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My favorite reggae song of all time is "legalize it' by Peter Tosh. I love the lyrics to that song.

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

Some call it tampee
Some call it the weed
Some call it Marijuana
Some of them call it Ganja

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

Singer smoke it
And players of instruments too
Legalize it, yeah, yeah
That's the best thing you can do
Doctors smoke it
Nurses smoke it
Judges smoke it
Even the lawyers too

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

It's good for the flu
It's good for asthma
Good for tuberculosis
Even umara composis

Legalize it - don't criticize it
Legalize it and i will advertise it

Bird eat it
And they leave it
Fowls eat it
Goats love to play with it


what are your favorite reggage lyrics?

Forward With Jah Orthodox by Mystic I (or Mystic Eyes, or just 'Mystic') has some pretty tough lyrics, I don't know them by heart but the hook is really cool:

"Backward with the income tax"

Bless I

we refuse to be
what they wanted us to be
we are what we are
thats the way its going to be
if you dont know
you cant educate us
for no equal opportunity
talking 'bout my freedom
peoples freedom and dignity.....

babylon system is a vampire
sucking the blood of the sufferah....

not just the lyrics of this song, but the music and bob marleys delivery, make it very powerful, and one of my favourites


ital kemar

See you when mi have and you've been wanting,
Then you run come grab I have been asking,
Why is the youts them livity you have been stealing?
Bigger man remember concrete make your ceiling,
Whats the reason for life without believing?
I live so, I have to continue giving,
See you making them gaps, well then I come bridging,
Give me no more mishaps getto youts..no more killing



AND



That burning concern is no longer there,
There filled with the medicine that babylon prepare,
Instruments of cruelty present everywhere,
Strong enough to take a life but not enough to care,
As this road gets dark I expect anything,
I know not my enemy so it leaves me wondering,
Many life was lost who is the next victim,
It could be you it could be I to how them set the system,
They kill without a cause, what is the meaning,
No one knows what tomorrow may bring...