Choice Of Colour

[Intro]
The thing call "Choice of Colour"
Every hour of the hour musical show, as I would tell you, say
So don't fight against your brother
Make us stick together like a bird in one feather in dis a weather
Do it, Jah!

[Verse 1]
No true, you black, you have fi stab mi in a mi back
No true, you white, you are go broke a little fight
No true, you brown, you are go walk an' frown
No true, you red, you are go flash di natty dread

[Chorus]
'Cause a choice of colour (Wow)
Tell you, dis are choice of colour
Every hour of di hour, a choice of colour
Go play the musical show every hour of di hour
Live it up, daddy (Hey)

[Verse 2]
No true, you black, you have fi stab mi in a mi back
No true, you white, you are go broke a little fight
No true, you brown, you are go walk an' frown
No true, you red, you are go flash di natty dread

[Chorus]
'Cause a choice of colour (Go deh)
Cah tell you, dis are choice of colour
Every hour of di hour, choice of colour (An' a so mi say)

[Bridge]
A whether you are black an' then whether you are white
No bother with no fuss an' then no bother with no fight

[Chorus]
'Cause a each one teach one (Down in a Babylon)
A each one teach one (Go deh)
Tell you said-a, each one love one
Natty dread, I beg you show dem ounce of love in a Babylon
Natty show dem ounce of love in a Babylon
A so we come here fi drink milk (Murda)
But we no come here fi kill cow (Bam-billy-bam, hey)

[Verse 3]
No true, you black, you have fi stab mi in a mi back (Huh)
No true, you white, you are go broke a little fight (Hey)
No true, you brown, you are go walk an' frown (Hey)
No true, you red, you are go flash di natty dread

[Chorus]
'Cause a choice of colour (Live it up, daddy)
Cah, dis are choice of colour
A so mi say, no bother show off your colour
Cah so mi say, no bother show off your colour (Hey)
No bother show off your colour (Live it up)

[Verse 4]
Because-a each one teach one (Go deh)
'Cause if you see your little brother, say, you help him
'Cause if you see your little sister, say, fi help her
Because-a each one teach one (Down in a Babylon)
Each one teach one (Yeah, you know?)

[Chorus]
Cah, natty tired fi carry every load (Huh)
Cah, natty tired fi carry every load (Hey)
Cah, natty tired fi carry every load (Hey)
'Cause if you walkin' on di rocky-rocky road (Hey)
Cah say, fi give thanks an' praise unto Jah (Huh)
A then a so you come over (Murda, hey)

[Verse 5]
No true, you black, you are go stab mi in a mi back (Hey)
No true, you white, you are go broke a little fight (Huh)
No true, you brown, you are go walk an' frown
No true, you red, you are go flash di natty dread

[Outro]
Because a choice of colour
Choice of colour every hour of di hour of di hour
No bother show off your colour
Hey now, so mi say, I said-a, make we stick together like a bird in one-a feather
But-a in a dis a weather, but a musically chopper
When I play my musical disc-