Life is the greatest, the greatest Life is the greatest Life is the greatest, the greatest Life is the greatest Give thanks for life and a mighty life giver Shaped in iniquity I was born as a sinner Never get no golden spoon fi mi dinner Big up to mi madda Barbara Jones your a winner Haffi keep a smile through the pressure There so many things in the life to be treasured Nobody knows of the time or the hour We haffi live now we know bout tomorrow See when the rain falls it falls on every house top, yeah Nah fuss and fight and be ungrateful See there is always someone in a worse situation So make the best of life Life is the greatest, the greatest Life is the greatest Life is the greatest, the greatest Life is the greatest Sometimes the road hilly and it rocky Life will throw you things even when you nuh ready The race wey mi run it name slow and steady Cyah do it alone when the time get heavy Hey! Haffi call pan sellassie, black liberation A dat you do fi we Hey! Haffi call pan selassie, you mek we realize our self pan di journey 'Cause see when the rain falls it falls on every house top, yeah So don't fuss and fight and be ungrateful See there is always someone in a worse situation Oh oh! 'Cause life is the greatest, the greatest Life is the greatest Life is the greatest, the greatest Life is the greatest Life is the greatest! Yeah! Whoa whoa oho whoa Life is the greatest yeah whoa ooh whoa, whoa ooh whoa