Life it nuh ease we suffering Every man a look visa fi go foreign Mama cry pon har knees and she uttering Please give me a little more pay Pickney fi feed but a just famine Better me grow trees fi di hustling 360 degrees and di struggling Me check a stock and me pot not even bubbling
Me deh yah hitch up inna rome for too long, too long, too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long, too long We been up inna Rome for too long too long Me wah fi go a me yard Selassie I the first
I nuh see wah dem a fight against Rasta fah A like dem nuh like see we prosper yah Dem have we lock inna dem system And fi see dat you nuh haffi be some type of philosofah Dem fi know say a Africa fi Africans And a fire me a dash inna di Vatican Me wah fi left yah soh quicker dan the Taxi Man Weh crash inna you back inna the traffic jam
Me deh yah hitch up inna rome for too long, too long, too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long, too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long Me wah fi go a me yard
Mount Zion High I can hear you calling Babylon is falling, In a di morning Mount Zion High Selassie I is the everything Rastafari teach I everything So never you mixed you in dem politics and lies Babylon think dem wise They're like the ticks and flies Sucking on the blood of the poor So long the people been chastise Open your eyes and see Itiophia calling Rastafari yutes dem been waiting Mama Africa is calling Babylon is burning down
So never you go a stray Your culture and your heritage never you throw away Inna dis time yah you cannot move like a sheep that lost I beg you listen what Selassie I say
Me deh yah hitch up inna rome for too long, too long, too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long, too long We hitch up inna Rome for too long too long Me wah fi go a me yard