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Big Youth - I Pray Thee - Satta Amasagana


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I pray thee,
Why do the heathen rage
And the people imagine us a vain thing?
Psalm 2:1 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
False kings of the earth had set themselves
And the rulers take counsel togather
Against the LORD God JAH Rastafari
And against his Anointed, saying,
Psalm 2:2 - The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Now come, let us break their bonds assunder
And cast away their cords from us
Your leader seated in his heaven shall laugh
The LORD God JAH Rastafari shall have them in derision
But then shall he speak unto them in his wrath
And vex to them in his sore displeasure
Co' yet have I set I kings upon the holy mountains of Zion
Psalm 2:3-6 - Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
I will now declare the decree:
The LORD God JAH Rastafari hath said unto I and I and I
That thou art I sons, that today have I begotten thee
Psalm 2:7 - I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Thou aks if I and I and I shall give thee
The heathen for thine inheritance
And the uttermost part of the earth for thine possession
Psalm 2:8 - Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
JAH shall break them with a rod of iron!
JAH shall dash them in pieces
Like a potter's vessel, I would say
So be wise therefore, ye kings
Be instructed, ye judges of the earth
Psalm 2:9-10 - Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Serve the LORD God JAH Rastafari with fear
Rejoice and tremble
Kiss InI the Son and lest he be angered
And perish from his ways
When his wrath is kindled but a little
And so blessed be all
Blesseth he everyone as I would say
And so blessed be all they
Who put their trust
In the true and living God JAH Rastafari
Psalm 2:11-12 - Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Then this man shall be like the holy mountains of Zion
That cannot be removed but abideth for ever
Psalm 125:1 - They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
And so the mountains round about I-rusalem
And so the LORD God JAH Rastafari
Is running about his people as I would say
Psalm 125:2 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
The lot of the wicked shall not rest upon this righteous
Unless this individual(??) righteous put forth his hands unto iniquity
Psalm 125:3 - For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
So do good O LORD God JAH Rastafari
Unto them that are good
And unto those that are upright in their hearts
Psalm 125:4 - Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
For such a one as turn unto his crooked way, you don't say Psalm 125:5 - As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
The LORD God JAH Rastafari shall not turn his back
To give a count to the right of his people

A when he come he mek me tell you 'bout the song
He call a, about a song we call a Satta Amasagana
Amasagana, Seh, you nah pon yah but ya wan yah
You know Satta mek you pon yah
You know Satta mek you wan yah
 
That's if your mama never born here
And if your papa never born here
Psalm 87:5 - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
You are African, as I would say
Down inna Africa, as I would tell you
Seh Afri... Seh Afri... Africa!
Satta, Satta, Satta Amasagana
You gotta work the show and all the line-up
But you gotta work right through the song
And call ya Satta Amasagana, masagana
Gotta work the show and all the line-up
Gotta work right through the song
And call out Satta Amasagana
 



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