No man can decide my destiny!
Only I can decide my own fi me!
Why? 'Cause I'm a ol' Ganga Lee.

I waan be free from all chains, and all bondages and ropes,
Free from all bars, and all borders and dogs.
Free to praise the Lord, becah mi nah praise di Pope.
So why do you a wash your face with Babylon soap?
Mi have whole wheap a faith,
That mean mi have whole wheap a hope.
Life ruff and hard, but mi the pickney haffi come.
Some tek it 'pon di level and some slide down the slug.
Silent river run deep, but Ganga Lee hav to float.

I was born to be free..
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee.
And who have eyes, they will see.

Say! Mi nuh come ya so fi choke,
A mi nuh come ya so fi laugh.
Mi deya 'pon the mission an' me complete all.
Jah is my rock, of course He is my star.
If you haffi go, you haffi accept the car.
Coulda beat me likkle more, me get all the sinners off.
Inequity worker, the whole of it witchcraft.
Dem incheck mi body, the poor man mi nuh clap,
Serious ?, fifty children a laugh.

I was born to be free..
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee.
And who have eyes, they will see.

Mi deh deh, fi let me go now,
And mek mi fly like a bird
Jah send mi out, so mi voice must be heard.
I am the sheep and a Him a the shepherd.
? nah go happen ?

I was born to be free..
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee.
And who have eyes, they will see.

Say!
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South side boys
Tivoli Gardens and di Spanglers posse
What teacher learn, fi the infinitive ?

You a born to be free, you a own ganga..
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee.
And who have eyes, they will see.

I waan be free from all chains, and all bondages and ropes,
Free from all bars, and all borders and dogs.
Free to praise the Lord, becah mi nah praise di Pope.
So why do you a wash your face with Babylon soap?
Mi have whole wheap a faith,
That mean mi have whole wheap a hope.
Life ruff and hard, but mi the pickney haffi come.
Some tek it 'pon di level and some slide down the slug.
Silent river run deep, but Ganga Lee hav to float.

I was born to be free..
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee.
And who have eyes, they will see.

Say! Mi nuh come ya so fi choke,
A mi nuh come ya so fi laugh.
Mi deya 'pon the mission an' me complete all.
Jah is my rock, of course He is my star.
If you haffi go, you haffi accept the car.
Coulda beat me likkle more, me get all the sinners off.
Inequity worker, the whole of it witchcraft.
Dem incheck mi body, the poor man mi nuh clap,
Serious ?, fifty children a laugh.

I was born to be free..
A me a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Ganga Lee, Ganga Lee.
Man a ol' Gangsta Lee, Gangsta Lee.
And who have eyes, they will see.