Tomorrow people, where is your past?
Tomorrow people, how long will you last?
Tomorrow people, where is your past?
Tomorrow people, how long will you last?

Today you say you deyah
Tomorrow you say you're gone
But you're gone so long
If there is no love in your heart, so sorry
Then there is no hope for you, true, true

Tomorrow people, where is your past?
Tomorrow people, how long will you last?
Tomorrow people, where is your past?
Tomorrow people, how long will you last?

So you're in the air
But you still don't have a thing to spare
You're flying high
While we're on the low o-o-oh

Tomorrow people, where is your past?
Tomorrow people, how long will you last? Tell me now
Tomorrow people, where is your past? No where
Tomorrow people, how long will you last? Ten years!

Stop tellin' me the same story
Today you say you deyah
Tomorrow you say you're gone and you na come back
If there is no love in your heart oh now
There will never be hope for you

Tomorrow people, where is your past?
Tomorrow people, how long will you last? Ten years!
Tomorrow people, where is your past?
Tomorrow people, tomorrow people, come on
Don't know your past, don't know your future everyone
Don't know your past, you won't know your future, every man
Don't know your past, you don't know your future, come on
Don't know your past, you don't know your future, hey

How many people did that one catch
How many nations did that one catch
Don't know past, you don't know your future
Don't say, don't know past, don't know your future

How many people did that one catch
How many nations did that one catch
Come on come on


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Tomorrow People Lyrics as written by David Nesta Marley

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    This song is about selfishness and greed exhibited by the United States.

    The U.S. is a relatively young country; it doesn't have a past that dates back centuries like many countries. The song infers that all the U.S. cares about is what it can gain from tomorrow, but it does not value it's ancestry.

    So this song is labeling the U.S. as the "Tomorrow People."

    Honoring the past is about honoring one's people and heritage. But the U.S. does not do that. It has no love:

    "If there is no love in your heart -- so sorry."

    The U.S. is advanced technologically, but according to the songwriter, the U.S. does not use it's abundance to help 3rd world countries that are less fortunate:

    "So you're in the air But you still don't have a thing to spare"

    In other words, the U.S. is so abundant that it has airplanes. However, the U.S. is not generous enough to share their prosperity with others:

    "You're flying high While we're on the low o-o-oh"

    Ultimately, the song is saying that while the U.S. is wealthy and prosperous, it has nothing of real value because it has no love. It does not help other people or nations.

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