Got To Be There - Beenie Man

Well the greetings in the name of the Most High, you know

Selassie I

I wonder how some guy waan fi see the rain

And nah waan fi go through the rainbow

Nah walk with faith rude bwoy

Check this now

Come all the world fi get commotion

That’s why they come and sing their strange song

Nuff no practice what they preach and heed to temptation

Back in content dem say a want dead rose

But I and I-man working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

Beenie Man is working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

Oh, Jah Jah, whoa

I am who I am and not who they want I to be-e-eeee, oh yeah

I’m working to reach that same sweet hollow tree

Don’t want to caught up in their greed and distress

I’m designed not to get caught up in their filthiness

But I and I-man working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

Rastafarian working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

Oh, Jah Jah, whoa

A nuff Rasta live in a world of emptiness

But mind you a go bun dem for their filthiness

Come straighten up yourself, Rastaman and make progress

'Cause in the days of Judgement make sure you’re God bless

'Cause I and I-man working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

I and I-man working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

Oh, Jah Jah, whoa

Oh doctors and lawyers and teachers, I’m talking

Be careful how you teaching my children the wrong things

Teach dem 'bout Selassie and not 'bout that John Paul

'Cause a New World Order in this time is no joke

'Cause I and I-man working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

I and I-man working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Oh, I’ve got to be there

Oh Lord, yeah

Watch what you eat and smell what you’re drinking

'Cause in Geneva conference they try to poison him

But true we all know he is the King of all Kings

His poodle jump up and made a sacrifice for him

So I and I-man working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Rasta got to be there

Nyahbingi working to be there

When those gates of Zion a close

Rasta got to be there

So I say, hey

Come all the world to get promotion

That’s why they come and sing their strange song…