Tribute to Garnett Silk

[Intro]
Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Jacob Miller, [?]. Now Garnett Silk gone as well. Macka B a-sing tribute to a irie Rasta youth. Watch dis

[Verse 1]
Now people always say that the good die young
And we lost another one a' Selassie I’s son
But, although him body might ha' gone
Garnett's spirit and music
Will always live on

[Chorus]
So if you love Garnett Silk
You put you hand hand inna di air
He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
But Garnett Silk is no longer here
Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career

[Verse 2]
Him sing about long and cultural things
Him sing about the emperor Selassie I the king
Him sing with so much power and so much feeling
Him buss ’round the scene like a steam engine

[?] Rasta everybody love him
Everyone a-said him was the next king
Even girls inna party [?]
Used to jump and down when di man start sing

[Chorus]
So if you love Garnett Silk
You put you hand hand inna di air
He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
But Garnett Silk is no longer here
Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career

[Verse 3]
One a' mi favorite Garnett song
A di one called "Zion in a Vision"
Mi love 'ow di sang dat one
'Cause he sing it with a lotta conviction

And I pray dat now him der inna di vision
I pray dat Garnett Silk inna Zion
I pray Selassie I stretch out him hand
And take Garnett Silk to di land

[Chorus]
Hey, if you love Garnett Silk
You put you hand hand inna di air
He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
But Garnett Silk is no longer here
Cut off in the prime of a brilliant

[Verse 4]
Garnett appear to a lotta reggae fire
Di people did a-call him di reggae messiah
"Hello, Mama Africa", dat was a flyer
Talk "Keep Them Talking" catch di whole place afire

[?] Garnett music [?] I could not refuse it
Inna di record shop mi nuh haffi hear it
Mi jus' say, "Gimme any new Garnett"

[Chorus]
Well, if you love Garnett Silk
You put you hand hand inna di air
He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
But Garnett Silk is no longer here
Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career

[Verse 5]
It's another reggae singer
It's another deejay
Early in their life they ha' passed away
Dem [?] day after day
Nobody knows how dem life a go’ stay
So, try [?] right and walk di right way
Try to sing di right song
Mind what you say
Put your trust in di Most High
A him you fi [?]
You might [?] a di kingdom a’ Zion [?]

[Chorus]
If you love Garnett Silk
You put you hand hand inna di air
He gave a lotta people happiness and cheer
But Garnett Silk is no longer here
Cut off in the prime of a brilliant career