IS A MAN A PERSON? 

(Intro)
Yeahhh…
Dis one go out to all de people dem
Who know de difference between de living man
And de legal PERSON fiction.
Truth ah light…
Fiction cyan fight de Most High.

(Verse 1)
Step inna de office, clerk look pon me face,
Say, “State your PERSON name, keep de system in place.”
But I tell dem gentle, in spirit an’ calm,
“Daniel is de Christian name, de one from me mom.”
Dem bring out de papers, de barcode ting,
Try fi bind de man wid a legal string.
But de soul cyan sign fi de straw-man role—
For de man ah creation, and God control.

(Chorus)
Is a man a PERSON?
No sah, no way—
A PERSON ah fiction of de bureaucra-cy.
Is a man a PERSON?
Truth ah weh we sing:
A man come from Jah…
Not from a legal ting.
Dem tax de surname,
Dem claim de ID,
But de breath of de man
Come from de Almighty.

(Verse 2)
Look how dem push de plastic card as “you,”
But a ID cyan hold what de Most High brew.
Fingerprint, photo, signature curl—
Still cyan capture de truth of Jah’s world.
Dem seh: “Perform de PERSON, pay fee, obey,”
But me conscience protected in a righteous way.
For Christ break de chain dat Babylon made—
And free up de man from de PERSON trade.

(Chorus)
Is a man a PERSON?
No sah, stand strong—
A PERSON a paper, but de man live long.
Is a man a PERSON?
Hear de courtroom ring:
Truth mash up illusion,
Fiction cyan do a ting.
Dem push de persona,
Dem push de surname,
But de man of Jah
Nah bow to dat claim.

(Bridge – One-drop riddim)
Babylon system love form and name—
Jah man move by spirit, not by dem game.
Dem regulate shadow,
Dem profit from fear,
But a living man rising
When de truth appear.
Fyah pon de fiction,
Grace for de soul—
Christ set de captive free,
Make de broken man whole.

(Verse 3)
From cradle in de ward to de courthouse gate,
Dem try classify man under birth-certificate.
Let Caesar keep de PERSON, fi commerce and law—
But de man walk free like Moses bruck de jaw.
I choose de kingdom above dem claim,
Reject de bondage of de debtor name.
Let de state drive de costume, let dem do dem ting—
But a man of Jah soar pon redemption wing.

(Final Chorus)
Is a man a PERSON?
No sah—truth told:
De PERSON made of paper,
But de man made bold.
Is a man a PERSON?
No force can make it so—
Conscience protected,
And de Spirit seh: “No.”
Dem can bind de fiction,
Dem can tax de string,
But Jah create de man—
Not a legal ting.

(Outro – Spoken, soft drums)
So walk good, bredren…
Walk good, sistren…
Hold firm to truth inna Babylon land.
For de man is eternal—
De PERSON just sand.
One love… one law…
One Almighty King.