I'm standing in the shadow of the hill Feel the fear everywhere Hope it don't get me killed I'm standing in the shadow walking blind I've been unfair & unkind Turned away from your suffering far too many times Now I'm standing in the shadow walking blind

You know it's going to bleed sometimes I carried it well Then I need a release from These troubles of mine Fix my feet When they're stumbling Lift me up on my honour

The lord nor the prophet from such time Jah Rastafari in this time They never love, they never love How do you expect them to love (I and I) And I and I lay hold on Babylon the old old dragon They never love, they never love (oooh) For I and I was the

And from the first time that I saw you Had I known you better then I would've said those three old words You couldn't wait to get to sleep and dream About the one you wish was there beside you Were you ever so in love In the past few days I've grown To

I'm a criminal! 'Cause every time I write a rhyme These people think it's a crime To tell 'em what's on my mind I guess I'm a criminal! I don't gotta say a word I just flip 'em the bird and keep goin' I don't take shit from no one

Away from here Into Zimbabwe babwe babwe babwe We need a holiday Need a holiday Let's board a plane without no destination Taking time and gonna need some patience Leaving city for an open highway

I bless the rains down in Africa There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do Gonna take some time to do the things we never had It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you (I bless the rain) I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears

Can we pretend Paint a portrait of tomorrow Can We Pretend That from now on There is no yesterday With no colors from today There's a light that shine in your face sometimes That takes my feeling wraps them around your need

Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been The champion of the world The man the authorities came to blame For somethin' that he never done Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall She sees a bartender

When you hold me When you touch me It's so powerful I can feel it There's an energy From the very first time we loved From the very first time we touched Oh my, my, my, what you do to me Like lighting when I'm swimming in the sea