Jah Rastafari, and I saw an I-angel ascended from the Having the seal of the living King, Emperor Haile I The Most High and He out with a loud voice, sayin'
Oh, oh, a raggy road, road is so rough road, road is so tough Raggy road, a road is so Raggy
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 off all another man toil
Troddin this for the longest while A long time in this house and me no till the soil Troddin this for the longest while And give away more one tenth of the spoil
this road for the longest while And still me lamp never run oil
This the one you have fi dem a no bargain, tell dem a no deal Nuff a dem nah put dem shoulder to the wheel 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 fi go feel One man was to open the seal Emperor Selassie I, I know is Babylon get trampled under me
Raggy road, is so rough Raggy road, is so tough road, road is so rough Raggy
Well, I been troddin' this for the longest while And me career nuff a dem want fi Troddin this road for the longest And never yet try off all another man toil
this road for the longest while 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
Troddin this road for the longest And still my lamp run outa oil
Well, nuff a dem go get overboard Like Henry with the pirate code Nuff a dem a trod upon corruption Nuff a dem a trod with Satan load
True dem promote dem and [Incomprehensible] The bingi man no [Incomprehensible], bingi man no man no wear up dem Babylon clothes In a me and me Asian robe
Well, dem a come see, we fi expose The works nuff try oppose I see judgment a dem evil at the sword Judgment take dem and dem explode
Well, it's a road, road is so rough road, road is so tough Raggy road, a is so rough road
Immanuel road so Raggy I road so tough Raggy so rough Raggy
Well, Babylon dem fi run Now dem see the and how come dem a go run I'm like the and the thunder Come fi dem gun
I'm like the rain, I'm like the I'm like the river run I'm like the star, I'm like the I'm like the sun
And dem give the ghetto dem gun Fi shoot dem down Babylon you judgment a fi
road, road is so rough Raggy road, is so tough road, a road is so rough Raggy