Released: July 13, 1999
Songwriter: Gary Benson Livingstone Brown Maxi Priest
Producer: Gary Benson Livingstone Brown Maxi Priest
Don't rush the move you gotta make
Don't give it all before you take
Just step aside and watch a while
Be prepared to walk an extra mile
Flip the switch and check the groove
And now's the time to stop talk and move
Education is the only way
To learn to live to fight another day
[Chorus]
We can make it if we try try try
Who's the mathematician Jah Jah on a mission try try try
Don't get caught in no desperation
Use your skill from your ghetto irration
Feel the vibration
Some people see it astrologically
But I didn't get that from my triga knowledgy
What a friend who would deceive
Use your faith when you believe
Thought he was a friend
The human love we thought was real
So off and on so what's the deal
Thought he was a friend yeah
[Chorus]
Now tell me
Who's the mathematician
Jah Jah on a mission
Trying to find a way in this world of attrition
Jah Jah on a mission
Work it out,work it out
Keep it real
We gotta find a sanctuary
Flip into the 21st century
Keep it real and lose the fakes
Learn all your lessons from your own mistakes
Children now will come of age
Let's keep the love as we set the stage
Justice for all we can stand tall
No more comin' from back against the wall hey
We can make it if we try try try
Who's the mathematician
Jah Jah on a mission
Don't give it all before you take
Just step aside and watch a while
Be prepared to walk an extra mile
Flip the switch and check the groove
And now's the time to stop talk and move
Education is the only way
To learn to live to fight another day
[Chorus]
We can make it if we try try try
Who's the mathematician Jah Jah on a mission try try try
Don't get caught in no desperation
Use your skill from your ghetto irration
Feel the vibration
Some people see it astrologically
But I didn't get that from my triga knowledgy
What a friend who would deceive
Use your faith when you believe
Thought he was a friend
The human love we thought was real
So off and on so what's the deal
Thought he was a friend yeah
[Chorus]
Now tell me
Who's the mathematician
Jah Jah on a mission
Trying to find a way in this world of attrition
Jah Jah on a mission
Work it out,work it out
Keep it real
We gotta find a sanctuary
Flip into the 21st century
Keep it real and lose the fakes
Learn all your lessons from your own mistakes
Children now will come of age
Let's keep the love as we set the stage
Justice for all we can stand tall
No more comin' from back against the wall hey
We can make it if we try try try
Who's the mathematician
Jah Jah on a mission
more tracks from the album
CombiNation
- Tell Your Man to Take a Walk
- Back Together Again
- It’s a Lady’s Night
- Mary’s Got a Baby
- What a Woman Needs
- She Wants to Dance
- So What If It Rains
- We Tomorrow’s People
- God Watches Over Us
- Golden Lady
- Here We Go
- Try
- Wasn’t Meant to Be
- I Only Have One Heart
- The One
- Mary’s Got a Baby (The Neptunes Remix)
From the album
- CombiNation (1999)
Maxi Priest popular songs
- Close to You
- Wild World
- I Believe
- Promises
- Here We Go
- Golden Lady
- God Watches Over Us
- Message in a Bottle
- Mary’s Got a Baby (feat. Beenie Man)
- Art of Seduction
- Just Wanna Know
- Love Will Cross Over
- One More Chance
- Woman in You
- Watching the World Go By
- All Kinds of People
- Hard to Get
- Tide Is High
- Marcus
- How Can We Ease the Pain? (Adam Mosely mix)
- Set the Night to Music
- Tender Touch
- Life
- Festival Time