Organized Religion
"From de time me a yout, you know, me always in a me own heart. Yes man! Me go to 'presbyterian' church in a me young days, an after me lef presbyterian me to to 'church a god'. You no see it? For dem a tell me say, well... you should go to church. An I did love to go der an learn bout god. But when I go der I tell dem say, 'I no see de man'! For de only one I see a de minister wer der dat preach! So me ask him if him a 'god'. 'No!' So after wen me learn an me look, me go again an me come an tell him say, 'me no see god'... cause tru dey say god de der! An me wan to know him! An wen me go... me no see him. Dey say you only fe serv him in a spirit an in truth... but you can't see him! A him a heaven dy say. An wer heaven supposed to be? Dem say, 'up a cloud'. 'Up a sky'! So... god up a sky... an you go serve him... an him no seen!! Me go look in me self an me say, 'dat a rubbish!' You wan to serve someone an you no see him? So you wouldn't know him! CHO! So me lef der. Lef it, you hear!? Dey say, 'If you see god... you can't see god an live'! So me say, 'dat a rubbish!' For dey say you fe dead first. Aye!? Wen you see god now a wen you dead!? Dat a rubbish! For afer a man dead you don't know nothin again, you know. So dat god a DEAD GOD! So... wen me hear bout dis man now, say... a dem say, 'RASTAFARI!'... Rasta-for-I! me jus tek it an me jus LIVE it! I know dat Rasta is de Truth Way, an der is no other way but RASTA!!"
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