Words of The Week: 'Rasta Awake' by Ras Army

'Rasta Awake'

Waaah!
Oh!
Oh!

Rivers running long
And the waters are deep
There is a great divide
With the children on the street
Now Rasta Awake!
Cause ah no time fi sleep
Say no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep
Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Earth is your school
Steady vigil you fi keep

Listen to the reading and then watch fi di sign
Storms ah pass through pon your frontline
You keeping to the border with your head on the grind
Don’t let mischief turn into crime
Dem time dem gwan an dig dem hole dem dig deeper
Every valley, every crevasse
Lord dem still reach yah
Fingers inna di north and inna di middle of the south
Dem still try to push you bout

The rivers running long
And the waters are deep
There is a great divide
With the children on the street
Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Seh no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep

Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Earth is your school
Steady vigil you fi keep

Climbing ever steady Rastafari haffi climb
An a nuff ting haffi stay behind
Many prophet come and gone
You know they said so many times -
It’s best if you take your time
So many youth man, still gwan a cemetery
Every time you look around
Another one drop a street
Nobody know who dweet
Come in like dem try compete

The rivers running long
And the waters are deep
There is a great divide
With the children on the street
Rasta Awake!
Ah no time fi sleep
Seh no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep

Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Seh no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep

So listen to the reading and then watch fi di sign
Storms ah pass through pon your frontline
You keeping to the border with your head on the grind
Don’t let mischief turn into crime
Dem time dem gwan an dig dem hole dem dig deeper
Every valley, every crevasse
Lord dem still reach yah
Fingers inna di north and inna di middle of the south
Dem still try fi push you bout

The rivers running long
And the waters are deep
There is a great divide
With the children on the street
Rasta Awake!
Ah no time fi sleep
Seh no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep

Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Seh no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep

Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Seh no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep

Rivers running long
Waters are deep
There is a great divide
With the children on the street

Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Seh no bodda retreat
Steady vigil you fi keep

Rasta Awake!
Lord ah no time fi sleep
Earth is your school
Steady vigil you fi keep . . .

Taken from the album "Rasta Awake" by Army
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