sitting in a railway station with my suitcase in my hand going back where i came from, haved more than i can stand
cause watching them destroy my dreams they picked my brains till it was clean
and i was up they knocked me down i ain't gonna hang around, i'm going home
him have him passport him have him ticket and him packed up his close and him packed up and grip, yeah! i said, hi's going on a one way trip mi seh, put up your foot, man, you're deserve it
i'm going home going home (gotta go, gotta-gotta-go-home) send someone to meet me i'm going home
going home! rejoice, cause it is a blessing going home! gone get a little sun in a him skin going home! back to some natural living no more eating ackee out of a thing!
came to dis old town seeking fortune and some fame (neva find a door!) never had a chance to prove myself go have try to play their games but using people just ain't my thing and i want hand from any string to please some foods i don't care about they turned me in side out, i'm going home
back a yard all people more healthy you want see me aunty she is over eighty run up on hill like she's only twenty ova ya so to quick dem in di semetry
going home going home (gotta go, gotta-gotta-go-home) send someone to meet me i'm going home
going home! rejoice, cause it is a blessing going home! gone get a little sun in a him skin going home! back to some natural living no more eating ackee out of a thing!
come from jamaica as a farmer he come in england him haffi turned labourer come from jamaica as a doctor when he come ya him haffi turned bus driver
working in a factory, all day long, oh Gosh! what eat, what a presporation him work harder da mos di white man but him neva wants get no promotion
cause watching them destroy my dreams they picked my brains till it was clean
and i was up they knocked me down i ain't gonna an around, i'm going home
in a di fifties my people were told dat di streets of england were paid with gold dey said come to england if you want money dere is whole heap of jobs for everybody
but when dem reacher what did they see streets full of rubbish and dark beady and ain't a joke dem want win fi clean it!
send someone to meet me i'm going home
going home! rejoice, cause it is a blessing going home! gone get a little sun in a him skin going home! back to some natural living no more eating ackee out of a thing!
him neva come ya fi stay dem only come ya fi walk but mi seh dem buck up and pice of bad luck and him enough broke, and him enough stuck and him want fi go home and put him feet up
why you think dem do dipose in a di bookmaker dem want fi win some money fi go back a jamaica dem haffi build a nice house with a veranda and watch a grand pickeney dem play togeda
now, all rasta who love Africa there is a place called Shashamane in a Ethiopia given to all di black people by di Emperor come mek we build it up and make a place prosper
gone home! ca get a little sun in a your bone gone home! Lord, say, what a beautiful sounds gone home!