Marley and the Négus

MARLEY AND THE NEGUS Marley was a friend with the Negus But the Negus was no friend of his He’s no God nor Jesus How could he dismiss this I and I under the sky Eden isn’t great enough Milk and honey and grass so high Dreaming life so tough Ethiopia the tyraus falling, smote them upon their knees Children are lost and lostly calling over the distant seas The King of Kings came to Kingston town In the spring of sixty-six Who could imagine he would thus slow down, In a such heavy mist Marley was a friend with the Negus But the Negus was no friend of his He’s no God nor Jesus How could he dismiss this The story started here long ago In the South of the land of Kush Moses’s wife she came from here Does it justify the rush Ethiopia the tyraus falling, smote them upon their knees Children are lost and lostly calling over the distant seas Ras Makonan the father of the son Rimbaud had to deal w