Intro:
Daseca
(Ah, Daseca, Da, Daseca) (Selassie I)
A Jah alone
The most high
Wooohhhhuuuhh
Sooo

Chorus:
I dont wanna be at the wayside
Fi hypocrites come cry at my graveside
I dont wanna be, dont wanna be a memory
Please Jah protect mi from my enemies
Sooo
I dont wanna be at the wayside
Yuh nuh see dem waan come cry at your graveside
I dont wanna be, dont wanna be a memory
Please Jah protect mi from my enemies

Verse 1:
Dem seh the brave dont live forever
But the cautious dont live at all
Be careful of the ones, who waan fi si yuh fall
Mi still stand up pon mi foot dem
Although mi haffi know weh fi put dem
Yeah di mansion in the sky
Dem waan fi si mi die, but mi overlook dem, yeah

Mi dem waan fi blow weh like paper
Mi nuh know a weh mi do dutty nigga
A through mi dress clean everyday(ah ah)
Dem a watch mi mi mek cream everyday, yeah
As the stars in the sky dem cyan see mi die
Nah go inna nuh clay
(Sooo)

Chorus:
I dont wanna be at the wayside
Fi hypocrites come cry at my graveside
I dont wanna be, dont wanna be a memory
Please Jah protect mi from my enemies
Sooo
I dont wanna be at the wayside
Yuh nuh see dem waan come cry at your graveside
I dont wanna be, dont wanna be a memory
Please Jah protect mi from my enemies

Verse 2:
Mi eyeball a di sharpest weapon
Look!
Fi si weh dem deh pon
Yeah, some a dem sell yuh out fi police shell yuh out
Nuh trust dem fi a second
Mi nuh really know weh dem reckon
Mi music a kick dem like Beckham
Dem, nuh waan mi stack dough, nuh waan mi cash flow
Gi dem something fi check on(no!)

Dem cyan stop mi shine
Definitely cyan stop mi time
Work so hard, gimme what's mine
Dem cyan stop mi star from mi shine
Soo

Chorus:
I dont wanna be at the wayside
Fi hypocrites come cry at my graveside
I dont wanna be, dont wanna be a memory
Please Jah protect mi from my enemies
Sooo
I dont wanna be at the wayside
Yuh nuh see dem waan come cry at your graveside
I dont wanna be, dont wanna be, dont wanna be
(Please Jah protect mi from my enemies)(Yeah, Daseca)

Outro:
I dont wanna be at the wayside(Gully God)
Cry at your graveside(Ah just di road weh mi trod)
A memory(Daseca)
Man nah stop hustle fi di paper nooo noo noo

I dont wanna be at the wayside(no no no)
Cry at my graveside
Dont wanna be, a memory
Please Jah protect mi from my enemies