[Bunny Wailer]
Hear this!
Three monkeys sitting under a coconut tree (really?)
Discussing things as they are said to be (uh huh)
Said one to the others, now listen you two
There's a strange rumour that can't be true
They say man was ascended from our noble race
But the very idea is a big disgrace
No monkey ever deserted his wife
Or her baby, to ruin their lives
Yeah... the monkeys drift, is mine (that's right)
[Damian Marley]
Well, educated fools, they have ruined the world
And start make it hard for both the boys and the girls
Dem steal all the Africans diamonds and pearls
And start bank it up inna federal reserves
And then Rasta fuck it up and incite riot
Warn dem fi cool and we did warn dem fi quiet
Now dem hear the kick drum the snare and the hi hat
Load up dem belly with some copper shot diet
Imagine after so much chanting and prayers
What a revolutionary situation requires
Mi fi come tear off unno face wid pliers
Surround dem ends wid all some burning tires
Round up dem friends and put dem 'pon trials
Until dem send the reparation dollars
Warning to all the political scholars
Political thieves and political liars
Political cocaine and gun suppliers
The whole a dem a go down inna flames and fires
Well unno better fly out like some frequent fliers
Bound to feel the wrath of the real Bongo Nyahs
Hey, don't fuck yourself next time you read out the budget
The government case, ah poor people a judge it
Dem bring the guns but the youths dem ah bust it
Bun dem skeletons weh lock up inna closet
Wipe out dem species and all dem inhabits
With a warm series of pain and havoc
Nah clean no feces fi money prefer grab it
Dem mek mi resort to violence the race get lead up
Somebody nah live up, somebody goin dead up
Blow! Whole ah the garment dem red up
Blow! Car and apartment get bled up
Didn't you get ample warning
Say poor people fed up and still every morning
Dem try hold dem head up
Emperor Selassie calling, youths dem fi dread up
Babylon is falling, gun nozzle bend up
Releasing the whole of the youth dem weh pen up
Well, educated demons, they have ruined the world
And start make it hard for both the boys and the girls
Dem steal all the Africans diamonds and pearls
And start bank it up inna federal reserves
And Rastaman dem fuck it up and we go incite riot
Warn dem fi cool and we did warn dem fi quiet
Now dem hear the kick drum the snare and the hi hat
Load up dem belly with the copper shot diet
[Bounty Killer]
Junior Gong that junior bang and beat up Babylon and Vatican
Me no come here fi praise up no pagan
Me no come here fi big up no batty man
See them a come (?) and forgot all about the good great one
Tell dem seh (?) injustice nah go last too long
See the weapon here inna me hand
Politician me ago buss it 'pon
Them hide the truth and kill we with (?)
Poor people across the world this is a special dedication
Africans and these alike don't lose unnu meditation
See them a come with racism, nah support segregation
Nah go spot me in a fi dem clique and dem congregation
How dem rape this country (?)
That's why them ban me song
Them (?) through me make a stand, check the starification yo
[Damian Marley]
Well, educated fools, they have ruined the world
And start make it hard for both the boys and the girls
Dem steal all the Africans diamonds and pearls
And start bank it up inna federal reserves
Well educated fools they a few in the world
And start make it hard for both the boys and the girls
Dem steal all the Africans diamonds and pearls
And start bank it up inna federal reserves
Well, educated fools
Educated demons and educated goons
Educated mules, educated fools
Educated demons and educated goons
[Bounty Killer]
Yo, minutes after minutes I say hour after hour
How them treat the people them nasty and sour
This is warlord style me as black Noah
'Cause I represent black power, well
Almighty God inna the statue a tower
A long time me know some more did come to devour
They have me people dem and shout power and shower
And trick them with them rice and flour, ya know
Me respect Rastafarians, me respect church goers
Dem fi no say poor people on a boat can't no row a
Fire a flame me bring fi ya drug for ya
And anyone a go a dem fi know ya, well
[Treach]
Heard that man came from sands and other molecules
Way before bodies and barbecues
With a good side a bad side and still argue too
Before scheming and thieving,
And dreaming of gleaming and feening
Even before Adam and Eve and even
Before it was about being the nicest
Or whose diamonds that are priceless
B.C. around Tutankhamun and Isis
On the continent of Africa
Pass out and tribes to create a character
Sold us shit on earth was magical
Then the strangers came from the boat with the ropes
Chains that felt strange
They called it the slave game, the game changed
They had shackled like assholes, the bloodclaat!
So now a days the way prevent it is a thugs glock
Seen them rape and kill our children and women, the villains
The bill gon' sort the black man how to kill men
Let's keep it real, man
You can't harm me or scar me, respect for me
History's priority with the Marleys...