Rasta Rita - Paper Passport Lyrics

[Intro]
Papers in my hand, worn and torn
Like stories that we carry along
Babylon system, what have you done?
Making people run from the rising sun

[Verse 1]
Tea gardens in Kadıköy where stories unfold
Young girl showed me her life in papers so old
Stamped and processed, reduced to a name
In this concrete jungle, we're all the same
My father drives his dolmuş through the streets of gold
Picking up souls whose tales remain untold

[Chorus]
Who decides who belongs?
Where do we go when the system's wrong?
Jah know we're more than documents, yeah
More than the stamps that make us move along
One love, one heart, one destiny
No borders can contain humanity

[Verse 2]
From Syria to Ukraine, same tears fall
Different languages but one common call
They try to break us down to numbers and codes
But we rise like lions on these winding roads
In between worlds, between day and night
Searching for shelter in the pale moonlight

[Bridge]
Systems of control
Can't capture my soul
Babylon falls
When love stands tall

[Chorus]
Who decides who belongs?
Where do we go when the system's wrong?
Jah know we're more than documents, yeah
More than the stamps that make us move along
One love, one heart, one destiny
No borders can contain humanity

[Outro]
Papers may fade and stamps may die
But our spirit soars in the endless sky
Justice will come like waves to the shore
Till every soul finds their open door
Jah bless, Jah bless
Every wandering soul, yes