August Town-Duane Stephenson

[ti:August Town] [ar:Duane Stephenson] [al:The Biggest Reggae One Drop Anthems 2008] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]August Town - Duane Stephenson [00:07.12]Na na na naaa na na woah oh woahh [00:11.87] [00:13.92]Na na na naaa na na [00:16.49] [00:18.85]A word from the wise [00:20.63]Don't try to make life on your own [00:23.64] [00:25.66]Remember that jah jah's by your side [00:29.20] [00:30.85]For I was a soul who was lost [00:33.96] [00:35.02]And my life was in dismay [00:37.11] [00:39.33]For among evil forces in which I played yeah uh [00:44.95] [00:46.21]Guns and ammunition were my chosen way of life [00:50.93] [00:52.99]With god fearing people I chose to strive [00:56.32] [00:58.08]For all of the lives that are taken [01:01.46] [01:02.43]They can never be replaced [01:04.66] [01:06.60]But still jah jah chose to remember my face [01:10.13] [01:11.76]Though I never lived like he wanted [01:15.28] [01:16.04]I'm still mindful of what he taught me [01:18.36] [01:19.04]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees [01:22.39] [01:22.91]'Cause father you rescued me [01:24.77] [01:25.56]I've got the scars to show [01:28.42] [01:29.37]I barely made it along life's road [01:31.78] [01:32.65]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark [01:36.04]He was the light at the end of the road [01:38.81] [01:40.73]When I was a young boy growing up in august town [01:45.16] [01:47.61]We ate from the same pot we were I drens all around [01:51.87] [01:54.34]From corner to colour and corner [01:56.61] [01:57.73]From rockers to jungle turf tire [01:59.97] [02:01.27]Rising to dread heights and river all around yeah [02:05.36] [02:06.69]And then the football ground became a battlefield [02:09.76] [02:10.44]And my life seem so surreal [02:12.59] [02:14.79]People were falling all around [02:16.88] [02:17.90]But jah helped me to stand my ground [02:20.07]Only jah only jah could have helped me to stand my ground [02:26.46]Though I never lived like he wanted [02:29.84] [02:30.67]I was mindful of what he taught me [02:32.87] [02:33.66]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees [02:36.90] [02:37.49]'Cause father you rescued me [02:39.40] [02:40.03]And I've got the scars to show [02:43.10] [02:44.07]Barely made it along life's road [02:46.34] [02:47.20]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark [02:50.48] [02:51.04]The light at the end of the road oh oh [02:54.85] [02:55.74]Never lived to please him [02:57.53] [02:58.86]I never lived like I should [03:00.46] [03:02.50]Oh oh oh oh oh [03:05.38] [03:07.23]Father you rescued me oh yeah oh yeah [03:12.57] [03:15.71]I've lived and I've learned [03:16.89] [03:17.84]I've made mistakes along the way [03:20.41] [03:22.47]Now I beg for forgiveness [03:23.94] [03:25.09]Each day as I try to pray [03:27.24] [03:29.27]So take it from me son [03:30.89] [03:31.89]You can change the world today [03:34.09] [03:36.13]And I'm living proof [03:37.49] [03:38.59]Living proof that crime doesn't pay [03:40.65] [03:41.19]For I never lived like he wanted [03:44.58] [03:45.46]I was mindful of what he taught me [03:47.76] [03:48.46]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees [03:51.73] [03:52.27]'Cause father he rescued me [03:54.23] [03:54.81]And I've got the scars to show [03:57.73] [03:58.67]I barely made it along life's road [04:01.10] [04:02.05]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark [04:05.31] [04:05.86]The light at the end of the road [04:07.88] [04:08.39]I never lived like he wanted [04:11.80] [04:12.67]I was mindful of what he taught me [04:14.78] [04:15.57]So now I beg and plead I'm on my bending knees [04:19.23]'Cause father you rescued me [04:21.82]And I've got the scars to show [04:24.80] [04:25.96]I barely made it along life's road [04:28.15] [04:29.13]'Cause when my life got dark he was the only spark [04:32.31] [04:32.85]The light at the end of the road [04:35.41]Though I never lived like he wanted [04:38.92] [04:39.65]I was mindful of what he taught me [04:41.80] [04:42.60]I'm on my bending knees I ask the father please [04:45.78] [04:46.49]Father you rescued me [04:48.27] [04:48.88]And I've got the scars to show [04:51.92] [04:53.07]Barely made it along life's road [04:55.23] [04:56.33]As my life got dark he was the only spark [04:59.93]The light at the end of the road [05:02.02] [05:02.52]I never lived never lived [05:05.29] [05:06.29]I never lived the way he wanted me to [05:09.32] [05:10.02]I never lived lord I tell you [05:12.66] [05:13.29]Now I'm practising my religion