stop live in a de pass

beenie man

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