Sufferin' Souls

Sitting on the ground in di ghetto

Talking with my brother Natty Congo Bongo

Let me tell you what he said

Let me tell you what he said

How long shall I stay on that bridge,

Waiting for the Police to go

How long shall I smoke on that spliff

Waiting for the children to grow

Too long, we've been too long

Waiting for the children to grow

Sitting on a step at di station

With Mama in a great tribulation

Let me tell you what she said

Let me tell you what she said

See dem a cheating and a lying

See dem a shootin' our children

And we're standing aside, doing nothing

And we're holdin' our head and crying.

Sitting in the grass inna Zion

Chatting with an old countryman

Let me tell you what he said

Let me tell you what he said

They came up, to cut down my tree

They came up, to burn all di country

They came up...

Sufferin' souls in Asia

Sufferin' souls in Africa

Sufferin' souls in South America

Sufferin' souls everywhere,

And no where to go fe dem now