Selassie is the I at me my love My meditation going a dove
alla keep failing To fulfill the people words, hey King I me hailing Anna dem go poor people first
Anytime now dem a go get a red 'Fraid, a get 'fraid Anytime now di dem a go escape Slave place a go blaze
now police dem a go get a red 'Fraid, a get 'fraid Anytime now Babylon, yuh get a red Nuff man nuff a dem run go shave
Woi, I'd rather to be with the I lead Give dem my daily strength and showing dem my daily And I'd rather to see more love grief That's the only way di ghetto youths a go
And I to be with the people in need Babylon system only yah so fi deceive I to listen a nah to word receive Dem a go cut di woman and bust di man dem seed
Mussa perish, long me see it Black back up an yard inna di east di Indian say fi go look fi dem chief Tell di white man from a Europe, go island
Hey, Rastaman no got no secret a There will be a weeping an a wailing an a of teeth Come out inna di clear, wall dem a peep
Nothing fi di man, black man nah do it Black woman, stop sweep di woman street Di ghetto youths go study technique A so me see say get defeat
now Babylon dem a go get a red 'Fraid, Babylon a get Anytime now yah, redder deh go blaze Stop treat people like
now di prisoners dem a go escape Too dem deh in deh yah bake Anytime now dem a go get a red Man go repatriate
Dem make dem satellite and dem it a space Mash up di o-zone layer Babylon a Sun a burn and it a strip dem face Could deh dem look all [Incomprehensible] weh dey bake
Watch a di Rastaman deal wid dem case Ask dem dis before it too late Babylon, a why yuh your toxic waste? You no see say dat yuh a big mistake
Now tell me who end up like Dem hold black people To send white people through di Woi, Rastaman a Revolution, caw we repatriate
now Babylon dem a go get a red 'Fraid di government a get Anytime now dem a go get a red Dem separate we and wan' enslave
Anytime now dem a go get a red And Babylon, you nah save Anytime now dem a go get a red di prisoners dem a go escape
Di a dem a dis di I-ncient of days Got inna di Atlantic gone fire dem lace Fi di iceburg, fi return di ice age Di west a go sink when di water raise
you stink, an yuh wan bad Yo no badda think di youth a tell you dis I black nah be your maid me black father and dem never get paid
Oh, so much a we a come a enslave I di building, di road dem we pave See dem now, see dem now, see dem now From yuh dis your own a judgement you
Anytime now dem a go get a red 'Fraid, a get 'fraid now di prisoners dem a go escape Slave master place a go
now police dem a go get a red 'Fraid, government a get now Babylon, yuh must get a red