(Intro :) Well ah this one go bless to me see me From the lowest of depths...ey! To the highest of heights Some ah them ah crumble from them hear Rasta voice--same way so we go
(Chorus 1:) Babylon ah try ah ting but me no scare Dem think them sit down pon throne when them clutch pon chair And them police and soldiers here and there And all de guns whey them ah carry de babe we bad still no fear Babylon ah try ah ting but we no scare Dem think them sit down pon throne when them clutch pon chair And them police and soldiers here and there And all de guns whey them ah carry
(Verse 1:) 'Binghi youth Dem system design for business Judge and politician all run them business Police whey them ah train ah fi protect them business But never you worry you brain and try to puzzle out who this is Babylon you stutter easy words from you mouth When we tell you say "I ah come bun out King's House" Nyabinghi that's de fire in a White House Sound the trumpet because ah black woman ah shout From them build them house, ghetto youths don’t live no way So all de homeless over King's House me ah bring them over they Fi them share and care until them ready fi go 'way Repatriation ah hail de ghetto youths ah say--ey!
(Chorus 2:) Babylon ah try ah ting but we no scare Dem think them sit down pon throne--ey! them clutch pon chair And them police and soldiers here and there And all de guns whey them ah carry de babe we bad still no fear Babylon ah try ah ting--we no scare Dem think them sit down pon throne, John Paul, them clutch pon chair And them police and soldiers here and there And all de guns whey them ah carry---judgment!
(Verse 2:) The whole ah them ah wonder how de ghetto youth so strong Prime Minister...I ah say repatriation Yow Elizabeth, what about we compensation? Yow, no bother make we have start worth in ah Babylon Me tell them say earthquake, lightning, and ah thunder What we past tails of government get can over Is Emperor Selassie I---lion conqueror Yow! what is the answer?--ey!
(Chorus 1)
(Verse 3:) Judgment! Money ah them power, yet de people in ah pain Plant de food they farmer, make me feed them with de grain As how you check yourself, we check you never de self same Go tell de ghetto youths, send them fi look out fi rain--ey!
(Chorus 1) We no fear
(Repeat Verse 1 from "Dem system......")
(Chorus 1, fadin)
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