Bunny Wailer - Wanted Children

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I say: Wanted children!
Crying from the backbones of their fathers
Wanted children! Longing for the bosom of their mothers
Wanted children!
Crying from the backbones of their fathers
Wanted children! Longing for the bosom of their mothers

Now didn't Jah create the earth
Genesis 1:1

And to the waters did He give birth
Job 38:8; Job 38:28-30

He divided the waters from the land
Rivers for land and seas for sand
Genesis 1:9-10

Then said He let there be light
And He made the darkness bright
Genesis 1:3-4

Greater lights to rule by day
Lesser lights to rule by night
Genesis 1:16

Nothing or no one can change them
2 Peter 3:4

Adjust or even rearrange them
These creations were here from the beginning
So accept them for what they're worth
For all good things in life are free
Like liberty for you and for me
As the freedom of a raging storm
Let the little children born

Wanted children!
Crying from the backbones of their fathers
Wanted children! Longing for the bosom of their mothers
I say: Wanted children!
Crying from the backbones of their fathers
Wanted children! Longing for the bosom of their mothers

And so Jah created man
Male and female according to His plan
Genesis 1:27; Gen. 5:2; Mark 10:6

All creatures both great and small
And in pairs He created them all
To man and woman He gave all dominion
Over all creatures that lived on creation
To multiply and replenish the earth
By coming together and so give birth
Genesis 1:26-28

So who are you to try them
Price them and sell them
Who are you to slave them
And to kill them before them born
Who are you to hunt them down
Run them down and gun them down
Who are you to judge them
And to put them to shame and scorn

I say: Wanted children!
Crying from the backbones of their fathers
Wanted children! Longing for the bosom of their mothers
I say: Wanted children!
Crying from the backbones of their fathers
Wanted children! Longing for the bosom of their mothers

I say: Wanted children!
Crying from the backbones of their fathers
Wanted children! Longing for the tender hearts of their mothers

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