GCGC
Life is for Living. Not for the giving.
GCGC
Life is for living. Not for the giving.
GCGC
We shall good thought.And saw i can draw
GCGC
Give him the kite. Will talk to the bride
GCGC
God would make the healers.They can’t unite again.
[Chorus]
EmAm
They set you up my son.
EmCG/B
They set you up my chil-dren.
EmAm
Why did you set up my children?
[Verse 2]
GC
They think they gotbow.Little bow .You know it out.
GC
Through us the flour.Sure us the hour.
GC
Men shall destrive.Men shall strive
GC
They shall be even try to take yer ____.
[Chorus]
EmAm
They set you up my son.
EmCG/BAmG
They set you up my s----o--------n.
[Verse 3]
GC
God Jah will protect you, You shall not pay
GC
This are the mouners, Sample my prayer
GC
As those do a curl of, To see your hurt
GC
Hope they are satisfied, For what it's worth
[Chorus]
EmAmEmCG/BAmG
They set you up my son, They set you up my peo-ple
EmAmEmCG/BAmG
They set you up my son, They set you up my peo-ple
EmAmEmCG/BAm7G
They set you up my son, They set you up my chil--dr---e---n
[Link]
GC
[Verse 4]
GC
They know not day, They know not night
GC
They are so lost, In a life that so bright
GC
For umpteen years, We give these tears
GC
Yet they pass the sea. Seek give a plan
GC
Gone of their mind, We give their minds
GC
Play in their heads. Sues them for deaths
GC
Send them to rock. Send them to cliff
GC
Send them to upset. The ruling government.
[Chorus]
EmAm
They set you up my son. (Whoa yes they will)
EmCG/BAmGEmAm
They set you up my s----o--------n.
[Verse 5]
CG
State the words of my master
CG
State the words of my master
GC
I shall protect you, Keep wickedness away
GC
Men shall ripe of plenty, Lands I have should
GC
Thou shalt be free, Thou shalt see
GC
Though send victory, Of the enemy
[Bridge]
GC/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
GC/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
GC/GCC/BC/AC/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
[Chorus]
EmAm
They set you up my son. Oh yes they will now.
EmCG/BAmG
They set you up my s----o--------n.
[Link]
GC
[Verse 6]
GC
Oh people please. Lift with your eyes
GC
Be with your vision. Try to realize
GC
Offense that march. Give you much starch
GC
Play hand your mind. You can see that your blind
GC
Take your religion. Drive you away
GC
Surround you by water. On that day to this day
GC
You cannot move. Without all that pieces
GC
All of desassels. You will have to please them.
[Chorus]
EmAm
They'll set you up my son. I know they will now.
EmCG/BAmG
They set you up my s----o--------n.
[Bridge 2]
CGCG
Say the will of my masters. And not nothing from this disaster
GCGC
Time is at hand, We understand. We shall pay, For what they've done
GCGC
Mind just and stairs, Laughing is mine. So I shall turn, Now shall be blind
[Chorus]
EmAm
They try to set you up my son.
EmCG/BAmG
They set you up my s----o--------n.
CG/BAm7G
my s----o---------n.
CG/BAm7G
my s----o---------n.
CG/BAm7G
my s----o---------n.
[Riff]
GABCBAG
[Verse 7]
GCGC
As did their vision, Just not good men. Men just in chariots, Horses and plates.
GCGC
Theirs will be brainwashed, So many years. he gather 'till them.
[Chorus]
EmAm
But a king is never honoured in his own country.
CAm
And a prophet is never honoured in his own country.
GCGCGCGC
But Jah is our strength. She love by hand. He shall establish. He got his plan.
GCGCGCGC
No man and people, Can come take their life. So judgement day, Me struggle strive.
GCGCGCGC
Though the fire a go burn it. And now the fire a go burn it.
GCGCGCC#7G
You miss. Yes you miss. You were wrong. You were wrong.
[Riff]
GDBEGDBE
[Chorus]
EmAmEmCG/BAm7G
They’ll set you up my son. They’ll set you up my s----o---------n.
[Verse 8]
GCGC
How can you rest, In such a blaze night. How can you think, In suffer our side.
GCGC
So far away, The land we have known. Don’t be no fool, Please come on home.
GCGC
Hey baby, I am in the place. They don’t have no rastaman taste.
GCGC
Hey, baby, all in all, You lost.
[Outro]
EmAm7G6EmAm7G6G
Jah is our Strength. Jah is our Strength.