Rock Stone lyrics

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:]

Hear di man say

R-r-r-rockstone was my pillow could'nt find place fi sleep

Pot dem ampty, wi haffi find food fi eat

Every day wi terrorize by soldier and police

When the thing gem a strum and the thing dem a beat

From dem a play cow boy, and Indian, and Chief

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

One thing in a wi mind a fi trample the beast

And meck it in a life, and inherit has the meek

Because the stone dem pay off

Self employ, cannot get lay off

Mount a work mi have can't even get a day off

Who did waan fi stop mi now dem find out seh dem way off

Alright

So mi seh one by one, one by one

One by one wi stepping out a babylon

Then one by one, one by one

Hail King Selassie I the canquering lion

Lion lion

[Chorus:]

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 slum

Never give up matta what, strictly fire burn

Hail Rasta, take us from the slum

Never give up matter what king Selassie I blessing come

Sufferation is thing could be no harder time

Got to widen your views got to broaden your mind

What we face in the ghetto nowhere else can you find

Hunger, Poverty, a system so unkind

As a matter a fact, there is a after shock

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

Try to make it through the system all doors were lock

Yet nothing beats a try so I ain't goin stop

Mount a time they write a book on yuh

Are set amount a crap they woulda put on yuh

Yet when yuh in the dirt they wouldn't look on yuh

They would only scorn and wanna wipe there foot on yuh

So open up, zion dour

Ethiopia Africa for sure

Liberate the poor, the poor, ehhh

Mi nah lie, true mi hail Selassie I dem waan fi war I

Read mi bible, turn to peace and praise to fari

Good bye babylon good bye, good bye

Open up zion door

Mount zion Ethiopia for sure

Children of Israel, children of Israel

[Chorus:]

Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

I say, Rock stone was my pillow

Rock stone was my pillow

[Stephen Marley:]

Hear mi now

Jah man mi cool, nuh strumble like you Walk pon di street, mi nuh gwaan for fool

Arrive at the dance, the mic a my tool Eat pon table, sit inna stool

Me black me brown; me brown no black Ribs on me chest, me spine mi back

Wait til yuh hear when dis riddim drop Head, yuh toe, yuh body a rock

From me pon di mic, Steve Marley a chat Firm and strong, doh step pon the lot

The peaceful, righteos, rastaman Rod of correction inna him hand

Preachin out to man and woman Give riches 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 tun inna Vampire bat When him see sun, him cyah take that

Eye dem dark fi use contact I pon the mic, raggamuffin a chat

Fi mi head dread, me head it no plat Nuh fraid ah no mouse, nuh fraid ah no rat

Pray to Jah mi never will stop We hot no cold, wah cold nuh hot

Live in a house, no live in a flat Up inna zion, the righteous wil top

Jah blow breeze, the Devil cannot

[Chorus:]

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"