Free Up The Weed - The Upsetters, Lee "Scratch" Perry

This is the word of the meek

So listen clearly while I speak

Free up the weed let the children eat

Too much gon' suffer

Free up the weed let the children eat right now

They need bread and water

It was here from creation, it’s for the healing of the nation

This is the time of starvation, generation

Some plant coffee, some plant tea

So why can’t I and I plant collie?

If you stray from the root

Then you’ll never know the truth right now

Ca' the war can’t solve no problem, love is the emblem

Instead of hate and malice, we should be sipping chalice

And giving praises to His Most High Jah Jah Rastafari

Free up the weed, that the children need

We need bread and water

Free up the weed, that the children need

Too much gon' suffer

Some export coffee, some export tea

So why can’t I and I export collie?

If you stray from the root

You’ll never know the truth right now

Ca' the war can’t solve no problem, love is the emblem

Instead of hate and malice, we should be sipping chalice

And singing praises to our guardian 'pon high Haile Selassie