Better Make Sure

Yeah man

scatter those who delight in war

ah Selassie wi praise, inno

yeah, ah di fiyah wi ah bun

tell dem seh ah Judgement ah come, yeah

wi haffi rise ghetto youth from di slum

a black woman bring dem come

yes Bobo

yeah man, Holy Emmanuel I Selassie

Kalonji seh so

hey, hey, hey

Dem better mek sure dem come liberate di poor

better mek sure, better mek sure

better mek sure dem come liberate di poor

because wi ah guh bun dem out more, more

better mek sure dem come liberate di poor

better mek sure, better mek sure

better mek sure dem come liberate di poor

gwaan black woman

mi seh yuh pure

Black people know everything long before

Babylon a crook and mi know dat fi sure

just wa day dem tek counsel inna parliament house

di poor people weh dem guh thief out

and later on dem waan fi sneak out

ku deh, dem secret guh leak out

down to di babes and sucklin dem speak out

ah so mi see di pagan deh weak out

dem bun gas station, dem bun down di store

dem bun police station, dem bun court house

Yow, down to di prisoners ah float out

so mi see seh Babylon city inna drought

Better mek sure dem repatriate di poor

better mek sure, better mek sure

better mek sure dem come liberate di poor

or else a bare stick beating lickle more

oye, better mek sure yuh come redeem di poor

better mek sure, mi nation secure

better mek sure dem come, mek sure dem come

come liberate di poor

Yow

education alone run di route

wi need food and salvation, shoes and clothes

repatriation fully, up close

people ah walk up and down

dem ah walk all bout

fi equal rights and justice mi hear dem ah shout

Rastafari words ah come from dem mouth

so I could nuh sleep, coulda never snore

beat di horn ah beat and I could nuh ignore

poor people have di revolution inna control

Babylon yuh head gwine roll

dem ah show off bout di billions

dem nuh hail Selassie wid him Trillions

all dem do is brutalise di civilians

police and soldiers illiterate and ignorant

so di ghetto youths start to move brilliant

dem get di vigor and dem full a vigiliance

wi mash up ship fi sail leff Jamaica island

fi guh ah Africa, repatriation

Black people ah di first nation

Rastafari nuh deal wid segregation

HIM teach di people in United Nations declaration

gi di human rights more penetration

Dem better mek sure dem come liberate di poor

free up di poor, free up di poor

unno better mek sure yuh come free up di poor

hail Emperor Selassie some more

Better mek sure dem come liberate di poor

better mek sure black people secure

dem better mek sure fi repatriate all di poor

hail King Selassie

Yow

Black people anno stranger

hey Babylon yuh end up inna danger

yuh ah di target and yuh think yuh a ranger

ku yah, mi black nation get braver

King Selassie born inna Ethiopia

ah bare marijuana wi smoke, yah

Babylon yuh cyaan snort no coke yah

and no police man cyaan tek no oath yah

no bother tek poor people fi no joker

Babylon dem a loafer

Redder Fiyah! Hey!

Unno better mek sure yuh come free up di poor

free up di poor, youths fi secure

better mek sure yuh come liberate di poor

dem better mek sure dem come free up di poor

or else a bare things lickle more

yow dem better mek sure dem come free up di poor

Rastafari yeah, mi sure

want to be on the Ethiopian shore

only black woman Rastaman come adore

Babylon mi sink yuh so yuh heart get sore

Hey, yow,

poor people hardcore

hey dem better mek sure dem come free up di poor

better mek sure