Rock Stone [English translation]

lyrics

[Chorus:]

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

I say, Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

[Capleton:]

Listen the man sayin'

R-R-Rock stone was my pillow couldn't find a place

for sleep

Pots they're empty, we must find food to eat

Day by day we're terrorized by them soldiers and police

While things gets stormy and arousing

They act cow boy , Indian , and Chief style

From the first, to the third, straight up to seven street

One thing in our minds , is to crush the beast

And make it in the life

Because them precious "stones" they pay off

Self employ, cannot get lay off

The amount of work i do , i can't even get myself a day off

Who wished for stoping me they seen it , they're too dusty

Alright

So I say one by one, one by one

Then one by one, one by one

Hail the King Selassie , the lion conquerer

Lion Lion

[Chorus:]

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

I say, Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

Sizzla:]

Help us jah

Take us from the damnation

Never give up no matter what, or how firmly the fire burn

Hail Rasta, take us from the slum

I Never give up no matter what, i'm blessed

The suffering is a thing

You must enlarge your perspectives, must to broaden

yah mind

What we face in the ghetto nowhere else can you find

Hunger, Poverty, a system so unkind

As a matter of fact, there is an after shock

When cold ground was my bed and my pillow was a rock

Tryin to make it through the system all doors were locked

Yet nothing beats a try, so I ain't gonna stop

Often they writes books about yah

A bunch of dirt they'd throw at yah

Yet when at hard times , they wouldn't see you

They would only gossip

So open up, the zion door

Ethiopia Africa for sure

Liberate the poor, the poor, ehhh!!

I'm not lying, truly I hail Selassie, they crave for war, I

Read my bible , turn face to peace and praise Fari

Good bye babylon good bye, good bye!!

Open up, the Zion "door"

Travel towards Zion , Ethiopia for sure

Children of Israel, children of Israel

[Chorus:]

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

I say, Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

[Stephen Marley:]

Listen me now

Jah man , i'm on right path, not stumbling like yah walkin on the street ,

I'm not the one to be taken as a fool

Arriving at the singing, the mic is my tool ,The food on table sitting in crowd

Black, or brown, no Blackened ribs on my chest , back

Wait just to hear this rythm/ instrumental drop Ya move ya head , toe,

and rock ya body

When i'm on the mic, Sreve Marley convincing and strong talkin , not

goin around tail

The peaceful, righteos, rastaman Rod in the hand of his

Preaching out to man and woman, give value to King Solomon

Now bass come out and trebble a top Cap an no buck,

an nuh buck a no cap

Sweetest singer was sugar minott Man a come in and ah give me a shot

Dracula turns into Vampire , When the sun he sees can't stand it

Dark eyes , i n the mic, Raggamuffin talking

My head has no locks, my head isn't plain, Not afraid of any rat,

Not afraid of any mice

I pray to Jah , i will never stop we're on fire , we're not not cold

Livin in a gouse , not in a plain Up , In Zion , the righteous shall rise

Jah blow breeze , the devill cannot

[Chorus:]

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

I say, Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

• Artist:Stephen Marley
• Album:Revelation Pt. II: "The Fruit of Life"