Steep Mountain

Well, it is a steep mountain to climb And it is a deep river to cross The road is rocky and rough So I can't afford for my soul to lost And I cannot take this no longer And I cannot bear this no more Tired to see my sisters and brothers Convicted and ignored So I got to fetch the righteous key And I got to open sesame And I got to set the captive free And I got to hail His majesty And I got to emancipate myself from mental slavery Oh, oh, he bingi man will never get weary The rastaman will never grow old That's why the half has never been told But the bingi man come fi clean up dem soul The bingi man will never get weary The rastaman will have his reward But Jah, Jah bless I with the strength And the comfort of His love So long the liar bring this out And you no read between the lines Then oonu woulda see what the rastaman find The truth and the love that is so divine Unity, strength and we have fi combine This is a collective mission everyone have to join Any means necessary a method we have to find To stop all the war, poverty and crime Politics and religion we have fi lef that behind Can't go a Zion with no carnal mind Look how we a warn dem time after time Be your brother's keeper and you sister same time Remember that you mother and you father is divine To righteousness you must always incline, oonu see Jah sign Well, it is a steep mountain to climb And it is a deep river to cross The road is rocky and rough So I can't afford for my soul to lost And I cannot take this no longer And I cannot bear this no more Tired to see my sisters and brothers Convicted and ignored So I got to fetch the righteous key And I got to open sesame And I got to set the captive free And I got to hail His majesty And I got to emancipate myself from mental slavery The bingi man will never get weary The rastaman will never grow old That's why the half has never been told But the bingi man come fi clean up dem soul The bingi man will never get weary The rastaman --- Steep Mountain - Capleton