[ti:Old War Chant] [ar:Damian"Jr. Gong" Marley] [al:Mr. Marley] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Old War Chant (Album Version) - Damian"Jr. Gong" Marley [00:09.03]Written by:Stephen Marley/Damian"Jr. Gong" Marley [00:18.07]Down in a the ghetto is like old vietnam [00:20.14]Gun shot a bust with grenade and bomb [00:22.91]First fi survive a fi iron lion [00:25.36]Learn fi trod through great tribulation [00:27.82]Learn to survive off the plantation [00:30.34]Plant up potatoes wi plant up yam [00:32.99]Turn over soil cause food have fi nyam [00:35.50]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [00:38.05]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [00:40.50]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [00:43.01]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [00:45.33]Now mi do di guzumbah the old war chant [00:48.01]Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [00:50.47]Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [00:53.10]Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [00:55.65]Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [00:58.20]Wey dem a go do when the real war start [01:00.60]Can't find solution who play the part [01:03.18]Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off [01:05.85]You use to brag how you kill and laugh [01:08.25]How you wicked and a rip out men heart [01:10.85]Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf [01:13.20]Well I jr gong a show you say you soft [01:15.81]Now jr gong no matter [01:16.83]How you brawd or you big [01:18.32]We naw show respect if [01:19.33]You don't love how you live [01:20.79]Everyday you get up you tek on you naw give [01:23.22]Big up raggamuffin you respect him solid [01:25.87]Back to the issue wey wi di a deal wid [01:28.48]Down in a jamaica is like old vietnam [01:30.86]Print a di eyes put a destruction [01:33.53]For the simplest thing man a bram bram bram [01:35.97]Man a live them whole life in a police station [01:38.40]Man a sentence fi hang and don't do a wrong [01:41.11]We plant sensimillia and we plant up we yam [01:43.48]And wi turn over soil for food have fi nyam [01:46.19]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [01:48.66]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [01:51.14]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [01:53.69]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [01:56.00]Now mi do di guzumbah the old war chant [01:58.71]Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [02:01.24]Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [02:03.85]Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [02:06.33]Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [02:08.81]Now really true I and I positive [02:11.00]Taking up a matter getting inquisitive [02:13.92]A blind man can see [02:15.18]The type of life man a live [02:16.66]Yo raggamuffin you is like a college [02:19.02]Back to the issue wey mi a deal wid [02:21.55]Down in a the ghetto is like old vietnam [02:24.08]Gun shot a ring with grenade and bomb [02:26.62]First wi survive you have to be a marksman [02:29.22]Learn to bus shot a shot gun out a hand [02:31.73]Learn to survive off the plantation [02:34.26]Plant up potato wi plant up yam [02:36.82]Turn over soil for food have fi nyam [02:39.40]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [02:42.03]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [02:44.43]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [02:46.94]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence [02:49.26]Now mi do di guzumbah the old war chant [02:51.95]Claim sey mi wanted is what dem want [02:54.48]Fi defend mi life mi bus up some corn [02:57.14]Dead man don't tell tale and that done gone [02:59.66]Jus fi survive man a so man a fi gwan [03:02.41]Wey dem a go do when the real war start [03:04.77]Can't find solution who play the part [03:07.23]Claim sey you bad see how fast you tek off [03:09.88]You use to brag how you kill and laugh [03:12.35]How you wicked and a rip out men heart [03:14.87]Carry dead man gwan thing of a wharf [03:17.37]I jr gong a show you say you soft [03:19.96]Now down inna di [03:20.91]Ghetto wey the poor people live [03:22.58]Due to sufferation some of dem think negative [03:25.06]Give thanks and praises to the life jah jah give [03:27.67]The elder done tell you [03:28.92]Small people get big anyway [03:30.25]Back to the issue wey mi di a deal wid [03:32.89]Down in a the ghetto is like old vietnam [03:35.34]Gun shot a ring with grenade and bomb [03:37.83]First wi survive you have to be a marksman [03:40.41]Learn to bus shot a shot gun out a hand [03:43.00]Learn to survive off the plantation [03:45.62]Plant up potato wi plant up yam [03:48.14]Turn over soil for food have fi nyam [03:50.68]Satta a mi yard a mi base a mi ranch [03:53.26]Mi saw mouth shotgun and mi gold sixpence [03:55.73]Jus yesterday a man rip off mi fence [03:58.29]And if mi catch him a shhhh silence