My  interpretation of sizzla’s song Be strong  
Taken from the drop leaf riddim album.listen  
To song for timing & strumming. 
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       chords used: Dm        A#    C    Am     Gm   
                        E   =  ( 0           0       0     0         3 ) 
                        A  =   ( 0           1       3     0         5 ) 
                        D  =   ( 0           3      2     2         5 ) 
                        G  =   ( 3           3      0     2         3 ) 
                        B  =   ( 2            3     1     1         3 ) 
                         e  =   ( 1            0     0     0         3 ) 
Progression  pattern runs through entire tune. 
Dm             A#                   C                 Am                  A#                  Gm                 Am   
 Intro picks played over this intro verse. But intermittently you can improvise  
Picking into the song so as u like it.     
e-5-5--7--------------------5-5-------------------5-5--7-7--7--5----------------    
B------------8-8--7--5-------------8-7-5--------------------------------8--5------ 
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
Intro:  
Whoa oh! Whoa whoa yeah! Whoa ay! Whoa hey!  
Yeah, you got to get goin, no time for sitting down  
Some people not knowing life is a cycle  
You gotta know how to get around, Wooh! Ha!  
Dm             A#                   C                 Am                  A#                  Gm                 Am 
Chorus:  
Yes you got to be strong, and behave the best you can  
The world is out there conquer your fears, and don’t you wait too long  
Yes you got to be strong, and behave the best you can  
The world is out there conquer your fears, and don’t you wait too long  

Verse 1:  
Hi! How you doing long time I have been seeing you  
Hope your behaving yourself to good behaving citizen  
Nothing come easy you got tom work cause I’m telling you  
Hope and pray for the best, cause I believe in you  
Not like the stereotype cleanliness intriguing you  
Give thanks and praises for my life, and for us being here  
Children can’t go to school, the system killing us  
There’s good in us and recall is what they bringing out  
Show the world what we got the struggles continues yo  
Check the conditions in which were living yo  
Ain’t no one come giving yo, got to work to be the winner  
Our children going to bury not having your dinner  

Chorus:  
Yes you got to be strong, and behave the best you can  
The world is out there conquer your fears, and don’t you wait too long  
Yes you got to be strong, and behave the best you can  
The world is out there conquer your fears, and don’t you wait too long  

Verse 2:  
People are filled with expectations that’s fine with me  
Opportunity comes but once so it’s time for me  
I don’t think of fire because it’s sunshine for me  
Something in the back of my HEAD!!!! Keeps reminding me  
Keep on listening hear, when I call  
There’s good, and that’s so just be good and stand tall  
A lot of people love your wish for me to fall  
I’m not scared, I pray to be who had created all  
Evils and the demons woo I don’t stop with them  
Hey they don’t like me, hey what’s up with them  
I just can’t do without Jah love because it lacks the oxygen  
I’m doing no fully, I don’t even no par with them  

Chorus:  
Yes you got to be strong, and behave the best you can  
The world is out there conquer your fears, and don’t you wait too long  
Yes you got to be strong, and behave the best you can  
The world is out there conquer your fears, and don’t you wait too long  

Repeat Verse 1  
Repeat Chorus 
ENJOY! JAH GUIDE.