OH JAH, OH JAH, OH JAH,
FROM A DISTANCE
WHO DEM A GO WATCH I-MAN,
WHO DEM A GO GAZE AT,
WHO DEM A GO STUDY I-MAN
IT'S TIME YU TURN YER FACE BABYLON
HOW YU WOULDA FEEL IT WEN YU ALL A COME A TUMBLIN DOWN,
OH JAH-JAH TELL MI NOW DI RIGHT TIME COME
SO I COME TO TEACH ALL DI LIKKLE ONE DI RIGHT FROM DI WRONG
IS TIME YU TURN YUR FACE BABYLON
HOW YU WOULDA FEEL IT NOW DI RIGHT TIME COME
NOT ONE A FI YU AMMUNTION FISSION O FUSION BOMB
COULD STOP DI JUSTICE AN DI JUDGEMENT TO COME
OH BABYLON MOVE GO ON FROM I-MAN
GO PACK UP FI YUSELF IN YA OWN CORRUPTION
STOP LOCK UP ALL DI YOUTH IN A BOX FULL OF GANG
AN START TELL DI TRUTH ABOUT YU OWN DUTTY PLAN
GO TALK BOUT DI POPE ROME AN DI VATI-GAN
GO TALK BOUT DI PEN-TO-GANG DI QUEEN A ENGLAND
TAL BOUT ILLUMINATI AN ALL DI MASON
GO TALK BOUT DI GREEK CIVILIZATION
DEM GET A EXILE FROM DI NILE RIVER MAN
DEY YUSE TO CALL IT KHEM DEY YUSE TO CALL IT AXUM
LONG BEFORE DEY EVER HAV DI GRECO-ROMAN
AN NOW YU TELL MI LIES ABOUT WEH MI COME FROM
DI NUBIAN DI INDIAN AN DI ASIAN
AN DI ARABIAN AN DI CAUCASIAN
KILAMANJARO TO DI CAUCAS MOUNTAIN
I COME TO TELL YU DE DEH WEH I-N-I A BAAN AN BELONG
BUT MAN POLLUTE DI EARTH AN ALL A BRING PUR SADOM
SO NOW WI HAFI UNITE AN A BUNN BABYLON
STOP FIGHTIN OVA DOCTRINE DOGMATIC RELIGION
IS TIME WI PUT WISELF IN A BETTA POSITION
OH BABYLON MOVE GO ON YU GONE DOWN
ALL YU WOULDA BOW TO DI BWAY SATAN
ALL YU WOULDA LIV AN BREED POLLUTION
I COMEYAH JUS FI CLEAN DI YOUNG GENERATION
I COME FI TEACH DEM RIGHT DIFFERENT FROM DE WRONG
I COME FI TEACH DEM MAN AN UMA TWO PART A ONE
I COME FI TEACH DEM EQUALITY AN LIBERATION
I COME FI BUNN
FIYA ON DISCRIMINATION
AN WHO FILL DI YOUTH WI ALL A TEMPTATION
AN LEAD DEM GO ASTRAY WIT ALL A SEGREGATION
AN WN YU LED DEM WRONG PUT DEM IN A DETETION
YU LOCK MI IN A GHETTO OVAPOPULATION
ENSLAVE MI IN A ECONOMIC SITUATION
I SIT DOWN AN I REASON UNA MEDITATION
I COME FI SEH IS TIME WI PUT WISELF IN A BETTA POSITION
STOP BOW TO GOVERN-METAL REGULATION
DEM HAFI LIBERATE DE PRISIONER FROM OUTTA DI SLAM
AN LEGALIZE DI HERB DI HEALING OF DI NATION
WIKID MAN LAY DOWN YU BOMBS AN GUNS
NO MATTA YU RELIGION NO MATTA YU COMPLEXION
DI SEED WEH YU PUT IN A GROUN IS DAT WEH YU REAP DE IN A YU HAN
JUS KEEP A GOOD INTENTION PROTECT YU NEC REVOLUTION
JUS TIE UP YU SUIT LACE UP YA BOOT TIME FI DI ARAGEDDION
KEEP LUV IN YU HART LUV IN A YU MIND LUV IN A YU SOUL LUV FROM HAN TO HAN
I COME TO TELL DI YOUNG YOUYH DEM KEEP YU FEET DE FIRM DI GROUN
CAS BABYLON IN YA FIGHT WI TRU WI A HARTICAL LIVIN JAH-MAN
WI MEKKIN JAH MUSIK YES WI A CHANTIN PSALM
CAS MUSIK DI BEAT DI BEAT DI DRUM HAFI BEAT FI DI WHOL NATION
YU WATHCHIN DI WIKKID DEM GONE AN DEM DROP AN DEM FALL AND DEM FLOPPIN DOWN
OH BABYLON LAY DOWN YU BOBMS AN GUNS