[Verse 1: Jah9]

Legitimate or not

Some claim indemnity from the original plot

As though their integrity could still be intact

But what is the likelihood of that

When if you trace the source of each resource they’ve got

They’re tapped into the veins of the masses the system maintains

Feeding on their youthfulness and draining from their brains

And then the weak ones are rejected, armed and turned toward the strife

They return with force and take away their life

[Chorus: Jah9]

But make no mistake

There is life in abundance for all to partake

So war is redundant and hate is futile (in the face of love)

But too many put feelings (in the place of love)

We all are the same

The essence of life in this physical plane

So nothing can restrain the love, you just have to claim the love

[Verse 2: Jah9]

Yes, I remember the censorship of showing your roots

Deception with no lye conditioning for the youths

Straightening their follicles while twisting their minds

Replacing old traditions with their programs for decline

But as I rebel my natty swells defiant of the taming

My natural advantage I’m proclaiming

These spirals map the course of life and represent the force of life

Connected to the source of life

[Chorus: Jah9]

But make no mistake

There is life in abundance for all to partake

So war is redundant and hate is futile (in the face of love)

But too many put feelings (in the place of love)

We all are the same

The essence of life in this physical plane

So nothing can restrain the love

You just have to claim it, you just have to claim it

You just have to claim the love

[Verse 3: Protoje & Jah9]

From the days of Menelik and Makonnen

King man dem [?] Ites up in di tabernacle den

A so we tackle dem

Slew dem in the battle den

Becah dem have we lock up and I heard

We like a cattle den

But nah, mi nah go hesitate fi draw

Whether it be a weapon of the herb inna mi draw

The herbs a in mi paw from di first vision I saw

[?]

We learning what wi want

Understand dem boy cyaa violate di covenant

It carry universal law

Some fool fi curse

Mi jaw just left dem in a awe

Work without a flaw from in Addis Ababa

No mi nah go harbor

Hotta hotta lava

Make up yuh mind

Which side yuh deh

Can't stand upon the border

So which one yuh rather?

Riches now or after?

One life you live

You sure of that?

Watch it come back harder

Wha' 'bout the curse you a go left yuh sons and daughters

Try scrap up the [?] and dash we water

No make dem heathen stray you from di path

'Cause even when yuh dead yuh cannot escape dem ya wrath

So I have no fear

And though I have no enemy I am aware

That the few seek the plenty for themselves

And justice is rare without material wealth

When we delegate our fate to someone else

But fortunately, I claim dominion over my destiny

With the wisdom and power from knowledge of the key

The tree of life is rooted in me

So in the midst of trials I am free

[Chorus: Jah9]

So make no mistake

There is life in abundance for all to partake

So war is redundant and hate is futile (in the face of love)

But too many put feelings (in the place of love)

We all are the same

The essence of life in this physical plane

So nothing can restrain the love

You just have to claim it, you just have to claim it

You just have to claim the love