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