Small Axe Lyrics

[Bob Marley]

            Why boasteth thyself, O evil men;
            Playing smart and-a not being clever!
            I said you're working iniquity
            To achieve vanity (if a-so, a-so),
            But the goodness of Jah - Jah
            Idureth for Iver.

            So if you are the big tree,
            We are the small axe
            Ready to cut you down,  (well sharp)
            To cut you down.

            These are the words of my master
            Keep on tellin' me: no weak heart shall prosper.

            Eh!  Whosoever diggeth a pit
            Shall fall in it - fall in it;
            And whosoever diggeth a pit
            Shall fall in it (fall in it).

            If you are the big tree,
            Let me tell you that: we are the small axe
            Sharpened ready - ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
            To cut you down.

            (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh; to cut you down;
             Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh; to cut you down).

            These are the words of my master
            Tellin' me that: no weak heart shall prosper.

            And whosoever diggeth a pit
            Shall fall in it, uh! - bury in it!
            And whosoever diggeth a pit
            Shall bury in it, uh! (bury in it)

            If you are the big, big tree,
            We are the small axe
            Ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
            To cut you down.

            If you are the big, big tree,
            Let me tell you that: we are the small axe
            Ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
            To cut you down.
            /fadeout/