Yea man go way from here so Babylon
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You cyar take the black people fi fool
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Wha you ah deal with man
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You nah see we have hands and feet,
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eyes and nose you don't see we have mouth
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Yea man righteousness from me drop
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We even have clean teeth you see it
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Yea man so me ah show dem say fi get good feeding
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same way especially the baby mothers let me see it
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Yea man Rastafari say fundemental freedom,
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redemption, Black international repatriation
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We nah no time ah laugh its hate
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and all dem we ah bun the fire pon, Jah
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Ethiopia Africa stand up,
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all ghetto youth remeber this
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Kalonji reveal the truth, me say
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[CHORUS:]
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Tell the children the truth
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Babylon ah try poison the multitude inna food ya
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Tell the children the truth
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Slaverey nah utter go dash way dem juice
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Remember this, tell the children the truth
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Eat them vegetable ey eat the fruits
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Tell them say, tell the children the truth
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Hail King Selassie and go study all your African roots
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Dem set table fi me and me tell dem me ??
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Nah come deny me like the one name Delila
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Dem move like spy and get caught by the spider
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Chant with the lion ghetto youth dem feel live'r
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Nuff Babylon dem ah move like McGuyver
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Everything fi Babylon the whole ah dem die for
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Yo dem go nyam it and go swallow saliva
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Later on him heavy never get lighter
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Couldn't make it with the youth
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them pon them highten flight ya
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Babylon yuh light cyar shine no brighter
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Nah go lef cuz the worsen rout ya
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Emperor Selassie I mighty'er
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Go tell them say
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[CHORUS:]
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Tell the children the truth
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Babylon yuh cyar poison no ghetto youth inna no food ya
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Tell the children the truth
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Iya Iya Iy Iy oh
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Watch out fi them with them wrong intention
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Them ah try get out the youths with them bad injection
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Nuff ah dem ah come with them false deception
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Hail King Selassie I afi him name we weapon
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Babylon mi no trust you fi no minute nor second
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Ministry of Agriculture yo ah you the fire deh pon
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When dem nah poison you them shot you with dem weapon
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The natural farmer Babylon you cyar step on
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Plant your own food and things will go proper
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Come from the root what you want then you prefer
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And the fast food dem ah eat ah get lesser
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Cause it make the ghetto youths ah end up in a mess ah
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Natural food good fi the baby mother
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When she want it fi her youths
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she nah run me down round no corner
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Pick the congo bong where? deh pon the farm ah
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Iya Iy say natural food make your youths stronger
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live longer ah
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[CHORUS:]
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Tell the children the truth
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Babylon ah try poison the whole multitude inna food dem rude
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Tell the children the truth
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Hail King Selassie I you gone ah Ethiopian school yah
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Tell the children the truth
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Babylon yuh cyar poison this yah nation inna food no
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Tell the children the truth
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Me go hail King Selassie I
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Them go leggo them order to the deli
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Babylon food nuff ah dem did go smelly
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And them little friend dem run go telly
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Inna Babylon palce dem nah go dwelly
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That's why dem end up like the one long belly
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Later on hear them belly get swelly
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Before them go ah bush go pick guava and jelly,
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orange, apple pick nuff cherry,
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make the woman get merry
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Yo them too sloppy aye that's why dem life dem go lossy
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Doh be like laffy, hail Emperor Selassie I
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From the earth ah bring me fruits Babylon cyar stop it
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So listen this
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[CHORUS:]
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Tell the nation the truth
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Babylon ah try poison the ghetto youth them inna food move
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Tell the children the truth
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Hail King Selassie I ah dis yah one dem cyar dispute yah
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Tell the children the truth
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Empress nah make them poison off yuh ghetto youth yah
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Tell the children the truth
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Man not everywhere you go you fi nyam people food
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Table fi you yo look tell them dem ??
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Nah come deny you like the one name Delila
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Yo dem move like fly and get caught by the spider
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Sit up with the conquer'in lion it live'r
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Yo yo dem ah move like McGuyver
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All Babylon police them...
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Tell The Children
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Sizzla |