Bob Marley & The Wailers - Small Axe
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Playing smart and not being clever, oh no
Proverbs 15:33
I say, you're working iniquity
To achieve vanity, yeah (if a-so a-so)
Psalms 52:1; Ps. 94:4; Proverbs 22:8; Isaiah 59:4; Jeremiah 2:5
But the goodness, of Jah Jah
I-dureth for-I-ver
Psalm 106:1
If you are the big tree, we are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down (well sharp)
Ready to cut you down, oh, yeah
Matthew 3:10
These are the words, of my master
Keep on tellin' me, oh oh
No weak heart shall prosper
Proverbs 28:13; Isaiah 54:17
Oh no they can't, hey!
And whosoever diggeth a pit, Lord
Shall fall in it, shall fall in it
Whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it, shall bury in it
Proverbs 26:27; Prov. 28:10; Ecclesiastes 10:8
If you are the big tree, we are the small axe
Sharpened to cut you down
Ready to cut you down
(..)
And whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall fall in it, shall fall in it
(Hey!) Whosoever diggeth a pit
Shall bury in it (shall bury in it)
If you are the big tree, we have the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
Sharpened to cut you down
If you are the big tree, we are the small axe
Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
Sharpened to cut you down
Note:
This song, released in 1973, is a re-recording.It was first recorded in 1973 and is also called Small Axe.
It was later covered by Gladiators in 1982.
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