Yea we say to all government this is repatriation yea Step down it's true Babylon yea I and I govern the youth yuh know Hand over yuh know, repatriation nah bother play like yuh deaf now
What does Black people made of made of African tradition I tell you straight off straight off So long that they had take us inna this western hemisphere and couldn't break us Pharaoh What does Black people made of made of Truths and rights I tell you straight off straight off So long that they had take us But now Black people better wake up, oy
[CHORUS:] Burn Nya burn down Babylon place inna them high and low place wickedness me deh go chase Oh burn Nya burn down Babylon place them ah interrogate, wha me herb fi keep space
Just now they come to realize it, somehow they had want to criticise Black people get the worst yet them doh have no rights Them ah do the dutty work yet you shove aside Yo me start to burn them turf day and night Rastaman nah nurse no pharecies nor scribes Shouldn't dis the warriors pon tha east side Watch them _ eh that shell like ah rice Me nah like them profile neither them voice Cut all them style them only lef you one choice This is the hour where the wicked get smite Pharaoh could ah train all him greatest knight When the Bobo man pass through everything get right Rasta them ah spite, say them blow us dynamite, oy
[CHORUS:] Burn Nya burn down Babylon place inna them high and low place wickedness me deh go chase Burn Nya burn down Vatican place them ah interrogate, wha the marijuana keep space Burn Nya burn down Babylon place inna them high and low place wickedness me ah go chase Burn Nya burn down Babylon place Whoa oh ey
From in the beginning me ah bun them yah fire Pharaoh him ah galong like ah him clever Them come tek the people out of Africa Oh yes I and I still remember Rastafari say, say free every prisoner Me put on me stone, me put on me rifle, me put on me dagger, put on me robe, me put on me turban, me lace up me sandals Lick down the judge me go lick down the jury and lick down the lawyer, lick down the governor general lick down the prime minister lick down the politician lick down the police lick down the soldier So many years Black people dem dey ah Babylon wash yuh schackles and chains asunder
[CHORUS:] Burn Nya burn down Babylon place inna them high and low place wickedness Black man ah chase Burn Nya burn down Vatican place them false fictitious and fake, hey Burn Nya burn down Babylon place inna them high and low place wickedness me deh go chase Cuz burn Nya burn down Babylon place Yo dem challenge inna me face, now
When before Black people wake up wake up Vatican concrete city break up break up So long that they had take us inna this western hemisphere and couldn't break us, oy Them run the east them run the north them say them run the south Say you can't test them anytime ah shoot out Mister wicked rage, say him ah run the rout Say him will buss up yuh head and him will _ Oy you no see say wicked, youths dem waa dead out and ah leave the Black woman dem whe well waa spread out Dem nah produce no life, well me see say that ah joke Don't make them come near not even your house don't make them touch your things neither...