Can’t Take The Running

[Intro]
Dedicate this musical disc to all youth an' youth
Black people, at one minute, two minute, song it are go play
Musical disc, sound play comin' down with me, you know? (Hey)

[Chorus]
Tell you 'bout the sound weh lead the way, come down with me
Tell you 'bout the sound, I say no bother feel no way
Mi say mi cyaan take di runnings weh a gwan
Man, mi say mi cyaan take di runnings weh a gwan

[Verse 1]
I tell you why I cyaan really walk pon di road in peace
Cyaan really walk pon di road in peace
Cah, everywhere you go a man a judge you
Cah, everywhere you go a man a judge you
Man, him just a ask you weh you come from
Cah let mi tell you, him just a ask you weh you come from
Cah let mi tell you, for di whole of we are black man
Cah let mi tell you, say di whole of we are black man (Weh mi say?)
Mi come pon di land, mi say mi nah go do no wrong
Mi come pon di land, mi said mi nah go do no wrong
Mi say, I strictly musician
Bang-diddly-bam, say I strictly musician (A weh mi say?)
Cah, make love go, I beg you make love stay
Cah, make love go, I beg you make love stay
No bother feel no weight, you could-a hear mi when mi say

[Chorus]
Say, mi cyaan take di runnings weh a gwan
Man, mi say mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Man, no bother fight 'gainst a youthman
Cah let mi tell you, say, no fight 'gainst a youthman
Cah let mi tell you, said-a Tom shoot man but that a mistake, man
Tom shoot man but that a mistake, man
For, we cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Man, mi say we cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Man, no bother fight 'gainst the youthman
Cah let mi tell you, say, no fight 'gainst the youthman (Weh mi say?)

[Verse 2]
Say, you cyaan really walk pon di road in peace
Cyaan really walk pon di road in peace
Everywhere you go a man a really judge you
Everywhere you go a man a really judge you
Man, him just a ask you weh you come from
Cah let mi tell you, for di whole of we are black man
Cah let mi tell you, for di whole of we are Africans
Cah let mi tell you, make we step it out of Babylon

[Chorus]
Cah let mi tell you, for mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Mi said, mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Man, no bother fight 'gainst di youthman
Cah let mi tell you, say, no fight 'gainst the youthman
Cah let mi tell you 'bout a sound weh lead the way
I beg you forward down with me
But-a anyway mi say, you could-a hear mi when mi play
For when mi really right, dem a talk 'bout mi wrong
For when mi really right, dem a talk 'bout mi wrong
Say, mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Mi say, mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan

[Verse 3]
Man, him just a ring past the land
Cah let mi tell you, dem a ring past the land
Cah let mi tell you, say, a make love go, I beg you make love stay
Cah, make the lover go, I beg you, make love stay
Say, no fight 'gainst the youthman
Cah let mi tell you, say, no fight 'gainst the youthman

[Chorus]
Cah let mi tell you, for we cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Man, mi say we cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Man, mi say mi cyaan take di bad fight
Bang-diddly-bang, mi say mi cyaan take di bad fight
Cah let mi tell you, say fi give mi fi mi cool vibe
Cah let mi tell you, say fi give mi fi mi cool vibe (A weh mi say?)

[Outro]
Say, mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Say, mi cyaan take di running weh a gwan
Man, mi say you cyaan really walk pon di road in peace