Rastaman live up, Bongoman don't give up
Congoman live up, Bingyman don't give up
Keep your culture, don't be afraid
Of the vulture, grow your dreadlock
Don't be afraid of the wolf pack
Rastaman live up, Bingyman don't give up
Congoman live up, Bongoman don't give up
David slew Goliath with a sling and a stone
Samson slew the Philistines with a donkey jawbone
Iyaman live up, Rastaman don't give up
Bingyman live up, Congoman don't give up
Trodding thru creation, in a irie meditation
Seen many visions, in a this yah armageddon
Rastaman live up, Congoman don't give up
Rastaman live up, Natty Dread no give up
Saw it in the beginning
So shall it be in this iwa (time)
And they fallen in confusion
Well a just a step from Babel Tower
Rastaman live up, Congoman no give up (repeat)
Grow your dreadlocks
Don't be afraid of the wolf pack
A tell you, one man a walking
And a billion man a sparking
Rastaman live up, Bingyman don't give up
Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up
Ah! Ya too rude
Oh what a rat race
Oh what a rat race
This is the rat race
Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacket
Oh what a rat race, rat race
Some a gorgan, some a hooligan, some a guine-gog
In this rat race, yeah!
Rat race
I'm singing
When the cats away
The mice will play
Political voilence fill ya city
Yea-ah!
Don't involve Rasta in your say say
Rasta don't work for no C.I.A.
Rat race, rat race, rat race
When you think is peace and safety
A sudden destruction
Collective security for surety
Yeah!
Don't forget your history
Know your destiny
In the abundance of water
The fool is thirsty
Rat race, rat race, rat race
Oh it's a disgrace to see the
Human-race in a rat race, rat race
You got the horse race
You got the dog race
You got the human-race
But this is a rat race, rat race
Check out the real situation
Nation war against nation
Where did it all begin, when will it end
Well it seems like the total destruction
The only solution
And there ain't no use
No one can stop them now
Ain't no use nobody can stop them now
Give them an inch they take a yard
Give them a yard they take a mile
Once a man and twice a child
And everything is just for a while
It seems like total destruction
The only solution
And there ain't no use
No one can stop them now
Ain't no use no one can stop them now
Ain't no use no one can stop them now
Ain't no use no one can stop them now
Check in the real situation
Check it out, check it out
Nation fight against nation
Where did it all begin, where will it end
Well it seems like the total destruction
The only solution
No use can't stop them
Ain't no use can't stop them
Ain't no use no one can't stop them now
Can't stop them now
Ain't no use no one can't stop them now
Ain't no use you even try
Ain't no use got to say bye bye
Ain't no use no one can stop them now
No one can stop them now
Old pirates yes they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly
All I ever had, is songs of freedom
Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
Redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fullfill the book
Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
Redemption songs, redemption songs
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but oursekves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look
Yes some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fullfill the book
Won't you help to sing, these songs of freedom
Cause all I ever had, redemption songs
All I ever had, redemption songs
These songs of freedom, songs of freedom
Dready got a job to do
And he's got to fulfill that mission
To see his hurt is their
Greatest ambition
But we will survive
In this world of competition
'Cause no matter what they do
Natty keep on coming thru
And no matter what they say
Natty de deh every day
Natty dread rides again
Thru the mystics of tomorrow
Natty dread rides again
Having no fear, having no sorrow
All and all you can see a gwan
Is to fight against the Rastaman
So they build their world
In great confusion
To force us in the devil's illusion
But the stone that the builder refuse
Shall be the head cornerstone
And no matter what games they play
There is something they could
Never take away
Something they could never take away
And it's the fire, it's the fire, fire
Burning down everything
Feel the fire, fire, the fire, the fire
Only the birds have wings
No time to be deceived
You should know and not believe
Jah says this judgment
Could never be with water
So no water could put out this fire
This this fire, this this fire
This this fire Ride Natty Ride
Go deh Dready, go deh Dready, go deh
Now the fire is burning
Out of control panic in the city
Wicked weeping for their gold
Everywhere the fire is burning
Destroying and melting their gold
Destroying and wasting their souls
Ride Natty Ride
Go deh Dready, go deh Dready
Go deh Dready, go deh
Now the people gather on the beach
And the leader try to make a speech
But dread again tell them it's too late
Fire is burning
Man pull your own weight
Fire is burning
Man pull your own weight
Natty dread rides again
Go deh Dready, go deh Dready go deh
Oh Ride Natty Ride
Natty dread rides again
Go deh Dready, go deh, go deh Dready go deh
Riding thru the storm
And we're riding thru the calm
Go deh, go deh
We riding thru the thick
We riding thru the thin
Ride Natty, Ride Natty
You've been riding, you've been riding quite awhile,
child
Keep on riding [keep on riding]
You've been jiving, like a peacock that's your style
[keep on jiving] ooh-ee [keep on jiving]
Now I remember the days in school
There wasn't a time when you didn't treat me cruel
But wait 'til I get my hooks in you
I'll show you what a fisherman can do
You've been riding, you've been riding quite awhile,
child
[keep on riding, keep on riding]
You've been jiving, like a peacock that's your style
[keep on jivin] ooh-ee [keep on jiving]
Let me say now, you always try to hurt me in the end
In the presence of all our good good friends
But the patient man always win
Now I'll just wait 'til you give in
You've been riding, you've been riding quite awhile
[keep on riding]
Keep on riding [keep on riding]
You've been jiving, like a peacock that's your style
[keep on jiving] ooh-ee, alright [keep on jiving]
At Christmas you're like an Easter bun
Just like a rabbit you're always on the run
But wait 'til I get my trap on you
I'll see where you gon' run to
Wait 'til I get my trap on you
Then I'll see where you gon' run to
You've been riding, you've been riding quite a while
[keep on riding] keep on riding [keep on riding]
You've been jiving, like a peacock that's your style
[keep on jiving] ooh-ee [keep on jiving]
So riding by my own
I need your love tonight
Riding on my own
Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat)
Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music (repeat)
Hey Mister Music, sure sounds good to me
I can't refuse it, what to be got to be
Feel like dancing, dance cause we are free
Feel like dancing, come dance with me
Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music (repeat)
Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat)
Play I on the R&B, want all my people to see
We bubbling on the Top 100, just like a mighty dread
(repeat)
Roots rock reggae, this a reggae music (repeat)
Play I some music, this a reggae music (repeat)
You running and you running
And you running away (repeat)
You running and you running
But you can't run away from yourself
Can't runaway from yourself,
Can't runaway from yourself,
Can't runaway from yourself (repeat)
You must have done,
Something wrong (repeat)
Why you can't find the
Place where you belong
Running away, running away,
Running away (repeat)
Every man thinketh his
Burden is the heaviest (repeat)
But who feels it knows it Lord
Who feels it knows it Lord,
Who feels it knows it Lord
You running and you running
And you running away (repeat)
You running and you running
But you can't runaway from yourself,
Could you runaway from yourself,
Can you runaway from yourself
Can't runaway from yourself,
Can't runaway from yourself
You must have done, something,
Something, something something,
Something, you don't want nobody to
Know about, you must have ... Lord.
Something wrong you must have done,
You must have done, something wrong
Why you can't find where you belong
Well, well, well, you running away,
Running away, no, no, no,
I'm not running away, don't say that
Don't say that, cause I'm not running away
I've got to protect my life,
And I don't want to live with no strife
It is better to live on the house top
Than to live in a house full of confusion
So, I made my decision and I left you
Now you coming to tell me
That I'm running away
But it's not true,
