It's been a long time we down here in Babylon We want to go home now Free Jah Jah children, free Jah Jah children
So long we slaving in Babylon We want to go home Free Jah Jah children, free Jah Jah children
Free them from poverty, free them from misery Free them! Won't you free them? Free them from this kind of life They want to live otherwise Free them! Why won't you free them?
We got to pay the price We got to sacrifice, for our liberty We want to be free, oh Natty Dreadlocks want to be free We got to pay the price We got to sacrifice, for our liberty We want to be free, Rastafari want to be free
Free them from misery, free them from poverty Free us! Why won't you free us? Oh yes
Freedom from this kind of life We want to live otherwise Free us! Why won't you free us? Free us, from out of captivity Babylon, won't you, free us?
We got to pay the price We got to sacrifice, for our liberty We want to be free, oh Natty Dreadlocks want to be free We got to pay the price We got to sacrifice, for our liberty We want to be free, Rastafari want to be free
Free them from poverty, free them from misery Free us! Why won't you free us?
Free dem inna South Africa! Free us in Jamaica! Free us! Won't you free us?
It's been a long time we down here in Babylon We want to go home now Free Jah Jah children, free Jah Jah children
So long we been down in Babylon We want to go home! We got to go home! Free us! Free us! Free us!