Dead or Alive Lyrics

I would like to tell you everything will be alright

But if I ever told you that my baby

It would only be a lie ‘cause

We’re living in a world war 24/7

Where the end of our lives is a bomb away

And the powers that be just stoking the fire

Blinding us with screen-lights while in foreign lands

They go to seize the day.

Can’t tell you don’t fret, can’t tell you don’t worry

‘Cause the tings that-a-gwan dem nah move too funny

So I can’t tell you more than I’ll been your side

Dead or alive, dead or alive

Just like the oppressors of the past

They all claim God is behind their wicked deeds

And they know the sheep will follow

To feed their need for superiority

Abusing spiritual enlightenment f

For the sake of blind human ambition

Living out hypocrisy, repeating histories

Of the ones they liken to demons

And now, everywhere I look someone’s fighting a war

Don’t even need to be on a battlefield tone a casualty no more

I got to watch what I talk, watch who I know

Watch what I draw, and still watch the law

‘Cause from street to chamber the whole ting helter-skelter

Only Jah return or war will restore the order

Can’t tell you don’t fret, can’t tell you don’t worry

‘Cause the tings that-a-gwan dem nah move too funny

So I can’t tell you more than I’ll been your side

Dead or alive, dead or alive

Wake up every morning what do I see

Iniquity growing in the society

Corruption done gone and mash up the place

While our leaders find it easy to lie to our face

But I thank Jah Jah each and everyday

For the blessings I have I give thanks and pray

And for your lovely smile everyday I see

You don’t know what you mean to me

You maintain my sanity

Inna dis state of emergency

I only feel safe with you my baby

Can’t tell you don’t fret, can’t tell you don’t worry

‘Cause the tings that-a-gwan dem nah move too funny

So I can’t tell you more than I’ll been your side

Dead or alive, dead or alive