It Was Written [German translation]

[Intro: Capleton]

Blazin’...

Blazin’...

[Chorus: Stephen Marley & Capleton]

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall endure forevermore [x2]

[Verse 1: Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley]

Well, did you know di pen is stronger than di knife

And they can kill you once, but they can't kill you twice?

Did you know destruction of di flesh is not di ending to life?

Fear not of di anti-Christ

Did you know that I exist before di Eart'

And did you know my eyes are windows to di world?

Did you know you can't go a-Zion and a-wear Jheri curls?

Can't tell di boys from di girls

Your body's just a vehicle transportin' your soul

It's what's inside the people is beauty to behold

Fear not of evil

Everyday dem flesh, it grow old

Changes of the times take di toll

[Chorus: Stephen Marley & Capleton]

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall endure forevermore

(Weh di man say)

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall endure forevermore

[Verse 2: Capleton]

The one ya name

Fear is in the eyes of the beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer, live much longer

Fear is in the eyes of the beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer, live much longer

[Verse 3: Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley]

A vest around his chest and Rastafari is his name

A gift of everlasting life for us to all sustain

Blessing that you all begot

Lesson taught, you all forgot

Rasta call, I shit you not

Do you remember Elijah

And his chariot of flames?

Same blood dat runs through my veins

[Verse 4: Capleton]

The one ya name

Fear is in the eyes of the beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer, live much longer

Fear is in the eyes of the beholder

And love is in the presence of the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer, live much longer

Careful how you entertain, stranger

Selassie never born inna nah manger

And him never crucify as no saviour

Elect off himself him a-the ruler

Babylon a-malfunction, well, dem a failure

So be careful of dem cellular and pager

'Cause as I see dem, I see danger

Say dem great, but Selassie-I greater, yo

[Chorus Stephen Marley & Capleton]

...That a man shall endure forevermore

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall

(Blaze it up, blaze it up)

Endure forevermore

[Verse 5: Drag-On]

Mi think mi wanna lick upon shots

Upon a bloodclaat and fill the block with bumbarass cops

Cops mi nah talk you know you watch me walks in

While black woman is getting raped across New Yorks and

Before another brother's in chalks and

Imagine somebody said “That's your son dead, see him?”

See, us, we do the crime, we do di time

Y'all get away scot-free

So, police, mi gonna pop you ‘fore you pop me

'Cause if you get me, you got me, you shot me

No lock me, carry shotty’s since mom slapped me

'Cause my room’s sloppy

The youngest nigga out the camp is me

But nobody pampered me,

So you better don't ramp with me, fi see me

Me don't play plenty, chicks me blazed many

Raised plenty fi dollars

Storm out mi Prada, watch a bum holla

Watch him run, hit the floor

Told him come, come, no,

Throw your ganja 'pon di air, plah!

[Chorus: Stephen Marley & Capleton]

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall

(Blaze it up, blaze it up)

Endure forevermore

[Verse 6: Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley]

So watch for sticks and stones, stumbling blocks in piles

Life is one big road, miles on top of miles

So blessed be di soul that always remains a child

When most people don't even smile

There's a natural mystic blowin’ through di air

So keep it realistic and always be aware

The truth is crying out and it's so loud and so clear,

But most people won't even hear

Spiritual pollution in di atmosphere

And with so much confusion, can one be happy here?

Di gift of Rastafari is for all man to share

But some would rather to be so unfair

[Chorus: Stephen Marley & Capleton]

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall endure forevermore

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall endure forevermore

(Blaze it up! Blaze it up!)

And it was written up in the Book of Life

That a man shall...

• Artist:Damian Marley
• Album:Halfway Tree