay

For a money the forces in which I came

Guns and ammunition, were my chosen way of life(ooh ooh)

With god fearing people I chose to strife

For all of the lives that I've taken

They can never be replaced

But still jah jah chose to remember my face

Though I never live like he wanted

I'm still mindful of what he taught me

So now I beg and plea, I'm on my bending knee

God father you rescue me

I've got the scars to show

Daily made it along lives road

'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark

He was the light at the end of the road

When I was a young boy, growing up in August town

We eat from the same pot, we were idrens all around

From colour to colour red corner

From rockers to jungle till tired

Praises to dreadites and river all around yeah

And then the football ground became my battlefield

And my life seams so unreal

People were falling all around

But jah help me to stand my ground

Only jah, only jah

Could've help me to stand my ground

Though I never live like he wanted

I was mindful of what he taught me

So now I beg and plea, I'm on my bending knee

'Cause father you rescue me

And I've got the scars to show

Daily made it along lives road

'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark

The light at the end of the road

Never live, to please him

Never live like I should

Oh oh ooh ooh ooh, father you rescue me oh yeah oh yeah

I've live and I've learnt, I've made mistakes along the way

Now I beg for forgiveness, each day as I tried to pray

So take it from me son, you can change the world today

And I'm living proof, living proof that crime doesn't pay

For I never live like he wanted

I was mindful of what he taught me

So now I beg and plea, I'm on my bending knee

'Cause father he rescue me

And I've got the scars to show

Daily made it along lives road

'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark

The light at the end of the road

I never live like he wanted

I was mindful of what he taught me

So now I beg and plea, I'm on my bending knee

'Cause father you rescue me

And I've got the scars to show

Daily made it along lives road

'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark

The light at the end of the road

Though I never live like he wanted

I was mindful of what he taught me

I'm on my bending knee, I ask the father please

Father, you rescue me

And I've got the scars to show

Daily made it along lives road

As my life got dark he was the only spark

The light at the end of the road

I never lived

Never lived

I never lived

The way you wanted me to

I never lived

Lord I tell you

Now I'm practicing my religion