Tell me do you really know your brother man.
Cause a heart speaks louder than a color can.
And why would you even shake a man's hand.
If you're not going to help him stand.

Oh- Jah work
Jah work
Jah work is never done.

Every man's actions belong to he.
If prepared for thereafter to each his destiny.
Some people believe and some people know.
Some people deceive and some people show.

Oh- Oh- Jah work
Jah work
Jah work is never done
Never done

Jah work
Jah work
Jah work is never
Oh- is never
Done
Is never done

You must do the heaviest, so many shall do none.
You have got to stand firm, so many shall run.
Some they rest their head at night, some get no sleep at all.
If you listen close to what you see, you will hear the call.

Oh- Jah work
Jah work
Jah work is never done
Is never done

Jah work
Jah work
Jah work is never
Is never
Done


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Le terme "Jah" est le diminutif de "Jah Ras Tafari". Il désigne Dieu dans la culture rastafarienne. Il fait référence à l'Empereur Ethiopien Haile Selassie I (dont le nom de baptême était Ras Tafari Makonen).

Le terme "Jah" est dérivé du mot hébreu "Yahweh" (YHWH), aussi orthographié "Yahvé", "Iahvé" ou encore "Jahweh". Une forme raccourcie que l'on identifie déjà dans le mot "Allelu-Yah, aussi orthographié Allelu-Jah" ou plus simplement "Alléluia" (loué soit le Seigneur).