Freedom

Chuh, ha-ha-ha
Babylon yuh betta turn wi loose
God knows, turn wi loose now
Sing along, a little song
An guh a ting like

Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, rastafarian calling
Beenie Man a sing a ting

From the day mi know miself, man a born of mammal (Babylon)
Although yuh smart, dem sen yuh guh a Jamal (Babylon)
Teach yuh how fi spell gun and nuclear weapon (Babylon)
How fi spell politics and greet politician (Babylon)

Nowhere in the bible where those words come from (Babylon)
Dem restore wi name an class us as African (Babylon)
When con is a short name for condemnation (Babylon)
I nuh know 'bout di I, I a true Ethiopian (Babylon)

Christopher Columbus, bout him discover island (Babylon)
Discover what when him come spot the Indian (Babylon)
An a him tun roun' an all enslave black man (Babylon)
Muslini an him friend dem tief the gold and all di diamond (Babylon)

Who steal wi name, check the queen wheh deh a England (Babylon)
A she build the pope and introduce vatican (Babylon)
From Constantine, Julius aand all Pope John (Babylon)
Now dem reach Paul I wonder if dem want to expand (Babylon)
Queen Elie-zabeth, all she is a next one (Babylon)
Well mi naah guh too stress me just a look a explanation (Babylon)
This is the word from the black man, sing along

Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, rastafarian calling
Well then

I say man a true needle kill the dragon and eagle (Babylon)
Murda di pope wheh a defender of evil (Babylon)
Long time dem bwoi deh a pressure black people (Babylon)
Have wi like a slave under chain and shackle (Babylon)
Now wi buss out inna muscle (Babylon)

Well a long time mi deh warn dem fi look to the east (Babylon)
Warning to the dragon and the mark of the beast (Babylon)
Mek dem a galong suh like dem caan tun discease (Babylon)
Call on the Selassie wheh a blow all di breeze (Babylon)

Weeping wailing, nashing of teeth (Babylon)
God judgement, is only certain man see it (Babylon)
Pope Constantine inna him grave an all a grief (Babylon)
This is no Pelican brief
My speech

Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, rastafarian calling

People, well unnuh clean out yuh ears, an listen to mi lyrics (Babylon)
Yuh nuh hear bout di Lieshah di ball head prophet (Babylon)
Word of Elijah, di man used to spread it (Babylon)
John di most righteous man yet still wasn't a prophet (Babylon)
He could not be God, dem haffi tun him inna baptist (Babylon)
This is the meaning of ma lyrics

Well (Babylon), in these times Mandela come an try it (Babylon)
Well him never reach far, prison wall di man face it (Babylon)
Malcolm X try an a coppershot end it (Babylon)
All til bitter try and dem beat it an kill it (Babylon)
Marcus Garvey try, a fi rice dem sell it (Babylon)
Only we inna di music, business can stop it (Babylon)
Follow Beenie Man and all live it, and sing this

Freedom, for some I am bawling
Babylon yuh pull di chain from mi han
Mi still under yuh Babylon system
God knows
Freedom, for some I am bawling
Oh Selassie I, rastafarian calling