Why boasteth thyself, O evil men Playing smart and-a not being clever! I said you're working iniquity To achieve vanity (if a-so, a-so), But the goodness of Jah - Jah Endureth for ever
So if you are the big tree, We are the small axe Ready to cut you down, (well sharp) To cut you down
These are the words of my master Keep on tellin' me: no weak out shall prosper
Eh! Whosoever diggeth a pit Shall fall in it - fall in it And whosoever diggeth a pit Shall fall in it (fall in it)
If you are the big tree, Let me tell you that: we are the small axe Sharpened ready - ready to cut you down, (well sharp) To cut you down.
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, to cut you down, Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, to cut you down)
These are the words of my master Tellin' me that: no weak out shall prosper
And whosoever diggeth a pit Shall fall in it, uh! - bury in it! And whosoever diggeth a pit Shall bury in it, uh! (bury in it)
If you are the big, big tree, We are the small axe Ready to cut you down, (well sharp) To cut you down
If you are the big, big tree, Let me tell you that: we are the small axe Ready to cut you down, (well sharp) To cut you down