Jah gonna start this revolution The light struck the night, Too indiscipline a battle dem fight Walk and talk they still, mash dem down we will With the strength of a lion stand still Ire, Ire, war today, oh still I hear war today The youth man call upon these elders of which we seek after The Congo Man a chanting, oh dem Congo Man a chant
All the youth dem know, but they cannot see It’s not the use to laugh, when they beat upon we All the youth dem know, of all those tears we cry Yes of this Rastaman life, of this Rastaman life And you can see the changes From the minds and thoughts of our children In a desolate place
Oh we give thanks and praises to our elders For the guidance we seek after We give thanks and praises to our elders For unto them we know that No one shall stand alone tonight Shall run, run tonight, shall stand alone tonight Shall run, run tonight Long before this war we use to cry we use to lie in bed With visions of fire running red, So I call upon my elders instead Don Carlos at the control
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Now (4x) See them come up along the road, oh I can see them Some walk by day some stalk by night Oh Rastafari shall greet them in the end And so de man dem run up so long, so long, Oh, Lord! De Beaten dem down, de shootin' dem down It's a poor man's battle for the youth man stalk And the rich dem a run away Seems like de not know dem right from wrong But I see the youth will fight tonight, wow Look how they jump, and shriek and moan For natty coming over: Oh freedom taking over
