My father, my father
My father, my father
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
Jah Jah rise me from the slums
Niggas' words shall make me whole
Jah Jah taking in my hand
Jah Jah give me salvation, yeah
My iniquity, Jah clean them all away
My transgressions, Jah clean them all away
Because
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
They try to separate
They try to segregate
All they trying be coming vain
Some of them a want to sabotage
Some of them a want to put me down
But Jah Jah never let I wear a frown, no
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
Jah Jah rise me from the slums
Niggas' words shall make me whole
Jah Jah taking in my hand
Jah Jah give me salvation, yeah
My iniquity, Jah clean them all away
My transgressions, Jah clean them all away
Because
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
They try to separate
They try to segregate
All they trying be coming vain
Some of them a want to sabotage
Some of them a want to put me down
But Jah Jah never let I wear a frown, no
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life
Niggas wrote my name so higher (So high, higher)
Niggas wrote my name in the book of life