Sometimes I used to sit down and wonder Wonder what is really, really going on Some people are starving, some dying for hunger - all over the world While others have everything in abundance Mankind, you better know yourself Cause in time to come it's gonna be dread Mankind, you better know yourself Cause in time to come it's gonna be dread - dreader than dread They say the fittest of the fittest , yes they shall survive Give thanks unto JAH cause he keeps us alive Ooohh - those things are written in prophesy So we don't need none of their, none of their ideology Mankind, you better know yourself Cause in time to come it's gonna be dread Mankind, you better know yourself Cause in time to come it's gonna be dread - dreader than dread Starvation Distruction Ooohhh - desolation A whole heap a, a whole heap a corruption In high and low places Mankind, you better know yourself Cause in time to come it's gonna be dread Mankind, you better know yourself Cause in time to come it's gonna be dread - dreader than dread