[Intro:]When yuh live in the pastYuh lost (blessed, blessed)Yuh better walk on the right pathBig life! Liberty! Straight upMankind what me sing (sung)[Chorus:]Memories don't live like people doThey always 'member youWhether things are good or badIt's just the memories that you haveThe Beenie Man a sing (say hey)Boy stop live down inna de pastJust member when man a ride 'orseNow yuh dead that mean yuh soul lostCrushed like a serpent snake under grass (again! )Boy stop live down inna de pastJust member when man a ride 'orseBody between di board head peep through the glassCrushed like a serpent snake under grass[Verse 1:]Meg, peg, Dis a man yuh deadWay back inna di west before dem lick Jango headFor a few more dollars'Nother one deadHigh plains drifter man ah fled (I sing)Too much wickednessDown inna di westDown inna di westWhile a Apache formDem nestDem nestOutlaw Josey WaleGet vexed (get vexed)All bounty hunterDem draw fiDem vest (dem vest)Gold an diamondWicked man intercept (intercept)Pack up mi saddleAnd decide to make a flexWay back inna di futureWhere me have to make a step (all sing along)[Chorus][Verse 2:]I cyaan believe or understandWhy some man approach with white man traditionTalk bout dem a Cowboy and IndianMe a African an me born Black ManAnd a who upon di micDi fabulous Beenie ManSome mawga skinny and same cranky oneTalking lyric to all di nation (all sing along)[Chorus][Verse 3:]What I caan understandWhy some man ah revere White Man traditionTalk bout dem a Cowboy and IndianLike dem no respect dem complexionMi Black and mi uglyAfrica me come fromOne day yuh got toReturn to dat landSelassie I me praiseIt's here me make mi stand (so sing along)[Chorus]
