The Herb

All sess massive! All we head us get active
 get loose an dem tell meh how us think positive an think man... sing
 Oh we Lord have mercy
 An this is something me come here fi tell everyone, one
 Say that ah good sensimilla ah it used to run dis land, land
 Ah but ah since di other
 say dem ah deal with substitution, 'tion
 An ah di crack an cocaine whey ah bring pure destruction,
 'tion
 That's why this morning me get up on me right real ah talk
 Ah me seh ah waan address inna to di prime minister
 Meh seh di next one ah addressin' it to security minister
 Meh nevah dun deh waan to di commissioner
 Because deh dem ah equal rich confounder
 Cause all di eldah man gon fight 'gainst sensimilla
 An ah itta put poor people back pon fire
 Um we used to plant it nuff inna Jamaica
 An di money duun wheh nuff police an soldier
 An dem ah import di coke fi mash up weh future
 But I seh deh herb an juss me brain it preserve
 You see di herb it make I mind observe
 You see deh herb it juss ah straighten me nerve
 You see deh herb I know it enuff fig herb
 So come crowd ah people ah you fi listen an understand-stand-stand
 Cyaan meh seh inna one time man ah sess used ta run dis land-land-land
 But meh seh recently dem juss ah deal with
 substitution-tion-tion
 Seh now di crack an cocaine wheh ah destroy di youth ah pon deh land-land-land
 Ah but di sess mek you wise an it mek you brave
 An dem seh it was found on Solomon grave
 But true weh tough on money, nuff man juss ah crave
 An dung inna heat like seh dem ah slave
 You see di herb ah juss me brain it preserve
 You see di herb it mek me observe
 You see di herb now an it get what it deserve
 You see di herb ah mon it strengthen me nerve
 Caan haf fight 'gainst one ah no waan lift di other one
 You ah fight 'gainst di herb yah bring food fah di land
 An leave dem go kill without ah destruction
 Now me seh deh government me waan to no fi understand
 Yah tink seh we don't know about to no plan
 An really waan ah study law fi mek a million
 But you seh di herb ah juss meh brain it preserve
 You see di herb it make I mind observe
 You see di herb it nah get what it deserve
 You see di herb I know it enuff fig herb
 So come crowd ah people ah you fi listen me an
 understand-stand-stand
 Cyaan meh seh inna one time man ah sess used ta run dis land-land-land
 But meh seh recently mon dem on substitution-tion-tion
 An now di crack an cocaine an dat ah bring pure
 distruction-tion-tion
 So dis ah morning me get upon me right wheel ladder
 seh ah waan ah dem address inna to di prime minister
 di next one ah address to security minister
 meh nevah even duun de waan to deh commissioner
 Because deh all dem ah equal baton confounder
 all di eldah man gon fight 'gainst di good ganja
 An ah itta put poor people back pon fire
 An we used to plant it nuff inna Jamaica
 An di money don wheh nuff police an soldier
 An dem ah import di coke to mash up weh future