| Emperor Hailie Selassie I
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| I and I hail the royal emperor of Ethiopia
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| And bun ah guy
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| Jah Bless, Well Read…
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| Babylon ah listen from near and far
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| Not even go ask them what dem peepin for
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| Tell them they cyar hold the youths
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| With no more house and car
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| Hear we Ethiopia, war ah this ah war
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| Babylon ah listen from near and far
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| Not even go ask them what dem searchin' for
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| Tell them they cyar hold the youths
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| With no more house and car
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| Gimme Ethiopia, yo afi black star
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| Babylon ah listen and devise new plan
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| Dangerous sittin with they ass for too long
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| Blackness risen so arise black man
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| Black woman teeth ah glisten… Ethiopian
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| They think the fire did missin
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| Come we bun Babylon
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| Dedicated to Britain and United Nation
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| Uno look what ah go happern fi repatriation
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| Uno free up every prisoner ah revolution
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| Sizzlasie I authority higher than…
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| Your police and your soldiers stop yuh molestation
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| Babylon ah listen from oh so far
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| Don’t even go ask them what dem listenin for
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| Tell them they cyar hold the youths
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| With no more house and car
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| Gimme Ethiopia, cuz that afi black star
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| Babylon ah listen from oh so far
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| Don’t even go ask them what dem searchin' for
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| Tell them they cyar hold the youths
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| With no more house and car
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| Give we Ethiopia, the motherland fi black star
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| Rain over heathen, flood out we not dumb
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| Heathen and sheden done get John Paul stamp
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| The brigadaire go hear we come and same time him cramp
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| The major general dun full up a hope for camp
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| We bringing out the authotority so we nah ramp
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| It higher than voltage wattage and amp
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| The whole ah dem tek ras-council 'gainst me King
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| Ah bear fire Sizzla kalonji bring, you see
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| Babylon ah listen from oh so far
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| Don’t even go ask them what dem peepin for
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| Tell them them cyar hold the youths
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| With no house and car
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| Give we Ethiopia, the motherland fi black star
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| Babylon ah listen from oh so far
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| Them and them associate ah fight bear psyco war
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| Tell them they cyar hold the youths
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| With no more house and car
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| Give we Ethiopia, the motherland fi black star
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| They say I must be friendly, no but what if not
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| Me nah different from nobody, King Selassie is the top
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| Me nah come fi love up any… wolf from the pack
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| And every youth ah come with me in the land of the Black
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| Yo ah so many black youth uno shot
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| You nah love Marcus Garvey this ah lick you like rock
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| Bun your dollars and penny come tell me say stop
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| Emanuel ah fi me and the youths dem whey have Ras
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| Yo dem ah listen from oh so far
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| Don’t even go ask them what dem listenin for
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| Tell them them cyar hold the youths
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| With money house nor car
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| Give we Ethiopia, land fi the black star
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| Babylon ah listen and devise new plan
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| Dangerous sittin with they ass for too long
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| Blackness risen so arise black woman
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| The youths teeth ah glisten royal Ethiopian
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| Fire never missin come we bun Babylon
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| This goin to Britain and United Nation
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| Uno look what ah go happern fi repatriation
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| Uno free up every prisoner ah revolution
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| Sizzlasie I authority higher than…
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| Your police and your soldiers, molestation, stop
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| Dem ah listen from oh so far
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| Don’t even go ask dem… |