Deep Roots -

In the morning when they rise

Put on their face and try to disguise

Never knowing where they go

Like a tumble weed when the wind blows

Cannot go on walking without legs

Confusion always raging in their heads

They only see the light when they are dead

Listen to the words that the wise man said

Bow your head and pray

Thank you for the love, blessing I with help

Thank you for the knowledge, my family is my wealth

Thank you for the melody I’m singing in my song

Thank you for I roots, keeps I steady as I grow

Jah bless I with your love, no matter where I go

Protect I from my enemies arrows and the stones

Bless the little ones, the daughters and the sons

Protect the innocent a suffer sins of evil men

Said I these are the roots that I planted

Down in a Babylon see them take their chances

Deeper roots, stronger branches

Devil strikes a blow, my house will never go

These here deep roots, growing since the dawn of creation

They can push, pull, never shake the roots of I foundation

I see people in the ghetto easy fall to their defeat

Living in suburbia and living in the street

See them turn around in circles, like a dog chasing a tail

They running like a fugitive nah sleep for many days

Never knowing where they going, never knowing where they from

Running from the demons, seek protection from a gun

They forget their history, a lesson hidden in the past

Find your roots the deepest roots will put you on the steady path

Said ah these are the roots that I planted

Down in a Babylon see them take their chances

Deeper roots, stronger branches

Devil strikes a blow, my house will never go

These here deep roots, growing since the dawn of creation

They can push, pull, never shake the roots of I foundation

In the morning when they rise

Put on their face and try to disguise

Never knowing where they go

Like a tumble weed when the wind blows

You cannot go on walking without legs

Confusion always raging in their heads

They only see the light when they are dead

Listen to the words that the wise man said

Said ah these are the roots that I planted

Down in a Babylon see them take their chances

Deeper roots, stronger branches

Devil strikes a blow, my house will never go

These here deep roots, growing since the dawn of creation

They can push, pull, never shake the roots of I foundation