Whether Or Not

Yea burn away the anger and the fury, oy

Hail king Selassie I, his praise and glory

Whether or not, yo from them dis king Selassie I

Babylon goin' collapse

Whether or not, ey from yuh dis Emmanuel

Babylon me know yuh heart goin' stop

Whether or not, yo from yuh dis the Black woman

Me know yuh glory it goin' drop

Whether or not, from yuh nah love Rastafari

That means say yuh doh love the Black

Ey first of all that the woman mek me dey yah

Black culture me talk that me deh say ah

Dis Rastafari ah who dem a refer

Bun John pope and the things whey dem a prefer

Ey first of all a Black woman mek I dey yah

Curruption dem a talk we nah love whey dem ah say yah

Them dis King Selassie ey ah who you dey refer

Come fi bun you out a Babylon things you prefer

Ey live by the word what you speak

'cuz nowadays ghetto youths start see it

Find out, you go bow to the beast

In Mount Zion curruption cyar sweet

Cyar dis the Black woman nor the high priest

Cyar dis the profit with the vision inna the street

Cyar dis the king inna tabanackle a teach

Make the youths them love them one another, ah tell you it

Stop bus the gun stop war stop flinch

No apology or else we kick out your teeth

Find out nuff ah them waa cheat

True Rastaman ah pray pon the mountain peak

Fi protect and care fi the poor and the meek

Doh dis the order, wake up on the east

'cuz poor people gone Babylon waan thief

poor people farm Babylon waan reep

Them nah give the ghetto youth one thing fi eat

So nah bother dis the Rastafari ey nah bother do it

Babylon ah kill the ghetto youth inna the street

Mi say fi rise and live bongo nah go repeat

Repatriation I nah go retreat,

Babylon, gonna sink yuh inna the deep

First of all ah the woman mek me dey ya

Black culture we talk only that we gotta say yah

Ey yuh dis Rastafari ah who yuh dey refer

Find out a Vattican ways dem you prefer

Ey first of all ah the woman mek me dey ya

Bun John Paul Rastafari me prefer

Hail King Selassie Babylon ah get defer

Ey they musbe check say dat them clever

Check them meditation and hear them words

They never did ah look much less fi observe

Dem never did ah listen so dem never heard

Dem dis the Messiah and waan go dis the Sheperd

How come you alone waan __ the earth

From Mount Zion I ah life Rasta preserve

Babylon don't go round no curve

Through we treat a situation pagan waan go swerve

More me bun the fire more the people get hurt

Some boy jus through the money them utter any word

Just we full the belly jus we full the purse

Babylon you silly Babylon you curse

See say that the wicked man can't surf

Righteousness, the ghetto youths dem merge

Babylon must bow and kiss the dirt

Dem nah love Rastaman, much less we work

The west minister law ah go get burst

Rastafari principle, yo ah it govern the earth

Babylon me see say you dey come merge

Hail King Selassie I, the first

Whether or not, yo from them dis Rastafari

Babylon goin' collapse

Whether or not, ey from yuh dis Emmanuel

Babylon me know yuh heart goin' stop

Whether or not, yo from them doh love the Black woman

Me find out dem ratings goin' drop

Whether or not, from yuh nah love Rastafari