Artiste: Mavado

Intro:

Dasecaaaa, Daseca, Da-Daseca Selassie-I,

A Jah alone, most high

Chorus:

I don't wanna be at the wayside

Fi hypocrite come cry at ma graveside

I don't wanna be, don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from ma enemies soooo

I don't wanna be at the wayside

Yuh nuh si dem waan come cry at yuh graveside

I don't wanna be, don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from ma enemies.

Verse One:

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

Be careful of the ones weh want fi si yuh fall

Mi still stan up pan mi foot dem, although mi affi know weh fi put dem

The mansion in the sky, dem wah fi si mi die but mi ova look dem

Me dem wah fi blow way like paper, mi nuh know weh mi do dutty nahga

A tru mi dress clean every day, dem a watch mi mek cream every day

As the star in di sky dem cah si mi die nah go inna nuh clay... sooooo

Chorus

I don't wanna be at the wayside

Fi hypocrite come cry at ma graveside

I don't wanna be, don't wanna be a memory

Please Jah protect me from ma enemies soooo

I don't wanna be at the wayside

Yuh nuh si dem waan come cry at yuh graveside

I don't wanna be, don't wanna be a memory

Please jah protect me from ma enemies.

Verse Two:

Mi eyeball a di sharpest weapon, look ... fi si weh dem deh pan

Sum a dem sell yuh out fi police shell yuh out nuh trust dem fi a second

Mi nuh really know weh dem reckon,

Mi music a kick dem like Beckham

Dem nuh wah mi stack dough nuh wah mi cash flow,

gi dem sumting fi check on

Dem cah stop mi shine, definitely cah stop mi time,

Work so hard give me what's mine

Dem cah stop mi star from shine. soooo

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