Selassie Children Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Em][Am][C][Am][Em]
[Am][C][Em][Am]
[C][Em][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Been laughed at, scrut[G]inized
To the [Am]point where I had to
ask [C]who am [Em]I
Then I re[G]member what they do to Christ
[Em]He was naile[Am]d to a cross and cruci[C]fied
[Em]Now that the light came to me
I [Am]wonder if they're gonna
do the [C]same to me
[Em]And when the truth hits painfully
That's when you [Am]know if you're really
who you [C]claim to be

[Verse 2]
[Em]For so long we've been [Am]denied[C]
Re[Em]jected and brutal[Am]ized[C]
But jah [Em]children shall win the [Am]war
[C]'Cause we [Em]know who we are[Am]
We're [Em]Selassie I children

[Verse 3]
[G]
[Bm]Haile Selassie chil[Em]dren[G][Bm]
We [D]are [Em]Ethiopians by blood
[G]Africa [Bm]was born in us,
[Em]Selassie children
[G]Hai[Bm]le Selassie childre[Em]n
We [Bm]know who [Em]we

[Verse 4]
[D]are[Em]

[Verse 5]
Young boy threw away his comb So [Am]his
papa told him find
a different [Em]home
Never come back, hold your own
Bout you're a [Am]Rasta,
I wish I never know [C]you
[Em]Rejected for the life he choose
[Am]Cast out, all alon[C]e
[Em]The stone that the builder
[Am]man refused
Shall be the head [C]cornerstone

[Verse 6]
[Em]Soon they will real[Am]ize
[C]That we've been rea[Em]ding
between the [Am]lines
[C]Remember we [Em]foretold the war[Am]
You never [Em]forget who we [Am]are
Tell them, we're [C]Selassie

[Verse 7]
[Em]
[G]children[Bm]
Haile Selassie chil[Em]dren[G][Bm]
We are [D]Ethiopi[Em] ans by blood
[G]Africa [Bm]was born in us

[Interlude 1]
[Em][G][Bm]
[D][Em][G][Em][Bm][C][G]

[Verse 8]
[Em]Young girl gotta face the worst
'Cause her [Am]mother just
took a look in her purse
[C]She fin[Em]d a clay kutchie and some
holy herbs
And the [Am]wise mind of Haile [C]i the first
[Em]Mama say young girl you're
losing your mind
Did you [Am]get these things from Satan
[C]She say no [Em]mama I got the
kutchie from Jah 9
And [Am]the wise mind from i [C]na tion

[Verse 9]
Please [Em]mama, don't [Am]scrutin[C]ize
Take this [Em]book and give it [Am]a try[C]
Let this [Em]herb open up your [Am]eyes
Experi[C]ence the [Em]wonders
[Am]of Rastafari
[C]Haile Selassie chil[Em]dren

[Verse 10]
[G]
We [Bm]are Haile Selassie [Em]children[G][Bm]
We are [D]Ethiopi[Em] ans by blood
[G]Afr[Bm]ica was born in us[D][Em]
[G]Hai[Bm]le Selassie children

[Interlude 2]
[Em][G][Bm][D][Em]
[G][Bm][D][Em][G][Bm][Em]
[G][Bm]
[G]

[Verse 11]
[C]The battle will be [G]hard
[D]Haile Selassie children
Still [C]we never [G]stall
[D]Selassie children
Deh ya back a [C]wall
[G]Haile Sel[D]assie children
Still di [Bm]Natty never [C]fall
[Em]Haile [D]Selassie children
Oh [G]coral [C]garden[G]
[D]Selassie children
[Bm]Look at pinn[C]acle[G]
[D]Selassie [Bm]children
[G]Still we deh[C] ya now[G]
[D]Selassie children
[G]Never giv[C]ing up
[Em]Sela[D]ssie children
[G]Take no [Am]heart Gil [G]pain
[D]Selassie children
[G]Fight the[Am] fights in [G]vain
[D]Selassie [G]children
[C]Even [G]if the battle [D]stains
[G]

[Outro 1]
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