Yea burn away the anger and the fury, oy Hail king Selassie I, his praise and glory
[CHORUS:] Whether or not, yo from them dis king Selassie I Babylon goin' collapse Whether or not, ey from yuh dis Emmanuel Babylon me know yuh heart goin' stop Whether or not, yo from yuh dis the Black woman Me know yuh glory it goin' drop Whether or not, from yuh nah love Rastafari That means say yuh doh love the Black
Ey first of all that the woman mek me dey yah Black culture me talk that me deh say ah Dis Rastafari ah who dem a refer Bun John pope and the things whey dem a prefer Ey first of all a Black woman mek I dey yah Curruption dem a talk we nah love whey dem ah say yah Them dis King Selassie ey ah who you dey refer Come fi bun you out a Babylon things you prefer Ey live by the word what you speak 'cuz nowadays ghetto youths start see it Find out, you go bow to the beast In Mount Zion curruption cyar sweet Cyar dis the Black woman nor the high priest Cyar dis the profit with the vision inna the street Cyar dis the king inna tabanackle a teach Make the youths them love them one another, ah tell you it Stop bus the gun stop war stop flinch No apology or else we kick out your teeth Find out nuff ah them waa cheat True Rastaman ah pray pon the mountain peak Fi protect and care fi the poor and the meek Doh dis the order, wake up on the east 'cuz poor people gone Babylon waan thief poor people farm Babylon waan reep Them nah give the ghetto youth one thing fi eat So nah bother dis the Rastafari ey nah bother do it Babylon ah kill the ghetto youth inna the street Mi say fi rise and live bongo nah go repeat Repatriation I nah go retreat, Babylon, gonna sink yuh inna the deep First of all ah the woman mek me dey ya Black culture we talk only that we gotta say yah Ey yuh dis Rastafari ah who yuh dey refer Find out a Vattican ways dem you prefer Ey first of all ah the woman mek me dey ya Bun John Paul Rastafari me prefer Hail King Selassie Babylon ah get defer Ey they musbe check say dat them clever Check them meditation and hear them words They never did ah look much less fi observe Dem never did ah listen so dem never heard Dem dis the Messiah and waan go dis the Sheperd How come you alone waan __ the earth From Mount Zion I ah life Rasta preserve Babylon don't go round no curve Through we treat a situation pagan waan go swerve More me bun the fire more the people get hurt Some boy jus through the money them utter any word Just we full the belly jus we full the purse Babylon you silly Babylon you curse See say that the wicked man can't surf Righteousness, the ghetto youths dem merge Babylon must bow and kiss the dirt Dem nah love Rastaman, much less we work The west minister law ah go get burst Rastafari principle, yo ah it govern the earth Babylon me see say you dey come merge Hail King Selassie I, the first
[CHORUS:] Whether or not, yo from them dis Rastafari Babylon goin' collapse Whether or not, ey from yuh dis Emmanuel Babylon me know yuh heart goin' stop Whether or not, yo from them doh love the Black woman Me find out dem ratings goin' drop Whether or not, from yuh nah love Rastafari ...