Redemption Song

Am just trying to make some music
Am just trying to entertain
Some say that am young and crazy
Some say tham am insane
Face my struggles daily
I never once complain
We might share the same culture
But we are not the same
You don't even know my story
You don't even know me
The stage is like a court room
The crowd is like a jury
So much badmind surround me
Say dem a fren but dem nuh love me
Ungrateful people me nuh wah see
Dem fi watch me rise and make history

Tommy Lee Sparta

Sparta me say
A deh me deh
Jah guide and protect me any weh
I will never show dem any fear
Mama hope and pray for a better day
Say me nuh know weh me a go but me know weh me been
And all me know me never going back there again
True music and fame somethings haffi change
Mama gonna get a big up son reign
I always learn to keep my faith
Even when it seems too late
Standing outside heavens gate
Hoping to God they'll let me in
I know I ain't perfect
No one on this earth is
So tell me why you wah fi fight me down
Why you wah me lay down under ground
As a ghetto yute I stand alone
Forgive me for my sins my wrongs
And let me carry on with my Redemption Song

Oohh-ho, ho
Oohh-ho, ho

See trouble a come, weh trouble

A go
And time is hard and it cold like snow
No one knows the struggles me been tru
And nobody inna di world can walk in my shoe
From me a nine a me mommy alone
My daddy dead and gone
Little pickney on my own
But I learn to stay strong
Walk the streets without no fears
Sleepless nights and no one cares
At times I cry and no one hears
Live my life out on the edge
Watch my frenz lay in the dirt
And no one knows how much that hurts
Put on my pants, my shoes, my shirt
Sunday morning the fuss one deh inna church

But they think dem know me haa
Dem try to judge me haa
Don't know my story ha
Don't know a thing about me

Uncle demon dem praying every demon dem never see
Look how dem try fi fight against me
The demon ting is just a character
Like a movie uncle demon a actor
See Bounty a nuh Killer
Ninja a nuh Ninja
Mad Cabra a nuh Cobra
Elephant a nuh elephant
Wah do some full dem a talk bout intelligent

But they think dem know me haa
Dem try to judge me haa
Don't know my story haa
Don't know a thing about me

Say as a man I stand alone
Forgive me for my sins my wrong
Let me carry on with my Redemption Song

Oohh-ho, ho
With my Redemption Song
Oohh-ho, ho
With my Redemption Song