[Intro]
Life so uncertain
Mi just a gwaan work fi mi pitney future
Mi nuh know
When a my time, but until then (me nave no time fi waste)

[Chorus]
Oh jah (yeah)
For my life (for my life)
Me give thanks (me give thanks)
Amen, nah give it up so
Jah neva give no, Jah neva give
Jah neva give a man more than him can bear

[Bridge]
No time fi a siddung and a love, yo
Life too short, hurry up nuh
Mi wah buy a house inna uptown
What a day when di Garrison nuh bruk, yo (heheh)

[Verse 1]
Night before last night
Me deh a mi granddaddy nine night (mmm)
A bun high grade and a meditatе how
What is di purpose of life
Inna my life, mе overcome struggle
Inna my life, me walk weh from trouble
Inna my life as a black man, me know it ago hard
But me wah mek supm' from nutn'
[Bridge]
Jah jah, me nah stop work hard
Until me reach inna di cemetery

[Chorus]
Oh jah (yeah)
For my life (for my life)
Me give thanks (me give thanks)
Amen, nah give it up so
Jah neva give no, Jah neva give
Jah neva give a man more than him can bear

[Bridge]
No time fi a siddung and a love, yo
Life too short, hurry up nuh
Mi wah buy a house inna uptown
What a day when di Garrison nuh bruk, yo (heheh)

[Verse 2]
Me been through di worst
Mi strive to be di best
Life so sweet and a money bring me happiness
But inna babylon, dem use it fi wull dung black people
Cah di lack of it a di root of sadness
And di love of it a di root of all evil
[Bridge]
Jah jah, me nah stop work hard
Until me reach inna di cemetery

[Chorus]
Oh jah (yeah)
For my life (for my life)
Me give thanks (me give thanks)
Amen, nah give it up so