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When the race gets hard to run
It means you just can't take the pace
When it's time to have your fun
You find the tears run on down through
Your face, then you stop and think a little
Are you the victim of the system
Anyday now they gonna let you down
Remember Natty will be there
To see you through
And ain't it good to know now
JAH will be waiting there
Ain't it doggone good to know you all
JAH will be waiting there
Wait in Summer, wait in Spring
Wait in Autumn, Winter thing
Tribes goes up, all the tribe goes down
Bring my children from the end of the earth
Many a time I sit and wonder why
This race so, so very hard to run
Then I say to my soul take courage
Battle to be won
Like a ship that's tossed and driven
Battered by the angry sea yeah!
Say the tide of time was raging
Don't let the fury fall on me, no, no, no
Cause I know JAH will be waiting there
Ain't it good to know now
JAH will be waiting there
Lost and found, who speak I give
Speak I give, lost and found (repeat)
It means you just can't take the pace
When it's time to have your fun
You find the tears run on down through
Your face, then you stop and think a little
Are you the victim of the system
Anyday now they gonna let you down
Remember Natty will be there
To see you through
JAH will be waiting there
Ain't it doggone good to know you all
JAH will be waiting there
Wait in Summer, wait in Spring
Wait in Autumn, Winter thing
Tribes goes up, all the tribe goes down
Bring my children from the end of the earth
This race so, so very hard to run
Then I say to my soul take courage
Battle to be won
Like a ship that's tossed and driven
Battered by the angry sea yeah!
Say the tide of time was raging
Don't let the fury fall on me, no, no, no
Ain't it good to know now
JAH will be waiting there
Lost and found, who speak I give
Speak I give, lost and found (repeat)
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Submitted by
wailers_564 On Aug 04, 2002
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This is my favorite song from the posthumous Confrontation album from 1983. I think it's better than "Buffafo Soldier". Once again, he tell us about Jah, and when everything looks bad, you can always turn to him, because it will be better later. Jah will be waiting there (In heaven). It sort of reminds of "I know a place", not only the title of the song, but also the lyrics.
Comparation:
"When the hole world let you down" / "are you the victim of the system"
"I know a place!" / "Jah will be waiting there!"
Honestly I like the music melodies in this song
best tunes
Jah will be waiting for us here on earth ;) Heaven's a state of mind. Jah will be waiting there in the kingdom to come while we wait for babylon to fall. Correction :) Bless
Aside from the "howling" voice style that is close on both songs, I don't agree with Simon that this song is similar to "I Know a Place": "When the hole world let you down" / "are you the victim of the system"
"I Know a Place" is a happier, lighter tune, rhythmics included. I'd say that in "I Know", a part that defines well the general mood is "there's a place in the sun, where there is love for everyone". And in "I Know", maybe the part "Any day now they gonna let you down, remember Natty will be there". It's like the first focuses on being under the light, and the second one, in a more earthly process.
To me, when Bob says: "are you a victim of the system" (emphasis are mine), he is being ironical. You are not. Other people are. And in the next sentence: "Any day now they gonna let you down", that's when you will become a victim of the system, and that's when Jah will be waiting to see us through. But that's just the way I hear it, of course.
I like Chillpill comment that Jah will be waiting for us here on Earth. That's also how I always heard this song. But the sentence "Bring my children from the end of earth" always puzzled me. He might be talking about the judgement day. Or he might be asking spiritual support for the "battles to be won".
This song is from the posthumous album Confrontation. On Wikipedia, they say many songs from this album were re-mixed, or copied and pasted from different versions, but we don't get any specific info on this song. I would very much like to know in which period was this song recorded, and if there were posthumous modifications...