August Town-Duane Stephenson

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[00:00.00]August Town - Duane Stephenson
[00:07.12]Na na na naaa na na woah oh woahh
[00:13.92]Na na na naaa na na
[00:18.85]A word from the wise
[00:20.63]Don't try to make life on your own
[00:25.66]Remember that jah jah's by your side
[00:30.85]For I was a soul who was lost
[00:35.02]And my life was in dismay
[00:39.33]For among evil forces in which I played yeah uh
[00:46.21]Guns and ammunition were my chosen way of life
[00:52.99]With god fearing people I chose to strive
[00:58.08]For all of the lives that are taken
[01:02.43]They can never be replaced
[01:06.60]But still jah jah chose to remember my face
[01:11.76]Though I never lived like he wanted
[01:16.04]I'm still mindful of what he taught me
[01:19.04]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees
[01:22.91]'Cause father you rescued me
[01:25.56]I've got the scars to show
[01:29.37]I barely made it along life's road
[01:32.65]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
[01:36.04]He was the light at the end of the road
[01:40.73]When I was a young boy growing up in august town
[01:47.61]We ate from the same pot we were I drens all around
[01:54.34]From corner to colour and corner
[01:57.73]From rockers to jungle turf tire
[02:01.27]Rising to dread heights and river all around yeah
[02:06.69]And then the football ground became a battlefield
[02:10.44]And my life seem so surreal
[02:14.79]People were falling all around
[02:17.90]But jah helped me to stand my ground
[02:20.07]Only jah only jah could have helped me to stand my ground
[02:26.46]Though I never lived like he wanted
[02:30.67]I was mindful of what he taught me
[02:33.66]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees
[02:37.49]'Cause father you rescued me
[02:40.03]And I've got the scars to show
[02:44.07]Barely made it along life's road
[02:47.20]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
[02:51.04]The light at the end of the road oh oh
[02:55.74]Never lived to please him
[02:58.86]I never lived like I should
[03:02.50]Oh oh oh oh oh
[03:07.23]Father you rescued me oh yeah oh yeah
[03:15.71]I've lived and I've learned
[03:17.84]I've made mistakes along the way
[03:22.47]Now I beg for forgiveness
[03:25.09]Each day as I try to pray
[03:29.27]So take it from me son
[03:31.89]You can change the world today
[03:36.13]And I'm living proof
[03:38.59]Living proof that crime doesn't pay
[03:41.19]For I never lived like he wanted
[03:45.46]I was mindful of what he taught me
[03:48.46]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees
[03:52.27]'Cause father he rescued me
[03:54.81]And I've got the scars to show
[03:58.67]I barely made it along life's road
[04:02.05]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
[04:05.86]The light at the end of the road
[04:08.39]I never lived like he wanted
[04:12.67]I was mindful of what he taught me
[04:15.57]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees
[04:19.23]'Cause father you rescued me
[04:21.82]And I've got the scars to show
[04:25.96]I barely made it along life's road
[04:29.13]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
[04:32.85]The light at the end of the road
[04:35.41]Though I never lived like he wanted
[04:39.65]I was mindful of what he taught me
[04:42.60]I'm on my bending knees I ask the father please
[04:46.49]Father you rescued me
[04:48.88]And I've got the scars to show
[04:53.07]Barely made it along life's road
[04:56.33]As my life got dark he was the only spark
[04:59.93]The light at the end of the road
[05:02.52]I never lived never lived
[05:06.29]I never lived the way he wanted me to
[05:10.02]I never lived lord I tell you
[05:13.29]Now I'm practising my religion