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Small Axe
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Paul Weller
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Why boasteth thyself, O evil men;
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Playing smart and not being clever, oh no!
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I say you're working iniquity
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To achieve vanity, yeah, if a-so a-so.
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But the goodness of Jah, Jah
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Idureth for Iver.
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If you are the big tree,
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We are the small axe
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Sharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)
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Ready to cut you down, oh yeah!
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These are the words of my master
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Keep on tellin' me, o-oh!
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No weak heart shall prosper
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Oh no, they can't! Eh.
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And whosoever diggeth a pit, Lord,
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Shall fall in it, shall fall in it.
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Whosoever diggeth a pit
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Shall bury in it, shall bury in it.
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If you are the big tree,
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We are the small axe
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Sharpened to cut you down,
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Ready to cut you down.
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Whosoever diggeth the pit
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Shall fall in it, fall in it, eh!
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Whosoever diggeth the pit
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Shall bury in it, shall bury in it.
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If you are the big tree,
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We have a small axe
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Ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
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Sharpened to cut you down.
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If you are the big tree,
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Let me tell you this, we are the small axe
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Ready to cut you down, (well sharp)
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Sharpened to cut you down.
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If you have a big tree
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