| Glory be on to the Father and to the Son
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| Ruler of creation, Honorable
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| Oh Israel, Isikiel
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| Them yah rebel warrrior, them ah go rebel
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| And I won’t fail, much less to compel
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| You have the knowledge you tell
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| Emanuel say up with Jah palaces
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| Down with your folly things
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| Light in your crevices
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| No matter what it is
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| Look within the scene
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| The Nyabinghi keeps rollin', ey
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| Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black man rise, too long you dey under disguise
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| Up with Jah palaces
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| Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black woman rise, too long you’ve been under your disguise
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| So long in affliction, the Conquering Lion shall help
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| And everyday the robbers of the people
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| Keep on exhalting themselves
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| Yo, why y’all so greedy? |
| Robbing from the needy
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| Hey ey ey where is the poor man’s wealth?
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| No this isn’t easy, would you believe me?
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| Babylon is messing up your wealth
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| They form the reason, we have been prisoned
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| Youths let your voices be heard
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| Yo, and every season them target Black people
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| To kill the innocent they have the nerve
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| Up with Jah palaces
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| Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black man rise, too long you dey inna your disguise
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| Up with Jah palaces
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| Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black man rise, too long you dey inna disguise
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| No more suffering, we ah go home
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| No more rustling, to the throne
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| To ease all ah the pain we afi chant fi go home
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| Release the mental chain from down inna Rome
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| Nuttin you ah gain and every day you ah moan
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| No strain to give us the honey from the comb
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| More and more rain pouring down
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| Hardcore warrior tell me how me sound
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| Inflation ah crush ya just like bomb
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| Fluctuation ah rush you outta dem town
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| Come we go ah Africa and lef dem alone
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| Most you slayed why is it you crave for more
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| Tell them this
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| Well ah Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black woman rise, salvation never come inna disguise
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| Up with Jah palaces
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| Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black woman rise, salvation never come inna disguise
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| Well, I receive the blessing of the morning
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| From afar I hear Ethiopia calling
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| Tell them fi, give I the knowledge of the King
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| The power of the Trinity always lie within
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| Ah innocent slave down inna the west
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| From Africa them tek we that make me vex
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| Pon them slave ship ah black man full every deck
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| And down inna the west me nah go flow no flap with ex, yo
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| Ey Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black man rise, salvation never come inna disguise
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| Up with Jah palaces
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| Freedom cry
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| Black people wipe the tears from your eyes, yea
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| Black woman rise, salvation never come inna disguise
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| Oh Israel and Isikiel
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| Them yah rebel warrrior, them ah go rebel
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| And I won’t fail, much less to compel
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| You have the knowledge you tell
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| Emanuel say up with (echoing)… |