Mr. president, delegates,
Since the beginning of civilization Generations have witnessed and inherited the conflicts of world wars But behold the supper of the lamb and the bridegroom onto his bride Then shall the earth's children know the true of one love Then mother earth shall in peace. Forever the aspirations, lust and anguish of wars and rumors of wars, Selah!
See it deh know the innocent up in vapors And propaganda inna the Sunday papers not even coulda save you with him cape cause Red-a a blaze, blaze ya And Babylon a the youth dem life like racehorse And gi dem a uniform and a shave dem head razors And now the clock a war, don't be amazed 'cause dem churches tryin' to save, saviors
Can we do it? we can do it, we do it!
Boom! Tell dem fe uh mi out when the world government inna falling out few men survive crawling out Run left him dem sprawling out, nearly dead! Medic haul 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 mistress find a new Wife get no news and lately she starting to doubt, she still searching! And the dem bawling out Working not to let it all come 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 funds run out Keep a show week and no one come out, bombs come out! Mi gas tank just run out, clatt! The scotch tape run out, weed run out! Yuh senses must dumb out, mi have a pound round a back deh a sun out Nah come out! 'Til the bun out, Nah out! 'Til the malice bun out, a war!
Zimbabwe to berlin like a burnin' 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 wi blood up yuh shirt, in war Can't go up no skirt, in war Now and germs, in war Can't go your sperms, in war must 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 to do it, then you will die. You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for If you cannot do other men have done What other nations have done, what races have done you yourself shall die.
See it deh know the innocent going up in And propaganda spreading the Sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cape Red-a a blaze, blaze ya And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life racehorse And gi dem a uniform and a dem head with razors And now the a strike war, don't be amazed 'cause Inna dem churches to save, saviors
Hey, now wi fore parents enough Dem blood sweat and tears run syrup Any day a revolution might erupt, and the sky's over lighting up For the new generation rising up, of youths now a weh dem sighting up And through reasoning dem up, Searching for the and the sign is us, for the truth all you find is us, Searching for the troops behind is us, The almighty we recruit and we come the root We build like roach boot Weh just done, Rastafari' design me tuff If a the fight for sign me up Cause you can't blind me up Soldiers and police dem wising up, realizing no more right than us Realizing there's no use us their opening their eyes to see the same demoralizing life as us So we nah tek nor smiling up Cause the word temper tantrum up, And who alling the shots and nah none Controlling the mind of the young, down
famine, no rain nah fall from London to Dadeland mall All the son of the bawl, institute of the church in war Preaching and war Practice and war and dem learning war Instigating and war Always alert in war Cause man jump out a swerving car Now and birds in war And the freaks and 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 to do it, then you will die. You of cowards, you race of imbeciles, you race of good for nothings If you cannot do what men have done What nations have done, what other races have done Then you yourself die.