Save Your Soul-Pato Banton

[00:01.34]I was a dead man out in the cold [00:03.66]Life was the pits and I was deep in a hole [00:05.82]Just about to give up then lo and behold [00:08.54]A voice from within said: "Save your soul". [00:19.86]Hit it! [00:42.13]Yo brothers and sisters all around the globe [00:44.65]I got a story yeah it's got to be told. [00:47.33]To my family friends fans even my foes [00:49.82]Like this ya this is how it goes. [00:52.45]I was out in the world without an aim or a goal [00:54.83]Out a school and out a control. [00:57.78]Set in my ways yeah stuck in a mold [01:00.32]And going the wrong way down a one way road. [01:02.94]Young and bold I didn't wanna be told [01:05.24]I use to steal and brag about the stuff I stole. [01:08.04]Then one bright day my mind got blown [01:10.63]When a voice from within said: "Save your soul". [01:22.48]My mind got blown! [01:33.77]I didn't listen no I didn't want to be told [01:36.49]Things were looking up and I was on a roll. [01:38.84]I was a rude boy and a Romeo [01:41.38]And anywhere I went I started to show. [01:44.00]I had money women and plenty of gold [01:46.72]And a over inflated E. G. O. [01:49.29]I was a dead man but I didn't know [01:51.80]Until a voice from within said: "Save your soul". [02:16.04]Yo! You see me? Original rough neck youth [02:19.86]From up so round so down so in so out so bout so. [02:23.36]You see me? Is better a boy don't even see me [02:26.67]A me a run things this year expensive and dear. [02:30.71]Garn clear come wid it rude bwoy [02:33.46]Then me nar tell you maan. [02:35.46]My life was like a movie and I was playing the role [02:38.56]Of a black youth living in the ghetto. [02:40.95]Where the action was that's where I'd go [02:43.53]Right or wrong I'd be going with the flow. [02:46.47]But what you reap is what you sow [02:48.67]It's like a karma the bad you do will follow [02:51.47]You around and I was going down [02:53.89]Right down with my face in the ground. [02:56.88]Two hands bound to a siren sound [02:59.49]None of my so called friends anywhere to be found. [03:01.76]And as I thought to myself in life your alone [03:04.50]A voice from within said: "Anyone home?" [03:07.32]Yes Lord! Well here I be [03:09.59]If I ain't ready yet I go never be. [03:12.24]I'm sorry for the things that I did before [03:14.82]Believe me Lord I won't do them no more. [03:17.24]I'll be an arrow Lord if You'll be my bow [03:19.80]Anywhere I'm sent I'd gladly go. [03:22.31]I'll be a witness yeah all around the world [03:25.08]To every man every woman every boy and girl. [03:48.35]Well I was born in the ghetto where the strong survive [03:50.93]And with a will to strive I began to rise. [03:53.63]From seventy nine or was it seventy five [03:55.98]When reggae music began to open my eyes. [03:58.56]About the truth the rights and Jah the most high [04:01.41]And how to achieve a little pie in the sky. [04:03.98]Inspirited? Yeah I was totally elevated [04:06.58]To the point where I decided to chat the mike. [04:08.94]But my direction was not to only those of my complexion [04:11.66]But the brown yellow red and white man. [04:13.56]Critics criticise cynics cynicise [04:16.61]Any entertainer with a message they victimise. [04:18.74]But in this world of sin its no surprise [04:21.22]So with the media I sympathise. [04:24.37]I hear the rich mans laughter hear the poor mans cries [04:27.14]See hypocrites advertise there lies through their eyes. [04:30.05]Everyone's born everyone dies [04:32.46]But only God's children get the prize. [04:34.81]Don't be a fool be cool come on and get wise [04:37.56]Yeah wize up! no compromize. [04:40.23]And listen to the voice that resides within the mind [04:43.13]Cause God has sent a guide to all mankind. [04:45.93]The choice is yours life above or death below [04:48.30]It's up to yo! To save your soul.