No man can decide my destiny
Only I can decide my own fi me
Why? 'Cause I'm a ol' Ganga Lee

I waan be free from all chains, and all bondages and ropes
Free from all bars, and all borders and dogs
Free to praise the Lord, becah mi nah praise di Pope
So why do you a wash your face with Babylon soap?
Mi have whole heap a faith
That mean mi have whole heap a hope
Life ruff and hard, but mi the pickney haffi come
Some tek it 'pon di level and some slide down the slug
Silent river run deep, but Ganga Lee hav to float

I was born to be free
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee
And who have eyes, they will see

Say! Mi nuh come ya so fi choke
A mi nuh come ya so fi laugh
Mi deya 'pon the mission an' me complete all
Jah is my rock, of course He is my star
If you haffi go, you haffi accept the car
Coulda beat me likkle more, me get all the sinners off
Inequity worker, the whole of it witchcraft
Dem incheck mi body, the poor man mi nuh clap
Serious like all fifty children a laugh

I was born to be free
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee
And who have eyes, they will see

Mi deh deh, fi let me go now
And mek mi fly like a bird
Jah send mi out, so mi voice must be heard
I am the sheep and a Him a the shepherd
Cyan stop me somethin' nah go happen please mark the word

I was born to be free
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee
And who have eyes, they will see

Say!
Original Ganga Lee put up feet make me see
South side boys down in Tel Aviv
Tivoli Gardens and di Spanglers posse
What teacher learn, fi the infinitive

You a born to be free, you a own ganga
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee
And who have eyes, they will see

I wanna be free from all chains, and all bondages and ropes
Free from all bars, and all borders and dogs
Free to praise the Lord, becah mi nah praise di Pope
So why do you a wash your face with Babylon soap?
Mi have whole heap a faith
That mean mi have whole heap a hope
Life ruff and hard, but mi the pickney haffi come
Some tek it 'pon di level and some slide down the slug
Silent river run deep, but Ganga Lee hav to float

I was born to be free
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
And who have eyes, they will see

Say! Mi nuh come ya so fi choke
A mi nuh come ya so fi laugh
Mi deya 'pon the mission an' me complete all
Jah is my rock, of course He is my star
If you haffi go, you haffi accept the car
Coulda beat me likkle more, me get all the sinners off
Inequity worker, the whole of it witchcraft
Dem incheck mi body, the poor man mi nuh clap
Serious like all fifty children a laugh

I was born to be free
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee
And who have eyes, they will see

Copyright: Royalty Network
Writer(s): Lewin Brown, Lloyd James Jr