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Be Patient

Sly & Robbie
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Be patient All nice and decent youth man Hold up unuh head, father God will do unuh good Cobra said that Watch this Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Life hard, hey Pon mi hand, look Life hard, hey But, we still have fi go through Life hard, hey Still we hold up we head Life hard, still we nah bow, nah bend Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Work hard, and God will be your guide Work hard, youth, you must survive Work hard, we nah have no time fi hide Work hard, and mi father God be your guide From him guide you, your talent, it cyaan hide Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Remember, say Romance built inna day And anybody tell you so, tell dem dem brain a decay See God deh, mi nah tell unuh no lie Trust inna God an' you must get apply Unuh think, say Anuh di Cobra a try And mi still a work hard fi go higher than high Open your heart an' make the father come in And from him reach inna your heart, a pure Jah you goin' bring Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Hold up your head Youth cyaan respect must Hold up your head No wicked heart man cyaan stop you Hold up your head Grudgeful people cyaan stop you Hold up your head Dem envious, dem cyaan stop you Respect due to mi, so it will due unto you Say, listen, mad Cobra, yes, mi come an' pass through Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Life hard, but we still have fi go through Life hard, hey, pon mi hand, look Life hard, but still mi nah bend Life hard, still we just hold up we head Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Hold up your head Jamaican, hold up unuh head Hold up your head Canadian, hold up unuh head Hold up your head English crew, hold up unuh head Hold up unuh head New York people, hold up unuh head Di time weh we livin' in is redder than dread A so it was written, an' a so it was said So, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Mi say, be patient And you will make it if you try Trust inna God an' hold up your head high Remember, say Romance built inna day And anybody tell you so, tell dem dem brain a decay See God deh, mi nah tell unuh no lie Trust inna God an' you must get apply Unuh think, say Anuh di Cobra a try And mi still a work hard fi go higher than high Open your heart an' make the father come in And from him reach inna your heart, a pure Jah you goin' bring