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