It Was Written

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 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall
 Endure forever more
 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall
 Endure forever more
 Well did the pen is stronger than the knife
 They can kill you once but they can't kill you twice
 Did you know destruction of the flesh is not di ending to life
 Fear not of the anti-Christ
 Did you know that I exist before the Earth
 An did you know that my eyes are windows to the world
 Did you know you can't go ah Zion and wear Jerry curls
 Can't tell di boys from di girls
 Your body is just a vehicle transporting you soul
 It's what's inside of people is beauty to behold
 Fear not of evil
 Every day dem flesh it grow old
 Changes of the times take a toll
 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall
 Endure forever more
 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall
 Endure forever more
 Fear is in the eye of the beholder
 Love is in the presence of the love maker
 Life is in the words of the comforter
 Endure much longer, live much longer
 Fear is in the eye of the beholder
 Love is in the presence of the love maker
 Life is in the words of the comforter
 Endure much longer, live much longer
 A vester on his chest
 And Rastafari is his name
 A gift of everlasting life for all us to sustain
 Blessing that you all be got
 Lessons taught you all forgot
 Rasta call I shit you not
 Do you remember Elijah and his chariot of flames
 Same blood dat run through my veins
 Fear is in the eye of the beholder
 Love is in the presence of the love maker
 Life is in the words of the comforter
 Endure much longer, live much longer
 Fear is in the eye of the beholder
 Love is in the presence of the love maker
 Life is in the words of the comforter
 Endure much longer, live much longer
 Careful how you entertain stranger
 Selassie never born in a manger
 And never crucified as a savior
 And likkle himself from all di ruler
 Babylon na function with a failer
 So be careful of them cellular and pager
 'Cause as I see them I see danger
 So dem great but Selassie ah greater, yo
 That man shall endure forever more
 And it was written up in the book of life
 That man shall endure forever more
 Mi think mi wan lick upon shots upon a blood clot
 And fill the block with bummer as cops
 Cops mi nah talk mi know you watch me walks and
 While black woman is getting raped across New York and
 Before little brothers and chalks and
 Imagine somebody say "That's your son dead" and
 See us
 We do the crime, we do the time
 You get away scott free
 So the police they gon' pop you for they pop me
 'Cause if you get me, you got me, you shot me, no lock me
 Carry shotty's since mom slapped me 'cause mi room sloppy
 The youngest nigga out the camp, it's me
 But nobody pampered me
 So you better don't ran with me, for semi
 Mi a player plenty
 Chicks mi blaze many
 Raise plenty a few dollars
 Storm out mi Prada
 Watch a bum holla
 Watch em run, hit the floor
 Told em come, come
 No
 Throw your guns up pon di air
 Blow!
 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall
 Endure forever more
 Watch for sticks and stones
 Stumbling blocks in piles
 Life is one big road
 Miles on top of miles
 So blessed be the soul that always remains a child
 When most people don't even smile
 There's a natural mystic
 Blow through the air
 So keep in realistic and always be aware
 The truth is crying out and it's so loud and so clear
 But most people won't even hear
 Spiritual pollution is in the atmosphere
 And with so much confusion
 Can one be happy here
 The gift of Rastafari is for all man to share
 But some would rather to be so unfair
 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall
 Endure forever more
 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall
 Endure forever more
 And it was written
 Up in the book of life
 That man shall