| Now people always say that the good die young
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| And we lost another one a' Selassie I’s son
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| But, although him body might ha' gone
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| Garnett’s spirit and music
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| Will always live on
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| So if you love Garnett Silk
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| You put you hand hand inna di air
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| He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
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| But Garnett Silk is no longer here
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| Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career
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| Him sing about long and cultural things
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| Him sing about the emperor Selassie I the king
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| Him sing with so much power and so much feeling
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| Him buss 'round the scene like a steam engine
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| Rasta everybody love him
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| Everyone a-said him was the next king
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| Even girls inna party
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| Used to jump and down when di man start sing
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| So if you love Garnett Silk
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| You put you hand hand inna di air
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| He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
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| But Garnett Silk is no longer here
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| Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career
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| One a' mi favorite Garnett song
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| A di one called «Zion in a Vision»
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| Mi love 'ow di sang dat one
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| 'Cause he sing it with a lotta conviction
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| And I pray dat now him der inna di vision
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| I pray dat Garnett Silk inna Zion
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| I pray Selassie I stretch out him hand
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| And take Garnett Silk to di land
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| Hey, if you love Garnett Silk
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| You put you hand hand inna di air
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| He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
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| But Garnett Silk is no longer here
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| Cut off in the prime of a brilliant
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| Garnett appear to a lotta reggae fire
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| Di people did a-call him di reggae messiah
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| «Hello, Mama Africa», dat was a flyer
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| Talk «Keep Them Talking» catch di whole place afire
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| Garnett music I could not refuse it
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| Inna di record shop mi nuh haffi hear it
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| Mi jus' say, «Gimme any new Garnett»
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| Well, if you love Garnett Silk
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| You put you hand hand inna di air
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| He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
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| But Garnett Silk is no longer here
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| Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career
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| It’s another reggae singer
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| It’s another deejay
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| Early in their life they ha' passed away
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| Dem day after day
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| Nobody knows how dem life a go' stay
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| So, try right and walk di right way
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| Try to sing di right song
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| Mind what you say
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| Put your trust in di Most High
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| A him you fi
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| You might a di kingdom a' Zion
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| If you love Garnett Silk
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| You put you hand hand inna di air
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| He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
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| But Garnett Silk is no longer here
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| Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career |