Don't Wanna Be A Memory

[Intro]

Daseca...

Ha

Daseca

DA...Daseca

Selassie I

A Jah alone (Most High)

Woah oh

No

[Chorus]

So

I don't wanna be at the wayside

For hypocrites come cry at my graveside

I don't wanna be...

Don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from my enemies

So

I don't wanna be at the wayside

You no see dem want come cry at your graveside

I don't wanna be...

Don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from my enemies

[Verse 1]

Dem say the brave don't live forever, but the cautious don't live at all

Be careful of the ones who want fi see you fall

Me still stand up pon mi foot dem

All now me haffi know where fi put dem, yeah

The mansion in the sky, dem want fi see me die but me overlook dem, yeah

Me dem want fi blow 'way like paper

Me no know a what me do dutty nehgah

A true me dress clean everyday

Dem a watch me make CREAM everyday

Yeah

As the star in the sky, dem can't see me die nor go inna no clay

[Chorus]

So

I don't wanna be at the wayside

For hypocrites come cry at my graveside

I don't wanna be...

Don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from my enemies

So

I don't wanna be at the wayside

You no see dem want come cry at your graveside

I don't wanna be...

Don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from my enemies

[Verse 2]

Mi eyeball a the sharpest weapon

Look, fi see what dem deh pon

Yeah, some of dem sell you out fi police shell you out

No trust dem fi a second

Me no really know what dem reckon

Mi music a kick dem like Beckham

Dem no want me stack dough

Unuh no want mi cash flow?

Give dem something fi check on (No)

Dem can't stop mi shine

Definitely can't stop mi time

Work so hard, give me what's mine

Dem can't stop the star from shine

[Chorus]

So

I don't wanna be at the wayside

For hypocrites come cry at my graveside

I don't wanna be...

Don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from my enemies

So

I don't wanna be at the wayside

You no see dem want come cry at your graveside

I don't wanna be...

Don't wanna be...

Don't wanna be...

Please Jah protect me from my enemies

Yeah

Daseca

[Outro]

I don't wanna be at the wayside

Gully Gad

...Cry at my graveside

A just the road weh me trod

Don't wanna be a memory

Daseca

Man nah stop hustle for the paper

No, no, no

I don't wanna be at the wayside

No, no, no

..Cry at my graveside

Don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from my enemies