War Is Over

[Intro]
Hail, star!
A weh the man a do, Rasta?
A long time mi no see di I, you know, dread mass now
No, true, to the world, mi have fi mass now and little hold and thing
But anyway, now peace treaty
So mi have fi come out and get little fresh air
The musical sound's call the war is over
So whether in them criss hot clover
All Casanova you got to come over and do the bossa nova (Yeah)

[Pre-Verse]
Tribal war (A weh dem a gwan with, Rasta?)
We no want no more of that
Dem some deh ya foolishness, dread
Man fi know dem send fire
Serious something, tell you that arе serious something (Ow, yeah)

[Verse 1]
Son, don't takе your guns to town
Because the war is over
Tell you say that son, don't take your guns to town
Because the war is over
Mi say, di simplest thing, say them run fi dem gun
Dem look pon him bredrin and dem shoot him down
But now di war is over
I tell you say the war is over
Son, don't take your guns to town
Because the war is-

[Bridge]
Same bredrin with better calling
Know that the war is over, no more war
The war are serious thing (Yeah)

[Verse 2]
Mi say, di idren dem meet and dem sign peace treat
Dem sign di peace treat and dem keep a big feast
A mussi Jah do it, a mussi Jah do it, a mussi Jah do it (Yeah)
I said, I went out to east fi go keep a big feast
Sign peace treat, now we keep a big feast
And we feel so sweet
Tell you, when we sign peace treat
One time gone, if you come from the east
You couldn't go out to the west
'Cause the man dem from the west a say dem are the best
And say that some of dem name [?]
Tell you, that's my request
Say, the war is over
Well, I tell you say the war is over
Tell you say the war is over, you got to come over
The war is over, come do the bossa nova, you know

[Bridge]
Tribal war
And if you deal with war, you gotta stay far
We no want no more of that
I and I no want none of that
Tribal war
And if dem decide to break this peace treat
Man believe in seed complete

[Verse 3]
Cah make we kick out him two front teeth
Tell you that the war is over
Well, I tell you say the war is over, you got to come over
The war is over
Due to all the war, whole heap of man have fi left Jamaica
Some they a migrate to Canada, gonna wonder
Some of dem gone at England, some of dem gone at New Zealand
Some of dem gone to North America and South America
And some of dem even gone to Africa

[Outro]
But tell you say di war is over, dem got to come over
The war is over, dem have fi come over
Bossa nova, say Casanova
Cho sister Clover, the war is over
Dem got to come over, you know