The Herb

All sess massive! All we head us get active

get loose an dem tell meh how us think positive an think man... sing

Oh we Lord have mercy

An this is something me come here fi tell everyone, one

Say that ah good sensimilla ah it used to run dis land, land

Ah but ah since di other

say dem ah deal with substitution, 'tion

An ah di crack an coc*ine whey ah bring pure destruction,

'tion

That's why this morning me get up on me right real ah talk

Ah me seh ah waan address inna to di prime minister

Meh seh di next one ah addressin' it to security minister

Meh nevah dun deh waan to di commissioner

Because deh dem ah equal rich confounder

Cause all di eldah man gon fight 'gainst sensimilla

An ah itta put poor people back pon fire

Um we used to plant it nuff inna Jamaica

An di money duun wheh nuff police an soldier

An dem ah import di coke fi mash up weh future

But I seh deh herb an juss me brain it preserve

You see di herb it make I mind observe

You see deh herb it juss ah straighten me nerve

You see deh herb I know it enuff fig herb

So come crowd ah people ah you fi listen an understand-stand-stand

Cyaan meh seh inna one time man ah sess used ta run dis land-land-land

But meh seh recently dem juss ah deal with

substitution-tion-tion

Seh now di crack an coc*ine wheh ah destroy di youth ah pon deh land-land-land

Ah but di sess mek you wise an it mek you brave

An dem seh it was found on Solomon grave

But true weh tough on money, nuff man juss ah crave

An dung inna heat like seh dem ah slave

You see di herb ah juss me brain it preserve

You see di herb it mek me observe

You see di herb now an it get what it deserve

You see di herb ah mon it strengthen me nerve

Caan haf fight 'gainst one ah no waan lift di other one

You ah fight 'gainst di herb yah bring food fah di land

An leave dem go kill without ah destruction

Now me seh deh government me waan to no fi understand

Yah tink seh we don't know about to no plan

An really waan ah study law fi mek a million

But you seh di herb ah juss meh brain it preserve

You see di herb it make I mind observe

You see di herb it nah get what it deserve

You see di herb I know it enuff fig herb

So come crowd ah people ah you fi listen me an

understand-stand-stand

Cyaan meh seh inna one time man ah sess used ta run dis land-land-land

But meh seh recently mon dem on substitution-tion-tion

An now di crack an coc*ine an dat ah bring pure

distruction-tion-tion

So dis ah morning me get upon me right wheel ladder

seh ah waan ah dem address inna to di prime minister

di next one ah address to security minister

meh nevah even duun de waan to deh commissioner

Because deh all dem ah equal baton confounder

all di eldah man gon fight 'gainst di good ***

An ah itta put poor people back pon fire

An we used to plant it nuff inna Jamaica

An di money don wheh nuff police an soldier

An dem ah import di coke to mash up weh future