Irie Instead Lyrics

There was a time when I opened my eyes and in the world all that I saw was pain

And I cried "Jah, how did we let this happen?! Oh I will change it by tomorrow day"

And I tried day by day to change the minds of mankind and make them feel this unbearable pain that I feel "AH!"

But the more that I tried, the more that I wasted away, and I'd say

"Can't you see? All of the systems that we live in, oh they tear us apart

God and they close up our hearts, don't give in

The history of this here nationality is based in greed and violence, abuse and war. Oh the scars we've been given

They rape the earth for the oil, the animals are in factories, and the soldier folk are setting off bombs!

Do you know what is happening? I'ts a corporate media!

That news is not real journalism, and those pills that the're feeding ya, well they could cause you and anuerism

And they don't teach this in the traditional curriculums

And they sugar-coat all the despicable things they did to the indigenous

The soil is dry, the water is murky, the air that we're supposed to be breathing is dirty

With fumes and plastic and chemicals damn my lungs are hurting

What the fuck is this fake food? Just let me get some thing real

The rat race is going strong. Man I'm just trying to heal"

And I could go on and on and on and on and on

And I would go on and on and on and on

As I tried day by day to change the minds of mankind and make them feel this unbearable pain that I feel "AH!"

But the more that I tried, the more that I felt as a slave

So I decided I will spread irie vibrations instead

So I took a look inside and sought to redefine all of my language and my actions

I looked my fellows in the eyes, gave them a smile, aslowed down, gave them responses not reactions

I planted seeds in my garden and in my mind and gently tended to my satisfaction

I saw my seeds grow to trees, reaching for the sky, I see sweet simplicity and not abstraction

Cause I'm spreading irie vibrations everywhere I go

Puttin my imprint on all of creation to leave behind when I go

Oh I'm spreading irie vibrations through the highs and the lows cause I know

Jah will guide me through the darkest night of my soul

Jah will be my fire to keep me warm in the coldest of colds

Oh I'm spreading irie vibrations everywhere I go

Puttin my imprint on all of creation to leave behind when I go

Oh I'm spreading irie vibrations through the highs and the lows cause I know

Jah will guide me through the darkest night of my soul

Jah will be my fire to keep me warm in the coldest of colds

I choose irie instead

I choose irie

Irie instead