Jah Rastafari, and I saw an I-angel ascended the east Having the of the living King, Emperor Haile Selassie I The Most High and He cried out with a loud voice,
Oh, oh, it's a raggy road, is so rough road, road is so tough Raggy road, a road is so road
Well, I been this road for the longest while And me career nuff a dem want fi this road for the longest while And never yet try profit off all another man
Troddin this road for the while A time in this house and me no stop till the soil Troddin this for the longest while And away more than one tenth of the spoil
Troddin this road for the while And still me never run outa oil
This the one you have fi dem a no bargain, tell dem a no deal Nuff a dem nah want put dem shoulder to the So dem go rape, dem go rob and dem go kill and
All a try eat all a man meal Onu deaf, onu dumb, onu blind fi go One man was to open the seal Emperor Selassie I, I is real get trampled under me heel
Raggy road, is so rough Raggy road, is so tough Raggy road, is so rough road
Well, I been troddin' this for the longest while And me career a dem want fi soil Troddin this road for the while And never yet try profit off all man toil
Troddin this road for the longest A time in this house and me no stop till the soil Troddin this road for the longest And give away than one tenth of the spoil
this road for the longest while And my lamp never run outa oil
Well, a dem go get throw overboard Like Henry Morgan the pirate code Nuff a dem a trod corruption road Nuff a dem a trod with heavy load
True dem promote that dem and The bingi man no [Incomprehensible], man no pose man no wear up dem Babylon clothes In a me and me Asian robe
Well, dem a see, we come fi expose The righteous works nuff try I see judgment a take dem evil at the Judgment take dem and dem explode
Well, it's a raggy road, is so rough Raggy road, is so tough road, a road is so rough Raggy
Immanuel so rough Raggy Selassie I road so road [Incomprehensible] so Raggy
Well, dem have fi run Now dem see the and how come dem a go run I'm like the lightning and the fi conquer dem gun
I'm like the rain, I'm like the I'm like the that run I'm like the star, I'm like the I'm just the sun
And dem give the ghetto dem gun Fi shoot dem down you judgment a fi come
Raggy road, road is so Raggy road, is so tough road, a road is so rough Raggy