Jah Rastafari, and I saw an I-angel ascended from the Having the seal of the King, Emperor Haile Selassie I The Most and He cried 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 road
Well, I been troddin' this road for the while And me career a dem want fi soil Troddin this road for the longest And never yet try profit off all man toil
Troddin road for the longest while A long time in this house and me no stop till the Troddin this road for the longest And give away than one tenth of the spoil
Troddin this road for the longest And me lamp never run outa oil
the one you have fi feel Tell dem a no bargain, tell dem a no Nuff a dem nah want put dem 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 blind fi go One man was worthy to open the Selassie I, I know is real Babylon get under me heel
Raggy road, is so rough Raggy road, road is so Raggy road, is so rough Raggy
Well, I been troddin' this road for the longest And me nuff a dem want fi soil Troddin this road for the while And never yet try profit off all another man
Troddin this road for the while A long time in this house and me no stop till the Troddin road for the longest while And give away more than one 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 Morgan with the pirate a dem a trod upon corruption road Nuff a dem a trod with heavy load
True dem promote dem and [Incomprehensible] The man no [Incomprehensible], bingi man no pose man no wear up dem Babylon clothes In a me turban and me Asian
Well, dem a come see, we fi expose The works nuff try oppose I see judgment a take dem evil at the Judgment take dem and dem explode
Well, a raggy road, road is so rough Raggy road, is so tough Raggy road, a is so rough road
Immanuel road so 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 like the and the thunder Come fi dem gun
I'm the rain, I'm like the breeze I'm like the that run I'm like the star, I'm like the I'm just the sun
And dem the ghetto youth dem gun Fi shoot dem down Babylon you judgment a fi
Raggy road, is so rough road, road is so tough Raggy road, a is so rough Raggy