Black people keep your heads up

   Emperor Selassie l bless them

   Burning fire never yet stop

 

   Simplisity we use to survive

   Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype

   Simplicity we use to survive

   Do what you doing properly,that's the way through life

   Simplicity we use to survive

   Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hard

   Simplicity we use to survive

   Children,open up your eyes

 

   Is not the one bag of vanity

   Nor the animosity

   Nor the hypocrisy,nor democracy

   Is not the labba-labba

   Nor the back-stabber

   Nor the vampire evilous desire

   Is just a meditation of my heart

   Pure and conscious thought

   Be overstanding and be smart

   Listen to the children speak the word and shine the light in the dark,yah

 

   Simplicity me use to survive 

   Many find it difficult because they ignorant and die

   Simplicity me use to survive

   Do what you doing properly...that's the way through life

   Simplicity I use to survive

   Children,open up your eyes

   Simplicity me use to survive

   Burn Pharisees and Scribes

 

   Oohh,yeah

   Ah find yuh wrong bro,dat fi pause

   Praise Ras Tafari and give a worthy cause

   Give us all the blessing,give us all reward

   To help the poor ah find it easy when them find it hard

 

   Simplicity I use to survive

   Many find it difficult because they ignorant and die

   Simplicity l use to survive

   I say live and love yuh life

 

   Keep doing what you doing,don't you grumble

   Seed what you sow is what yuh reap,so be humble

   Know what yuh doing,yuh never stumble

   Burn down Rome,I sight dem crumble

   Lead the way,lead the way with the word what l speak

   Never must you stray,hail the King in the East

   Whoa-uh-l !

   Kalonji teach

   Zion haffi reach

   Whoa yeah !

 

   Simplicity l use to survive

   Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype

   Simplicity l use to survive

   Burn Pharisees and Scribes

   Simplicity l use to survive

   Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype

   Simplicity l use to survive

   Aw! Kalonji tell yuh

 

   Is not the one bag of vanity

   Nor the animosity

   Nor the hypocrisy,nor democracy

   Is not the labba-labba

   Nor the back-stabber

   Nor the vampire,yuh evilous desire

   Is just a meditation of my heart

   Is just a pure and conscious thought

   Be overstanding,ah tell yuh to be smart

   Listen to the children when they speak and shine the light in the dark

 

   Simplicity l use to survive

   Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype

   Simplicity l use to survive

   Children:live and love yuh life,yeah

   Oh-whoa-whoa

   Oh yeah-yeah-yeah !

   Ay-uhuh,ay !

   Mmm-mm-mm-mmm

   I-ah-I-ah-I,ay-whoa

   Fire burn yahh-ow

 

   Simplicity we use to survive

   Don't you find it difficult

   Yeah...open up your eyes

   Simplicity we use to survive

   Live and love yuh life