Them Limumba for his own-a-rights But can't kill the Rasta Man at all, 'tall, 'tall can't kill the Rasta Man at all That's the strangest man seen (That's because a Rasta Man) Having the of a Nazarine (That's because he's a Man) He carries a message (That's he's a Rasta Man) out of time and out of age (That's he's a Rasta Man)
The Rasta come Zion Rasta Man a (Oh what a Man) (repeat) Jeremiah children (He was a Man) Or even (He was a Man) in the pit of mud (He was a Man) Trodding from Buzrak with his dipped in blood (He was a Man)
Oh what a dread, dread one The Rasta Man from Zion What a strange, what a dread, but a man The Rasta Man, him come from What a dread, dread one The Man come from Zion a dread-black, dread-lock one The Man come from Zion
Seven years of famine for seven years of plenty Is like two of wheat for one bale of barley A hand-full of corn be on the hillside And with that you've got to be It was Elijha who prayed that it did not (He was a Man) He prayed and the rains again (He was a Man) It was Joshua who commanded the sun stand (He was a Man) He did that according to his Master's (Who was a Man)
a dread, dread whola one The Rasta Man come Zion What a strange, what a dread, but a one The Rasta Man come from What a black, dread one The Man come from Zion What a strange, one The Rasta Man from Zion a dread, what a dread, what a whola one The Rasta Man come Zion What a dread, lightening one The Rasta Man come Zion What a dread, dread earthquake one The Rasta Man come Zion