ONE DROP
From Survival (1979)


[Intro]
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(Na, na, na na

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 ...)
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(Na, na, na na

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 ...)


[Chorus]
              
Feel it in the

           
 one drop
            
And we'll stil

              
l find time to

     
 rap
              
We're making t

            
he one stop
            
 The generatio

  
n gap
             
So feel this d

           
rumbeat
            
 As it beats w

   
ithin
             
Playing a rhyt

    
hm 
            
Resisting agai

        
nst the system

, ooh-we!
 

[Post-Chorus]
             
 I know Jah'd 

           
never let us d


own
          
Pull your righ

ts from wrong
             
 I know Jah'd 

           
never let us d


own
          
Oh no! oh no! 

oh no!


[Verse]
             
 They made the

            
ir world so ha

rd
            
Everyday we go

             
t to keep on f

ighting
             
 They made the

            
ir world so ha

rd
            
Everyday the p

          
eople are dyin

g, yeah
             
  For hunger a

    
nd starvation
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
            
              

     
     lamentati

on
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
             
 But read it i

  
n Revelation
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
           
 You'll find y

our redemption
(Dread, dread, it dread ...)


[Bridge]
             
And then you g

              
ive us the tea

             
ching of His M


ajesty
           
For we no want

             
 no devil phil

osophy
             
You give us th

              
e teaching of 

    
His Majesty
           
For we no want

             
 no devil phil

osophy


[Chorus]
              
Feel it in the

           
 one drop
            
And we'll stil

              
l find time to

     
 rap
              
We're making t

            
he one stop
            
 And we're fil

         
ling the gap
             
So feel this d

           
rumbeat
            
 As it beats w

   
ithin
             
Playing a rhyt

    
hm 
            
Fighting again

   
st ism and ski

sm


[Post-Chorus]
             
 I know Jah'd 

           
never let us d


own
          
Pull your righ

ts from wrong
             
 I know Jah'd 

           
never let us d


own
          
Oh no! oh no! 

oh no!


[Verse]
             
 They made the

            
ir world so ha

rd
           
Everyday (we g

              
ot to keep on 


fighting) - ev

ery day ...
             
 They made the

            
ir world so ha

rd
           
Everyday (the 

           
people are dyi

ng)
             
(Dread, dread,

    
 it dread, dre

ad)
            
(Dread, dread,

 
 dread, oh dre

ad)
             
(Dread, dread,

    
 it dread, dre

ad)
            
(Dread, dread,

 
 dread ...)


[Bridge]
             
You give us th

              
e teaching of 

    
His Majesty
           
For we no want

             
 no devil phil

osophy - Can y

ou hear?
             
You give us th

              
e teaching of 

    
His Majesty
           
For we no want

             
 no devil phil

osophy


[Chorus]
              
We feel it in 

             
the one drop, 

 
we're lucky
            
For we still g

           
ot time to rap
              
And we're maki

             
ng the one sto

    
p, let me tell

 ya
            
 This generati

         
on gap
             
So feel this d

           
rumbeat
               
 
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