Wanted Children Lyrics - Bunny Wailer

Wanted children crying from the 

Backbones of their fathers 

Wanted children, longing for the 

Bossom of their mothers (rep.) 

Now didn't JAH create the earth 

And to the waters did he give birth 

He divided the waters from the land 

Rivers for land, and seas for sand 

Then said he, let there be light. 

And he made the darkness bright 

Greater lights to rule by day 

Lesser tights to rule by night. 

Nothing or no one can change them 

Adjust or even rearrange them 

These creations were here from the beginning 

So accept them for what they're worth 

For all good thing in life are free 

Like liberty for you and for me 

As the freedom of a raging storm 

Let the little children born 

Wanted children, crying from the 

Backbones of their fathers 

Wanted children, longin for the 

Bossom of their mothers (rep). 

And so JAH created man 

Male and female according to his plan 

All creatures both great and small 

And in pairs he create them all 

To man and woman he gave all dominion 

Over all creatures that live on creation 

To multiply and replenish the earth 

By coming together and so give birth 

So who are you to try them, price them and sell them 

Who are you to slave them and to 

Kill them before them born 

Who are you to hunt them down 

Run them down and gun them down 

Who are you to judge them and to 

Put them to shame and scorn. 

Wanted children, crying from the 

Backbone of their fathers 

Wanted children longin for the 

Bossom of their mothers (rep.)