Jah Rastafari, and I saw an I-angel ascended from the Having the seal of the King, Emperor Haile Selassie I The High 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 is so rough road
Well, I been this road for the longest while And me career nuff a dem fi soil Troddin this for the longest while And yet try profit off all another man toil
Troddin this road for the while A long time in this and me no stop till the soil Troddin road for the longest while And give away than one tenth of the spoil
Troddin this road for the while And me lamp never run outa 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 and steal
All a try eat all a another man Onu deaf, onu dumb, onu fi go feel One man was worthy to 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 Raggy
Well, I been troddin' road for the longest while And me nuff a dem want fi soil Troddin this road for the longest And never yet try off all another man toil
Troddin this road for the longest A long time in this house and me no stop the soil Troddin this road for the while And give away more one tenth of the spoil
this road for the longest while And my lamp never run outa oil
Well, nuff a dem go get throw Like Henry Morgan the pirate code Nuff a dem a trod upon road Nuff a dem a with Satan heavy load
dem promote that dem and [Incomprehensible] The man no [Incomprehensible], bingi man no pose man no wear up dem Babylon clothes In a me turban and me robe
Well, dem a come see, we come fi The works nuff try oppose I see judgment a take dem evil at the Judgment dem and then dem explode
Well, it's a raggy road, road is so Raggy road, is so tough Raggy road, a road is so road
Immanuel so rough Raggy Selassie I road so Raggy [Incomprehensible] so Raggy
Well, dem have 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 the rain, I'm like the breeze I'm like the river run I'm like the star, I'm the moon I'm like the sun
And dem give the ghetto dem gun Fi shoot dem down Babylon you a fi come
Raggy road, road is so road, road is so tough Raggy road, a road is so road