emperor seassie i surely have done ey
about the welfare and prosperity of i and i people
but know yourself black people
don't do on pretending to be someone you can not
live according and you'll know as to what
love and inity is the only thing we've got
jah prepare us to meet all your onslaught
have you heard of ethiopia the purest land thereof
babylon will be burning with flames from the sun
mi hail selassie i and their coward tongue rah ah ah
them war and strive and blood feast
give selassie i the praise
or else you're punish as the beast
black people trod up inna the east
babylon your mental chains break
for ethiopia's progress ourself we educate
well a lightning hotta earthquake
babylon your mental chains break
black people go home for righteousness sake
what's your actions to this?
so long up inna them land
nothing you have accomplished
them inna them computer age
everything becomes cybernetic
that is too much for your kit
that's the mark of the beast
babylon your mental chains break
for ethiopia's progress ourself we educate
ghetto youths them afi know them place
lizibeth dem mental chains dey break
black people go home righteousness sake
ah lava and ah earthquake
rasta is the head needless to be afraid
ah nuff a them cuss the rastaman and run gone shave
ah nuff them babylon program as them slave
them run emmanuel sey a selassie i the youths fi praise
babylon your mental chains break
for ethiopia progress ourself we educate
babylon them mental chains they break
for ethiopia's progress chant righteousness sake yo
nyabhingi done there inna the place
don't do on pretending to be someone you can not
live according and you'll know as to what