walking down babylon lane
trying to live my life in peace
two young men call me not their brother
they try to make I feel ashamed

Chorus:
but I luv I jah yeah, he tell me not to be that way
I luv I jah yeah, I gotta keep my P.M.A.

my lovely sister, judge me by my clothes, yeah
only to learn her mistake, not everyone's alike
we're not all uptight
no fuss no fight
cool that way
cool that way

Chorus

I luv I jah.


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    Jah isnt pot. As dan2313 said it is the rasta name for god. "I Jah" is just like saying "my god". rastas aren't fans of using possesive pronouns and so use I instead of me, my. its to symbolise equality or soemthing or another I think....

    r-u-ton September 09, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    can someone please post something about this? I've been wondering what "i jah" means for a long time. oh yeah, great song.

    xmorningstarxon December 24, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    Jah is the name commonly used for God in the Rastafari movement.

    dan2313on August 11, 2005   Link
  • 0
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    we gotta keep that PMA (positive mental attitude)!

    it's true, we're not all uptight. Some of us love Jah.

    Positive_Joshuaon March 31, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    Jah comes from the bible actually. we've all heard the word "Hallelujah!" well that means praise God in old texts (hebrew perhaps, idk), God being Jah.

    Jah, Yahweh, Jehovah, all being GOD in one way or another. Jah is also another version of the name Jehovah, or God.

    cltn09on September 24, 2008   Link
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    unity4peace is WAY OFF! Jah means "God" its mentioned in the Bible I love I Jah is Rasta Patois for saying "I love my God" Rasta are infamous for saying I instead "my"

    This song is about when "they"(Bad Brains) first became Rasta's (they lost abit of there fan base due to this) They say "gotta keep that P.M.A. ("Positive Mental Attitude"-"Think and Grow Rich") no matter what people say, or think about us. we still got that "P.M.A".

    Steppingrazoron December 10, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    gotta turn this one all the way up

    mh208on April 15, 2009   Link
  • 0
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    Super good.

    aikitomon July 01, 2020   Link
  • -2
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    Jah its marijuana, pot... this is an marijuana song

    unity4peaceon August 11, 2005   Link

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