Intro: Hail to the High owner of Iration and his Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I I'm from a place where there's only love Where the sun comes home every morning Be upright black people and love Jah works In praises I and I chant with the rising Step away, get away, from the sinking sand Never you disobey, yow, Selassie I the conquering lion The again
Chorus: Then a wah dat the whole a them a gwaab with ? Who that the bugger them go par with ? Them go bow and go stoop themselves low Rasta man a trod it up, it's like them never know. Wah dat the whole a them a gwaan with ? Who that the bugger them go par with ? Them go bow and go stoop themselves low Rasta man a trod it up, it's like them just a know.
Verse 1: In a them yah time a them blind Them no see sey that a Rasta Far I time See sey that a bad company nah go join See sey that a obeah man friend them go find Nuff a them skin teeth, no pay them any mind Look a who fa tree nuff run go climb See sey that a another man them a grind Love me black woman, me nah go leave her behind Babylon you like to carry evil from mind Blacker are the lion and you are the swine Caan sell me out fi two pence nor coin Caan hitch me up like dirty clothes pon no line Them yah judgement caan rewind Unnuh better incline Higher property from this time
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Verse 2: Me tell you, never show your enemies your strees Cause they will bring the wicked man into your place Fire me deh burn, so tell the Eden make haste Me go see sey a time them a waste This a no the tooth, this a no the paste This a no the boot, this a no the lace This a no the glasses way deh pon your face Fire I a bun, so tell the Eden make haste Tell them black up the belt, I come and take your place Repatriation we still agitate Tell them righteousness youths a anticipate Tell them this is faith Emperor Selassie a no fake
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Verse 3: Upper level them a try fi disguise In a the spiritual level Melt away, sey deh tell me that nothing can be hidden Emperor Selassie I the only Christ ever King Emmanuel give me the lesson