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 to my say'

C-c-c-c-old ground would've serve as my/ours ("rest") bed

would've not had a place to call home

Our 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 cowboy , Indian , and bossy 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

Workin on my own(for my loaf), i can't catch my breath

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

Those tryin to stop me, they seen it ,

they're bout to find out they're too dusty

Alright

So I say one and all one and all

One by one, we'd cease to be In Babylon

And one and all

Bring praises to 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

Save us from the damnation

We Never give up no matter what, or how firmly the pain aches

Rasta's gonna live long, freed of the slum

I/we Never give up no matter what, surrounded with Selassie blessins

The suffering is nothin but a step,

You must enlarge your perspectives, must open your horisonts

What we face in the ghetto can't be seen nowhere

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 would turn a blind eye on ya

They'd gossip only and give nothin on ya

So open up, The Heaven's 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"

Fallowin the path 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 believer, i'm just fine, on the right path,

not stumbling like yah when walkin 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 surrounded by the crowd

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

just listen this rythm/ instrumental drop and move

ya head , toe, and sway ya body

i on the mic, ST Marley voice be convincing and

strong, 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 with no buck,

an no buck with no cap

Sweetest singer was minott Man show up anc in and give me a chance

Dracula turns into Vampire , at the glimpse of the sun

Dark eyes, on the mic, Raggamuffin speaks

Cause i'm a rastaman, my mind ain't blinded,

i'm no afraid of any rat, Not afraid of any mice

Prayses i bring to Jah , i will never stop we're on fire ,

Livin in a house , 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"