Mr. president, delegates,
Since the of modern civilization Generations witnessed and inherited the only conflicts of world wars But behold the marriage supper of the lamb and the bridegroom onto his Then shall the earth's children know the true of one love Then earth shall honeymoon in peace. Forever eliminating the aspirations, and anguish of wars and rumors of wars, Selah!
See it deh know the going up in vapors And propaganda spreading the Sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cause judgement a blaze, blaze ya And Babylon a gamble the youth dem like racehorse And gi dem a uniform and a dem head with razors And now the clock a strike war, be amazed 'cause Inna dem churches to save, saviors
Can we do it? we can do it, we do it!
Boom! Tell dem fe uh draw mi out when the world government inna out Only few men survive out Run left him colleagues dem sprawling out, dead! Medic haffi him out And give him two tranquilizer fi him out, deh pon base! Can't get no calling out when him hear from the shout week Him find a new shoes Wife can't get no news and she starting to doubt, she still searching! And the youth dem out Working hard not to let it all out Well not safe to go walk about A from Baghdad to water house She start to arouse she want a spouse She go out, start beat a darker stout, guns come out! Working people run out Keep a show last week and no one out, bombs come out! Mi gas tank run out, bombo clatt! The tape just run out, weed run out! Yuh senses must dumb out, mi a pound round a back deh a gwan sun out Nah come out! the chalice bun out, Nah out! 'Til the malice bun out, a war!
Zimbabwe to berlin Blazin' like a ball, loose ball, dat no work, in war Sleeping, dat no work..in war Can't wear curl, in war No and pearl, in war drink weh a serve, in bar Gas wi up yuh nerves, in war Shot wi up yuh shirt, in war Can't go up no skirt, in war Now and germs, in war go release your sperms, in war Stamina preserve, in war Fire burn, in war Red, it red, it red, it red, it red!
If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it, then you die. You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of for nothings If you cannot do what other men done What other nations have done, what other races done you yourself shall die.
See it deh the innocent going up in vapors And spreading inna the Sunday papers not even superman coulda you with him cape cause Red-a judgement a blaze, ya And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life racehorse And gi dem a and a shave dem head with razors And now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed Inna dem churches tryin' to save,
Hey, now wi fore parents sacrifice Dem blood sweat and tears run syrup Any day a revolution erupt, and the sky's over Kingston lighting up For the new generation up, of youths now a days weh dem sighting up And reasoning dem biding up, Searching for the and the sign is us, Searching for the truth all you is us, Searching for the troops still is us, The we recruit and we come from the root We build like roach boot Weh just can't done, Rastafari' design me If a the fight for sign me up Cause you tell-lie-vision can't me up Soldiers and dem wising up, realizing they're no more right than us Realizing there's no use us Realizing their opening their eyes to see the demoralizing life as us So we nah tek nor smiling up Cause the word tantrum boiling up, And who alling the shots and nah bust Controlling the mind of the young, down
Bear famine, no nah fall from London to Dadeland mall All the son of the virgin bawl, of the church in war Preaching and war Practice and war Teaching and dem war and urging war Always keep in war Cause man will out a swerving car Now and birds in war And the and nerds in war And the and curves in war and reverse in war Red, it red, it red, it red, it red
If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it, then you die. You of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for nothings If you cannot do other men have done What other have done, what other races have done you yourself shall die.