silver tongue show

spit fire like dragon

thinking them can escape

the works of william gordon

dem fire as judas come

thinking them can ride on

the words of marcus garvey

filling up our heads with visions

while it's our souls on which they bargain

live as they all live

blind as they are blind

they'll never know that

for this here price

we shall give our lives to them

now did ya

did ya see dem ride into the war

gone so long they call out to the one

son i'm here for you they trapped him to belong

when they were all

standing at the foot of the moutain as we tried to

warn them oh jah jah

we warn them

still they come with their silver tongue show

yes

and we chant them oh rasta

we want dem

they man come with their silver tongue show

you're just a string in the puppet show

spit fire like dragon

thinking them can escape

the works of mohandis gandhi

spit fire as judas come

thinking them can destroy

the words of bantu biko

filling up our heads with visions

while it's our souls 'pon which they bargain

oh the crisis de man light

the fittest de man fight

they'll never know that

for this here price

we shall give our lives to them

now did ya

did ya see dem ride into the war

conquered us so long they hold their head up high

as them pray on the poor and juvenile

when they were all standing at the foot of the mountain

as we tried to warn them oh jah jah

we warn them

still they come with their silver tongue show

yes

and we chant them oh rasta

we chant them

they man come with their silver tongue show

chant them down

chant them down no they'll never know

warn them oh jah jah

we warn them

still they come with their silver tongue show

yes

and we chant them oh rasta

we chant them

they man come with their silver tongue show

you're just a string in the puppet show