Capture Land

And I say, "Dread and terrible 'pon dem," hey
Good God of grace, well, I have His mercy
And mi say, "Old slave driver
Time is catching up on you
Old slave driver, I know your sins dem-a haunt you"

So carry we go home (carry we go home)
And bring we gone a east (and bring we gone a east)
Cah man a Rastaman
And Rasta nuh live 'pon no capture land (oh, you mean?)
And carry we go home (carry we go home) (oh, you mean?)
A me sekkle and seize (a me sekkle and seize)
Well, caw man a Rastaman
And Rasta nuh live 'pon no capture land

Well, Lord America a capture land
Di whole a Jamaica a capture land
A long time dem wah trick the Rastaman
Like dem nuh know say that man a real Africana
You tink me nuh 'memba King Ferdinand
And teifing Columbus have a Golden plan
Dem make a wrong turn and end up in the Caribbean
One rass genocide kill nuff indiana (Lord)

Fi turn Paradise in a plantation (whoa)
And bring cross one ship load a African
Now hear comes the tiefing Queen from England
No she Cromwell and Henry Morgan (Lord)
Century 'pon top a century full a sufferation
And after four hundred year, mi say, "No reparation"
And now dem wah fi kill we wid the taxation
But a beg you, please, take me to the motherland

Mek dem carry me go home (carry we go home)
And bring me gone a east (and bring me gone a east)
Cah man a Rastaman (oh, what you mean?)
And Rasta nuh live 'pon no capture land
Coulda never carry me go home (carry we go home)
A me sekkle and seize (a me sekkle and seize)
Caw man a Rasta man (I)
And Rasta nuh live 'pon no capture land

Watch dem 'pon di top a di hill (uh-uh)
A look inna dem plate how it proper and it fill
Because down town have shotta fi kill
Dem tell the tourist say fi stop a Negril
So come mek we start a new chapter
We nah stay 'pon di land weh dem capture
And mi say, "Africa fi all true Rasta"
A say go tell di unscrupulous factors say

Fi carry we go home (carry we go home)
And bring we gone a east (and bring we gone a east)
Cah man a Rasta man
And Rasta nuh live 'pon no capture land
Go tell them that carry we go home (carry we go home)
A me sekkle and seize (a me sekkle and seize)
Well yeah, man a Rastaman
And Rasta nuh live 'pon no capture land (an' mi nuh live 'pon no capture land)

Liqua and cap (and follow me now)
Well, Cherry Garden, a capture land
Mi tell you Shortwood, say dat a capture land
A Los Angeles, dat a capture land
And New York City, dat a capture land
Ease some a di place weh you wah go live sweet
A thiefing land there's no title fi it
And some a these places weh you wah go live nice
A thief dem thief it in the name of Christ

In Spanish Town, dat a capture land
The whole a Kingston, dat a capture land
Remember Portland, dat a capture land (whoa)
And all down a Trinidad, dat a Capture land (whoa)
Hm, Barbados, say dat a capture land
Tell dem Bermuda, dat a Capture land
And tell Columbia say dat a Capture land
All 'round a Cuba, say dat a Capture land (woi!)

Oh, oh, Garvey in a capture land
Oh, oh, Garvey in a capture land