Oh Jah Jah

Album: 9 (2015)
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  • Oh Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah
    (Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah)
    Sing it loud!
    (Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah)

    Goodness gracious Lord have mercy
    The devil's on the move, and the world's gone crazy
    Police in the streets shootin' down black babies
    Glory Allelujah for the young and the innocent
    Yeah, run fo' yo life, the time has come
    For us to strengthen our defenses
    Hey Babylon, you know it won't be long
    Oh, and we'll be going back to Zion

    Soon, we're leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion
    We're leavin' Babylon, y'll goin' back to Zion, yeah we are
    Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah
    Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah

    Goodness gracious Lord have mercy
    You know a never, ever
    Never let the devil get the best of me, yeah
    I saw the preacher taking nickles from the welfare babies (babies, babies)
    Go, go daddy, go Jah, for the young and the innocent, yeah yeah
    Protect the right, reject the wrong, it offends my senses
    Hey Babylon, you know it won't be long
    Oh, and we'll be going back to Zion

    Soon, we're leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion, yeah
    We're leavin' Babylon and y'll goin' back to Zion, yeah we are
    (Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah) singing for the Lord saying
    Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah

    Goodness gracious Lord have mercy (yeah)
    Goodness gracious Lord have mercy (yeah)
    Singin y'll, goodness gracious Lord have mercy (yeah)
    Goodness gracious Lord have mercy (yeah)
    Ooh ooh ooh (world's gone crazy) yeah
    (Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah)
    (Oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah oh Jah Jah yeah) oh Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah Jah
    (Ooh ooh, Lord have mercy) Writer/s: Eddie Murphy
    Publisher: NW ROYALTY CONSULTING, LLC.
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