when yuh live in the past
yuh lost
yuh better walk on the right path
big life
liberty
straight up
mankind what me sing
memories don't live like people do
they always 'member you
whether things are good or bad
it's just the memories that you have
the beenie man a sing
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
now yuh dead that mean yuh soul lost
crushed like a serpent snake under grass
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
body between di board head peep through the glass
crushed like a serpent snake under grass
meg
peg
dis 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
too much wickedness
down inna di west
down inna di west
while a apache form dem nest
dem nest
outlaw josey wale
get vexed
all bounty hunter dem draw fi dem vest
gold an diamond wicked man intercept
pack up mi saddle and decide to make a flex
way back inna di future
where me have to make a step
memories don't live like people do
they always 'member you
whether things are good or bad
it's just the memories that you have
the beenie man a sing
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
now yuh dead that mean yuh soul lost
crushed like a serpent snake under grass
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
body between di board head peep through the glass
crushed like a serpent snake under grass
i cyaan believe or understand
why some man approach with white man tradition
talk 'bout dem a cowboy and indian
me a african an me born black
an
and a who upon di mic di fabulous beenie man
some mawga skinny and same cranky one
talking lyric to all di nation
memories don't live like people do
they always 'member you
whether things are good or bad
it's just the memories that you have
the beenie man a sing
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
now yuh dead that mean yuh soul lost
crushed like a serpent snake under grass
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
body between di board head peep through the glass
crushed like a serpent snake under grass
what i caan understand
why some man ah revere white man tradition
talk 'bout dem a cowboy and indian
like dem no respect dem complexion
mi black and mi ugly
africa me come from
one day yuh got to return to dat land
selassie i
me praise
its here me make mi stand
memories don't live like people do
they always 'member you
whether things are good or bad
it's just the memories that you have
the beenie man a sing
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
now yuh dead that mean yuh soul lost
crushed like a serpent snake under grass
boy
stop live down inna de past
just member when man a ride 'orse
body between di board head peep through the glass
crushed like a serpent snake under grass