The More Them Try

By Capleton

On More Fire

Released on May 16, 2000

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Fire keep burning

Can′t cool, can't cool

Can′t cool, yo

Ah de more dem try to kill well ah de more we live longer

De more dem try to weed well ah de more we get stronger

More dem try fi fool we well ah de more we get wiser

Caan cool De fire get redder, unno see't

A de more dem try stop we a de more we rеach further

More dem try fi kill wе ah de more we live longer

More dem try fi beat me ah de more me get stronger

Caan cool de fire get redder, unno see't

Ah de heights weh it go reach

And now the youths dem see′t

Dem seh gwaan bun de fire Kalonji gwaan teach

Ah di heights weh it go reach

And now de youths dem see′t

Me seh we caan free fi dumb me seh we must free fi speech

Ah de heights weh it go reach

And now de youths dem see't

Dem seh gwaan bun de fire Kalonji gwaan teach

Ah di heights weh it go reach

And now de youths dem see′t

We caan free fe dumb, yo

Righteousness me say nuff a dem come come reject

Bare corruption me see seh dem a accept

Pon dem airwaves and dem internet

And what dem televise a totally mess

Pure fuckery dem write in all dem concept

Bare propaganda dem spreading in dem press

Imagine what dem promote ah bare homosex

Biosex oralsex dem deh sex fi reject

Man a tun transvestite wanna wear woman dress

Man all ago preup unna stop grow breast

Man a turn transexual and a change dem sex

That's why de youth a rushmental a go mek

That mean a baby dem a go wan′ next

That's why de prophet haffi bun de filthiness, what next

Ah de more dem try to kill well ah de more we live longer

De more dem try to weed well ah de more we get stronger

More dem try fi fool we well ah de more we get wiser

Caan promote me to anger, well

Ah de more dem try fi kill me well ah de more me live longer

More dem try stop me well ah de more me reach further

More dem try fi fool me well ah de more we get wiser

Caan cool, de fire get redder

Every day them get up bout dem a de best

How dem waan fi live like de wild wild west

Everyday dem get up ah gun shot dem waan press

Seh dem ah go shot yu inna yu face

Dem ah go shot yuh inna yuh chest

But emperor Selassie is de heighest

What is rightfully yours ah dem ah waan come come tek

Dem don′t love fi give, dem only love fi get

Dem never forgive and I will not forget

Me hail king Selassie as de highest

Wen dem see de prophet watch de whole ah dem vexxed

Dem a try hold ah joy, ah plastic yu get

Me hail king Selassie me nah care, what next, unno see't

Ah de more dem try to kill well ah de more we live longer

De more dem try to weed well ah de more we get stronger

More dem try fi fool we well ah de more we get wiser

Caan promote me to anger, well

Ah de more dem try fi stop me

Ah de more we reach further

More dem try fi cool me

More we get redder

De more dem try fi fool

More we get wiser

Caan cool, de fire get redder, yo

Yeah de whole trick of divide and rule

Is still valid today in de west so dem say

Divide dem and incite dem against each other

Encourage murder among demselves

And dem say murder among black cases

Should bear a very little punishment you know what I'm saying

Den dem implement methods like fertility to destruction

Fertility destroyer, so dey shall smuggle de drugs

Through de groves and through de drinks and through de food

And through de channels of blackness will reduce de population

And there are also investigating de merit of uterus

Rentals through surrogate mothers to

Speed up the growths of their population

So why doeth knoweth all de reality

Of life and still try to oppose de fire

And me say some man weh say dem is Rasta

And suppose to uphold de fire but dem try to oppose de fire