Memories

Reliving the past? You lost! (blessed, blessed) You better walk on the right path Big life! Livety! Straight up Mankind, unuh sing Song! Memories don't live like people do They always 'memba you Whether things are good or bad It's just the memories that you have The Beenie Man a sing say, "Hey!" Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Now your dead, that means yuh soul lost Crushed like a serpent snake under grass (again!) Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Body between di board, your head a peep through the glass Crushed like a serpent snake under grass Meg, peg, diss a man yuh dead Way back inna di west before dem lick Jango head For a few more dollars 'Nother one dead High plains drifter man ah fled (I sing) Too much wickedness Down inna di west Down inna di west Wild Apache form Dem nest Dem nest Outlaw Josey Wales Get vexed (get vexed) All bounty hunter Dem draw fi Dem vest (dem vest) Gold an diamond Wicked man intercept (intercept) Pack up mi saddle And decide to make a flex Way back inna di future Where me haffi make a step (and sing along) Memories don't live like people do They always 'memba you Whether things are good or bad It's just the memories that you have The Beenie Man a sing say, "Hey!" Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Now your dead, that means yuh soul lost Crushed like a serpent snake under grass (again!) Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Body between di board, your head a peep through the glass Crushed like a serpent snake under grass I cyan believe or understand Why some man approach that white man tradition Talk 'bout dem a Cowboy and Indian Me an African, and me a born black man And, a who deh pon the mic? The fabulous Beenie Man Same, maga, skinny, and same cranky one Talking lyrics to all the nation And sing along Memories don't live like people do They always 'memba you Whether things are good or bad It's just the memories that you have The Beenie Man a sing say, "Hey!" Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Now your dead, that means yuh soul lost Crushed like a serpent snake under grass (again!) Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Body between di board, your head a peep through the glass Crushed like a serpent snake under grass But, what I cyan understand Why some man a reveal white man tradition Talk 'bout dem a Cowboy and Indian Like dem no respect dem complexion Me black and me ugly, Africa me come from One day you got to return to that land Selassie I me praise It's here me make mi stand So, sing along Memories don't live like people do They always 'memba you Whether things are good or bad It's just the memories that you have The Beenie Man a sing say, "Hey!" Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Now your dead, that means yuh soul lost Crushed like a serpent snake under grass (again!) Boy, stop live down inna di past Stop from 'memba when man a ride horse Body between di board, your head a peep through the glass Crushed like a serpent snake under grass