D. Reid - Long Way lyrics

[Intro] All hail to di Majesty, Emperor Sela**ie I di First Every living, every faithful, ever sure Yes I ah, I and I di black sons and daughters of Ethiopia, Africa Need to rise a whole and chant unto Rastafari You see, so we need to come together with that quorum Of ancient brethren from the Houses of Rastafari to chant Nyabinghi with di people To reason upon our culture and tradition, our black heritage Our high know way, for life, our integrity Right now dis very day, di way it was from dat time unto dis I War Haile I give thanks to word, sound, and power Repatriation is a must, and never lose faith, no ayy [Chorus] We have come a long way, African children And we won't go astray, African children We have come a long way, African children And we won't go astray, little children Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're doing, also Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're saying, also Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're doing, also Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Ayyayay [Verse 1] As soon as they behave themself, And became themself They'll see that noone else but they can save themself Stop chain themself, Stop disgrace themself The wicked man only gonna erase themself Collective reasoning is the only source of health To get rid of the ignorance it from amongst ourself In time we big enough are standing ourself A repatriation, nothing else, ayyayy [Chorus] We have come a long way, African children And we won't go astray, African children We have come a long way, African children And we won't go astray, African children [Verse 2] Righteousness seat, ya Babylon a long time black people have it a dread ya Never know a black woman hire street sweeper Nuff a dem go bow upon to Rome and done creep a I'd rather be a mat out it or a door keeper No for dem di ease, not dem sister's keeper No for dem di ease, not dem brother's teacher Hail King Sela**ie, burn a fire pon di preacher Long time Babylon have dem a theif ya, woy ayyayyayy ayy [Chorus] Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're doing, also Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're saying, also Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're doing, also Love ya one another, ayyayy Hail Emperor Sela**ie I, yo [Verse 3] Love to my black sisters and breder Nah show love den tings a get dreader Some a chat bout dem heavy when dem light like feather Tell dem say none a dem care for don't di fedder Tell dem say ayya ayy a well mi dealer Mek sure a righteousness ya got to say a Ayya ayy is repatriation di high shone gwon go Rastaman dem prefer Black woman say [Chorus] We have come a long way, African children And we won't go astray, African children We have come a long way, African children And we won't go astray, yayayo, black people Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're doing, also Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're saying, also Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow Be careful what you're doing, also Love ya one another, love ya one another, love ya one another Hay hay, ayy, yo We have come a long way, black African children And we won't go astray, African children We have come a long way, African children And we won't go astray, oh, little children Love ya one another, let the good vibes flow...