Intro:

Hail to the High owner of Iration and his Imperial Majesty

Emperor Haile Selassie I

I'm from a place where there's only love

Where the sun comes home every morning

Be upright black people and love Jah works

In praises I and I chant with the rising

Step away, get away, from the sinking sand

Never you disobey, yow, Selassie I the conquering lion

The again 


Chorus:

Then a wah dat the whole a them a gwaab with ?

Who that the bugger them go par with ?

Them go bow and go stoop themselves low

Rasta man a trod it up, it's like them never know.

Wah dat the whole a them a gwaan with ?

Who that the bugger them go par with ?

Them go bow and go stoop themselves low

Rasta man a trod it up, it's like them just a know. 


Verse 1:

In a them yah time a them blind

Them no see sey that a Rasta Far I time

See sey that a bad company nah go join

See sey that a obeah man friend them go find

Nuff a them skin teeth, no pay them any mind

Look a who fa tree nuff run go climb

See sey that a another man them a grind

Love me black woman, me nah go leave her behind

Babylon you like to carry evil from mind

Blacker are the lion and you are the swine

Caan sell me out fi two pence nor coin

Caan hitch me up like dirty clothes pon no line

Them yah judgement caan rewind

Unnuh better incline

Higher property from this time 


Chorus 


Verse 2:

Me tell you, never show your enemies your strees

Cause they will bring the wicked man into your place

Fire me deh burn, so tell the Eden make haste

Me go see sey a time them a waste

This a no the tooth, this a no the paste

This a no the boot, this a no the lace

This a no the glasses way deh pon your face

Fire I a bun, so tell the Eden make haste

Tell them black up the belt, I come and take your place

Repatriation we still agitate

Tell them righteousness youths a anticipate

Tell them this is faith

Emperor Selassie a no fake 


Chorus 


Verse 3:

Upper level them a try fi disguise

In a the spiritual level

Melt away, sey deh tell me that nothing can be hidden

Emperor Selassie I the only Christ ever

King Emmanuel give me the lesson 


Chorus / Repeat Verse 1