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At the age of eighteen i was roaming around with a gun 
in my waist
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Gun in my waist  ??  then you know jumbo rasta gun shot
 in the face
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shot in the face
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At the age of nineteen i was lost couldnt be found 
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tearing up the place
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          But then came rastafari who saved i with 
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his   glory and grace
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        king rastafari if it wasnt for you id be dead 
by now
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             rastafari  our  praises and love to  you 
yes i
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put away my frown
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             rastafari if it wasnt for you id be dead 
by now
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               Give thanks to Rastafari
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           i thought the alternative was in the gun. 
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i thought troubling people
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that was the fun. until i got wanted and waste on the
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 run me start to hear rastafari i and i
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force we done. i cared for no one but myself         
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i used to hurt innocent
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people for fame and wealth             ????          
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 bad for my health
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               based on a true story          king 
rastafari
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saved      turbulence with his grace and glory
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so i          put  none   after    and then il put none
 before me
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      emporor selassie-i    jah              rastafari
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              mamma knew the man that i was so shes so
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happy that im a rastaman so is ma auntie and my 
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friends eradicate
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hatred with love. man i believe theres a man in the 
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sky up above, amongst the
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astronaughts. king selassie run the south the east 
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and the north, clean up your
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heart