Song
Lyrics
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Biblical
Reference
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Rastafari!
I and I give thanks unto the Omnipotent One
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Continue to
manifest his Spirit through I and I
Which is only flesh
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1
Corinthians 12:7 - But the
manifestation of the Spirit
is given to every man to profit withal.
1 Timothy 3:16 -
And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the
flesh,
justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached
unto the
Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up
into glory.
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Behold!
Jah seed has been planted in I and I
He's our roots and the source of our lives
We are the branches, the leaves that have life
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We are the
apple of Jah eye, forever full of life
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Deuteronomy
32:10 - He found him in a
desert land,
and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him
about,
he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of
his eye.
Psalm 17:8 -
Keep me as the apple of the eye,
hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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Jah taught us
how to live and love all ways
And even how to worship in reverence
He's the Light and the Way to all things
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Him we give all
glory, Him we hail as King of kings
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1
Timothy 6:15 - Which in his
times he shall shew, who
is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of
kings,
and Lord of lords;
Revelation 17:14 -
These shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord
of lords,
and King of kings: and they that are with him are
called,
and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 19:16
- And he hath on his vesture and on his
thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF
LORDS.
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Unto Him we
make our vows, and render all things
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Psalm
50:14 - Offer unto God
thanksgiving; and pay
thy vows unto the most High:
Psalm 116:12 - What
shall I render unto the LORD for
all his benefits toward me?
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Only Him shall
I and I give praise for all things
Mighty and glorious King, glorious King!
Chorus
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Jah gives life,
and He gives to whom He please
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Exodus
33:19 - And he said, I will
make all my
goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim
the
name of the LORD before thee; and will be
gracious
to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy
on
whom I will shew mercy.
Romans 9:15 - For
he saith to Moses, I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Romans 9:18 -
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he
will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
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All rich and
poor belongs unto Him
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Psalm
49:2 - Both low and high, rich
and poor,
together.
Proverbs 22:2 -
The rich and poor meet together:
the LORD is the maker of them all.
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All Creation
shall bow unto Him
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Isaiah
45:23 - I have sworn by myself,
the word
is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and
shall
not return, That unto me every knee shall bow,
every
tongue shall swear.
Romans 14:11 - For
it is written, As I live, saith
the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every
tongue shall confess to God.
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And behold the
purity of the glorious King
Unto Him we make our vows, and render all things
Only Him shall I and I give praise for all things
Mighty and glorious King, glorious King!
Chorus
Give thanks and praise to the Most High Jah!
Rastafari! O Jah! He's the Almighty I!
Give thanks to Haile Selassie I and I!
Chorus
Give thanks and praise to the Most High!
Thanks to the Most High Haile Selassie!
First King of the Nation! First glorious King! |
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