Don't wait until I'm gone away Don't wait until I'm gone away (Oh) After I'm gone (when I'm gone) Will be too late to show you care You've got to love me while I'm here And still with you (with you) 'Cause after I'm gone (when I'm gone) All of the tears will be in vain (in vain) Only the memories will remain What remain for me? Can't rest in peace if you live in war Don't make the conflict reach too far Here one day and you gone tomorrow Next week funeral wreaths and flowers Forget the hours of the time spent up Keeping the malice and it don't make sense now So you intend fi treat me when it dread Nuh come the dead yard fi nyam no fish and bread After I'm gone (when I'm gone away) Will be too late to show you care You've got to love me while I'm here And still with you (with you) 'Cause after I'm gone (when I'm gone) All of the tears will be in vain Only the memories will remain Feel the same? And me say peace, that's the way I'm trodding Step pon you shoes then I beggin' you pardon You nuh waa hear that so you hold hard end Man a road living like prisoner and warden So a who at fault then and who gets hurt When you use you brother fi fabricate you worth Well everybody was naked at birth Whether buried or burnt, we return to the Earth So After I'm gone (when I'm gone) Will be too late to show you care You've got to love me while I'm here And still with you (with you) 'Cause after I'm gone (after I'm gone) All of the tears will be in vain Only the memories will remain Feel the same? The line between your friend and your enemy Easy fi blur when you overpree (overpree) It all depends on the energy You choose to invest in the chemistry Which you require to make it If your desire is to take it to a height (higher height) 'Cause I life is sacred, I purpose is to intensify the light That will shine After I'm gone (when I'm gone, when I'm gone) Will be too late to show you care You've got to love me while I'm here And still with you (with you) 'Cause after I'm gone (when I'm gone) All of the tears will be in vain Only the memories will remain Do you feel the same? After I'm gone (when I'm gone away) Will be too late to show you care You've got to love me while I'm here And still with you (with you) 'Cause after I'm gone (when I'm gone) All of the tears will be in vain Only the memories will remain Feel the same?