Smile - Lyrics

December 2004

SMILE

By: Derrick N. Ashong

Dem a go find me

Sittin’ pon de way you afe go

To find freedom living

Inside of your soul

Let de riddims dem remind we

Of the power in this African gold

That’s beating in the heart of my people

And beckons we home

Lost in time

Was this heart of mine

Yet still I climb

Seeking the heights of love untold

If faith be blind

She’ll never see we cry

So I sing this time

To the glory of the bold

Tell them seh…

Smile

Don’t let them know you’re afraid

Smile

Remember people can change

Smile

Don’t let them know you’re afraid

Just smile

‘Til the end of your days

I was a warrior

Long before they gave gun man dem control

And so I walk with Jah-Jah to guide me

His truth is my sword

The final battle nah begun yet

So when it come then let the righteous look home

And rising ‘pon the song of my people

Let justice unfold

Lost in time

Was this heart of mine

Yet still I climb

Seeking the heights of love untold

If faith be blind

She’ll never see we cry

So I sing this time

Let us come in from the cold

Tell them seh…

Smile

Don’t let them know you’re afraid

Smile

Remember people can change

Smile

Don’t let them know you’re afraid

Just smile

‘Til the end of your days

Smile

Because I know you’re afraid

Smile

We are the children of change

Smile

And let the world think us strange

We’ll smile

‘Til the end of our days