Love Will Find a Way

Gonna Make It

Everywhere I been, I been learning how to get to wherever I am

And where I am is where I'm going and I'm going to the promised land

I don't always know my direction, but in faith and Love I overstand

That if I ask up for guidance, I'm guided by the almighty hand

And every time I'm feeling inspired, I take my guitar in my two hands

Jah Love is all that I man require to reach that holy Zion land

And I won't let them take it away, no I man, I won't be led astray

And I don't need to ride nobody's coattails, and I don't need no one to hold my hand

I'm gonna make it on my own two feet

I'm gonna make it on my blood, sweat and tears

I'm gonna make it, not gonna fake it, no way

They said get a degree but it wasn't for me

Higher education of the Almighty through music, teach me Love, teach me to use it

All I ever wanted was to spread Jah Love, and the only way that I could rise above was music, sweet Jah reggae music

So every note I plays is to give praise, that's why I play guitar and I sing

And I wouldn't trade these blisters on my fingers for no diamond rings

I sing just for the Love of Jah music, to lift you up when you are tattered and worn

And if I sound a little bit hoarse it's 'cause I been singing since the day I was born

And I just wanna sing a little bit more, and I'm sure that you can feel me

Don't need you to know just where I'm coming from, but I need you to feel me

So take it and make it your own song

And don't you let them take it away

No don't you let them lead you astray

You're gonna make it on your own two feet

You're gonna make it on your blood, sweat and tears

You're gonna make it, not gonna fake it, no way

I will never sell my soul to them, so many already givin' in, dem a caught up in confusion,

suffering delusions

All this dirt that we been digging in

Searching for something that we will never find

Oh mankind we can't let them take it away

We won't let them lead us astray

And we don't need no president to lead us

And we don't need no general to take a stand

We're gonna make it on our own two feet

We're gonna make it on our blood, sweat and tears

We're gonna make it, not gonna fake it, no way

Can you feel me, my heart pumping in my chest

Can you feel me, oh people please say yes

I need you to feel me, this is the real me, the reason I'm singing, the Love that I'm bringing is pure, unfiltered for sure

'Cause in my mind I saw a vision of peace

Every man, every woman, every child, one family

All singing together in one perfect harmony

It's not so far away, we're gonna make it someday

No Regrets

All this time will pass, into the past

So if you're happy, then make each moment last, don't hold nothing back

And if you're suffering, remember it won't last, get over it fast

Get back to living and giving Love

This life is just a test, I will remember, I will remember

This life ain't over yet, so please remember, not to forget

Newborn babies cry, their very first tears, they are so hopeful

Great grandfathers die, after many years, it is a circle

Teenagers find Love, then screw it all up

They are so fearful, yet somehow invincible

This life is not a curse, but there will be hard times, and it will get worse

But always do your best, and always remember that you are blessed

Everywhere you go, plant seeds, Love will grow

But remember who you are

And if you travel far, remember your heart is where your home is

So if you travel to the stars, remember your heart

And you won't be homeless or homesick at all

This life is just a test, with many failures and some success

But I will place my bets, and I will leave here with no regrets

Step Lightly

I'm choking there's no air to breathe, all these chemicals are poisoning me

I feel like I ain't got no space, I got to get out of this place

'Cause everybody's moving to fast, all I want to do is relax

I don't want no heart attack, don't wanna work 'til I break my back no

I don't wanna see no more construction, to me it looks just like destruction

Just want to protect Her and all She's done, She has provided for everyone so

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Step lightly, you are trodding on sacred ground

Step lightly, there is beauty to be found, look all around

Step lightly, for you don't wanna leave a scar

Step lightly, or for your children this will be no more

The buildings just keep getting taller, open spaces dem a getting smaller

They're building more universities, and destroying diversity

But where will all the little animals run, to find shelter from the burning sun

If we let them cut down all the trees, and spread their industrial disease

Have they heard the ocean so deep, or witnessed the waterfalls weep

Do you think that they could be so blind, to bring the end of humankind

Oh Mama, I see that You're bleeding

Oh Mama, I feel Your pain in my soul

Mama I will do my best to teach them

Mama not to hurt You so

I see them use You, see every day how they abuse You

Oh Lord how they break You, see every day how they rape You

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They're cutting down the forests, filling up the landfills

Blackening the skyline, choking out the sun

'Til there's nothing left but garbage, steel, concrete and sorrow

People this doesn't have to be our tomorrow

If you listen closely, you will hear Her crying

Do you even care that She is slowly dying

We got to make a change now, if not for yourself then do it for your children

Who can deny that things have been getting so strange around here

And who can deny that it's been getting harder and harder to breathe

And who can deny that the species have been disappearing by the dozens, daily

And who can deny that it's been getting hotter and colder and hotter and colder every year

They're sucking the blood of the Earth

They're scratching at the heart of Mama Earth

They're fracturing the body of Mama Earth

They're sucking the blood of the Earth

And we all play a part in their plan

We all play a part, overstand

We all let them lead us by the hand

And watch as they destroy our homeland, our Motherland

And who will stand with me and fight

Roll River Roll

I been dreaming lately 'bout this place in the country where the air is clean

Unplug the cords and flip off the switches, kick off my shoes and feel the grass beneath my feet

Sooner or later everyone will face this, wanna be the first one to embrace

And kick a hole right through my television, sit out on my porch with a big smile upon my face

'Cause high above the tallest skyscrapers, deep in the cracks beneath the city streets

The seeds of change are already growing, everywhere people oare feeling incomplete

Unconsciously, they are awakening

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Roll river roll, we gotta wash this whole place clean

And make the city like it never was, a faded memory or a dream

Roll river roll, we gotta wash these tears away

I wanna face you, don't wanna never be afraid

And when, the rivers subside and the saplings rise

Will we make a better choice than before

Or are we bound to remake all the same mistakes once more

Four sisters floated about on a raft fashioned out of the splintered remains of their home

They were cast out to sea by a storm wild and free and left to drift in the doldrums alone

One had brought silver, and another had gold, and a diamond so big it took two hands to hold

And the third had a brush and some lipstick and blush, to apply was her plan, at the first sight of land

But the fourth sister wept, for there was nothing she had kept of the broken world they left behind

She wept for the three, for even now they weren't free, as she gazed upon them one last time

And as they squabbled and fought over who had owned what, she said her goodbyes silently

And she tiptoed away on the crest of a wave, and the rest were buried in the sea

They were buried in the heart of the sea

Roll river, black water, swallow the tears from the sky, rise higher

For 40 nights and for 40 days, we're gonna have to learn to live a better way

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Advaya's Song

Your smile shines like the sun

Small child, your name means one

You came through the hearts of two lovers

A star shot from across another sky

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Although I don't have a lot of money

Although I can't buy you lots of things, no

I'll give you Love

All I have to give it all belongs to you

Walk with me, I'll carry you upon my back

You're tired, so cranky, take a little nap

When you rise, rub your eyes and I'll be smiling back

I'll howl like an animal to please you

We can do anything you want to, 'cause I

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We're gonna have so much fun, 'cause now your life has just begun

And every little step you take, I'll be right there in the wake to watch you grow

And when it's time to leave the nest I know that this bond will stand the test of time

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Love Will Find a Way

I wanna be good, I wanna do better

Wanna live long but I know I won't live forever

So while I'm alive, I'm gonna make a spark

And I hope that my life will be a light, shining bright for those who are lost in the dark

I wanna give Love, I wanna have patience

Wanna feel the animal within, be wild like the wind, but gracious

I'm gonna plant my seeds

I'm gonna watch them grow

And I hope that my forest will restore in us a chorus that was lost long ago

I feel the fire burning

I know the tide is turning our way, though the skies might be gray

In the distance I can see blue, the sun has got to break through someday

And all that's left to say is Love will find a way

Wanna hear my people singing, singing songs of redemption

Singing songs of the truth, singing songs of the peaceful warrior nation

Singing songs to the Gods, of Love and thankfulness

'Cause we are alive and we're striving to thrive and we know that we're blessed

'Cause we are the ones who come to wipe away the poison that's been seeping into the heart, that's keeping us apart

Get down to the heart of the matter, all you're gonna find out is that all that matters is the heart, and at the end of the day

Love will find a way

How we gonna get anywhere, when everybody's running in place

Are we blind or are we just scared, scared we're gonna come face to face

And have to face the things that we've done, come to terms with what we've become

Come around and fix our mistakes, only Love can find a way

When the walls are crumbling and that deadlines creeping up

When that debt comes calling, and the sky's falling from above

You can always count on Love

I wanna swim seas, I wanna climb mountains

Wanna make angels in the snow, dip my toes in the eternal fountain

Gonna speak the truth, and though I've told some lies

I'm gonna wear my heart out on my sleeve for you to believe the honesty in my eyes

Keep me warm Mama

Like a white dove of peace on a battlefield, like a hungry, homeless man sharing his only meal, like a man the doctor's said would die but he was healed and all he did was pray, Love will find a way

Like a sunbeam breaking through the storm clouds, like an innocent prisoner breaking out, like a warrior who wants to run in the face of fear but he chooses to stay, Love will find a way

Like a rose growing out of the concrete, like a man running marathons with no feet, like a single mother working three jobs just to put food on the plate, Love will find a way

Like a deaf man composing a symphony, like an activist who chains herself up to a tree, like a man who quits his job to follow his dreams without a penny to his name, Love will find a way

Like a farmer growing crops in the desert sand, like a masterpiece painted with a crippled hand, like a surfer towing in, wearing a grin, into a sixty foot wave, Love will find a way

Like a guitar player, playing 'til his fingers bleed, like a piano man with arthritis playing 'til three, like a singer who is hoarse but he still forces himself to take the stage, Love will find a way

Like a blind man seeing for the first time, like a songwriter finding meaning in a rhyme, Like a poet who uses words as weapons and lives to fight another day, Love will find a way

Like a warm fire in winter or a summer breeze, like a child turning her dreams into realities, like a place where race, religion, sex or creed or class don't have a name, Love will find a way