United (1994) (video)

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Maybe one day we'll be united,

Am F C

and our love won't be divided !

Am Bb C - Dm

Maybe one day we'll be united,

F G C

and our love won't be divided ! + repeat CHORUS

Am

1. (Prince Ital Joe:) If love a-was a thing a me say money could a-buy,

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the rich man would a-live a me say poor man would die.

Am

If freedom was a thing they would a-keep upon the earth,

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happiness a-would abundant, unity would give birth.

Am

In a hungry nation, yes, you get a hungry people

F G

that is mentally cripple and a kinda always wrong.

Am

Gunshot and fire in a-South Africa,

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and the youth them a-suffer in a-Dominica.

Am

(Marky Mark:) Peace! I gotta plea for call,

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I see too many kids and they simply falling

F

in the streets, it's strife, a waste of a life,

Dm G

'cause he died by the bullet or he's stabbed with a knife.

Am

But yo, it ain't no way to go,

G

you can't kill the next man just to get the dough.

F

We gotta fight tonight, but we gotta fight right ,

Dm G

can't fight for the dough, we gotta fight to unite. + CHORUS

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2. (Prince Ital Joe:) In America the problem take over,

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robber shot Peter Tosh in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Me not joke, me not play, me not just talk,

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respect Abu-Baka, respect Mandela.

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Bob Marley, intelligent Rasta,

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singing for world peace is Mr. Stevie Wonder.

Am

If you live by the gun a-you will perish by the God,

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and when Jah-Jah time come in Babylon them have the run.

Am

(Marky Mark:) We need O-N-E L-O-V-E,

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U-N-I-T-Y, before we all die.

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But you don't listen, you don't understand,

Dm G

still kicking the bullshit, tryin' to be the man.

Am

Why you wanna go and do your old piece,

G

'cause we're all rough and we're from the streets.

F

You gotta go against the man with ya corporation,

Dm G

get an education to rebuild the nation. + CHORUS (2x)

(Prince Ital Joe & Marky Mark)