Errol Cooney - Soo Tall lyrics

[Intro] [Verse 1: Zumbi] Gotta get up, gotta go to work Work so hard that your back all hurt Hurt so bad cause you work so hard Pick that cotton, work that yard Yard work's hard cause the sun beat down Down beating sun makes shoulders brown Shoulders brown and they might get burnt Master's whip make your back all hurt Hurts my family to live like dirt Like dirt live in the streets for show Won't k** master, I need that dough That dough needs so my kids can grow Grown kids can don't stand like me Be real tall for the world to see See my world is world be free but my free world is conspiracy [Hook: Zumbi] Young and black and proud like me Black and proud, stop crowding me Crowding got clouds over me One day you'll be soo tall Move back, move back that morning sun Shine this light for everyone That light gonna shine, them clouds is done One day we'll be soo tall [Verse 2: Zumbi] Gotta fight back and I'm pressed all up Against that wall and my life is stuck Stuck like this, I'mma stay f**ed up f**ed up state when the beat don't bump Don't beat bump when you feel that thump In your chest cause you're blessed with funk Funk with blessings ain't no punk Momma raised ya'll for days For days ya'll wanna hold me down I'm fit to clown up out the town Town about the world to struggle Struggle made me, stronger bubble Bubble's stronger, lasted longer Pray to God, gotta make me calmer Calmer make me, take me higher Babies need they pacifier Father made me a better rhymer Rhyming better, living kinder Kinder living for the city Sinning with them tig ole bitties High sidity, lookin' pretty Pretty lookin got me shookin' Make some loving, keep it cookin' Cookin' keep it, come on peep it Love's the reason, we all need it Need it all we, Robert Marley Said one love now it's time to party Get on down like Gras de Mardi Love to each and everybody Everybody love to each Try to hear you with that speech Cause life is hotter than the beach [Hook: Zumbi] When you're young and black and proud like me Black and proud, stop crowding me Crowding got clouds over me One day you'll be soo tall Move back, move back that morning sun Shine this light for everyone That light gonna shine, them clouds is done One day you'll be soo tall