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Bob Marley - Roots
Song
Lyrics
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Biblical
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Roots
natty roots
Dread binghi dread
I and I are the roots
Some are leaves, some are branches,
I and I are the roots
Some are dry wood
For the fire |
Ezekiel
15:1-5 - And the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, what is
the vine tree more than any tree, or than a
branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or
will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel
thereon? Behold, it is cast into the fire for
fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and
the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any
work? Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for
no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for
any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it
is burned?
Matthew 3:10 -
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the
trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
Luke 3:9 - And
now also the axe is laid unto the root of the
trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire. |
Whoa, look at
that
They need a dry wood
To cook their raw food
Whoa, look at that
Got to survive inna dis man maniac downpression
Got to survive in iration
I say, roots natty roots
Dread binghi dread
I and I are the roots |
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| Some are wolf
in sheep clothing |
Matthew
7:15 - Beware of false prophets,
which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves. |
| Whoa, look at
that |
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| Many are called,
a few are chosen |
Matthew
20:16 - So the last shall be
first, and the first last: for many be called,
but few chosen.
Matthew 22:14
- For many are called, but few are chosen. |
| Whoa, look at
that |
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Nothing they
can do
To separate I and I from the love of our Father |
Romans
8:38-39 - For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord. |
Whoa, look at
that
You see, blood is thicker than water
Whoa, look at that
Got to survive in the ghetto
Got to survive |
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| People don't
fret, no! |
Psalm
37:1 - Fret not thyself because
of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the
workers of iniquity. |
We're gonna
Roots natty roots
Dread binghi dread
I and I are the roots
Roots natty
Dread binghi
Roots natty roots
Dread binghi dread... |
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