Selassie is the I at me my love My meditation like a dove
Stop alla failing To fulfill the people words, hey King Selassie I me dem go trouble poor people first
Anytime now dem a go get a red 'Fraid, a get 'fraid now di prisoners dem a go escape Slave place a go blaze
now police dem a go get a red 'Fraid, government a get now Babylon, yuh must get a red Nuff cutchi man a dem run go shave
Woi, I'd rather to be with the I lead Give dem my daily strength and showing dem my need And I'd rather to see love than grief the only way di ghetto youths a go achieve
And I to be with the people in need Babylon system come yah so fi deceive I rather to listen a nah to receive Dem a go cut di woman breast and di man dem seed
perish, long time me see it Black people up an yard inna di east Tell di Indian say fi go fi dem chief Tell di white man from a Europe, go island
Hey, Rastaman no got no a keep There will be a weeping an a an a gnashing of teeth Come out inna di clear, behind wall dem a
Nothing fi di man, black man nah do it woman, stop sweep di white woman street Di ghetto youths go Babylon technique A so me see say Vatican get
now Babylon dem a go get a red 'Fraid, a get 'fraid Anytime now yah, redder deh go blaze Stop treat people slave
Anytime now di prisoners dem a go Too long dem deh in deh yah 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 like all [Incomprehensible] weh dey
Watch a di Rastaman deal wid dem case Ask dem dis question before it too Babylon, a why yuh your toxic waste? You no see say dat yuh a big mistake
Now me who end up like bait Dem hold down black To send white people through di Woi, a agitate Revolution, caw we must
Anytime now dem a go get a red di government a get 'fraid 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 Because di prisoners dem a go
Di a dem a dis di I-ncient of days Got inna di Atlantic ocean gone fire dem Fi di iceburg, fi return di ice age Di a go sink when di water table raise
you stink, an yuh wan bad Yo no think di youth a tell you dis brave I black mother nah be maid Work me black father and dem get paid
Oh, Babylon so much a we a a enslave I di building, di road dem we pave See dem now, see dem now, see dem now yuh dis your own a judgement you made
Anytime now dem a go get a red 'Fraid, Babylon a get now di prisoners dem a go escape Slave master place a go
Anytime now dem a go get a red 'Fraid, government a get Anytime now Babylon, yuh get a red