Intro

Wow lawd

Woow way

Jah have mercy on me (mercy on me father)

Have mercy on me, wo wo woow way

Oh Lawd

Verse 1

Be my cast oh Jah and have mercy

Fight against those who fight me

Let the enemy be my foot stool

In I steps I beg you guide meh

Suffer not my foot to be ruled

Cause di heathen want to smite me

Lot of evilous things that they do

Seems as if they wanna spite me

Chorus

Jah lift me higher

While the heathen burning inna fire

Tell di evil doers dem retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Jah lift me higher

While the heathen burning inna fire

Tell di evil doers dem retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Verse 2

Heathen emerging from all sides and all angles

Vampire burning dem bad candle

To the youths life is so much a puzzle

Free them from the chains and bangles

Rastafari build the world inna circle

Babylon a turn it in triangle

Free up

Have mercy on my soul

Chorus

Jah lift me higher

While the heathen burning inna fire

Tell di evil doers dem retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Jah lift me higher

While the wicked burning inna fire

Tell di evil doers dem retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Wo woooo

Verse 1

Be my cast oh Jah and have mercy

Fight against those who fight me

Let the enemy be my foot stool

In your steps I beg you guide meh

Suffer not my foot to be ruled

No oh waaay

Chorus

Jah lift me higher

While the heathen burning inna fire

Tell di evil doers dem retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Jah lift me higher

While the heathen burning inna fire

Tell di evil doers dem retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Outro

Oh wow, jah have mercy on my soul

Higher (higher)

Jah is I an I Shepard

I shall want, everythng

Life and its enhancement of life

Yes Iya

Plea my cause oh Jah Jah

Have mercy on my soul

Wo woooo

Chorus

Jah lift me higher

While the heathen burning inna fire

Tell di evil doers dem retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Rasta lift me higher

While the heathen burning inna fire

Tell di wicked man dem seh retire

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

Yuh nuh see man a survivor

While the evil burning inna fire

Tell di wicked man dem seh retire

Copyright: BROADWAY MUSIC CORPORATION, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer(s): DAVID DI PAOLO, DWIGHT DUNCAN, ELLA JANE THOMPSON, ERROL THOMPSON, JOEL GIBSON, TROY MCLEAN