Intro:
Equal rights and justice for all
Rise and never fall
Tell dem sey... Boom!
What dey gonna do, when nuff a dem nuh
true
Say what they gonna do, dem get slew,
yaaaw
Sub-Chorus:
Who do you think you are, we're living
ina small world
As wicked as you think you are, we're
living in a small world
As bad as you think you are, we're living
in a small world
As tough as you think you are, we're
living in a...
Da one ya name, alright
Chorus:
That day will come
When I shall stand and see all those
wicked men
And the fiyah gettin bun
That day will come
When they will try to escape and there
will be
Nowhere to run
That day will come
When I shall see, they hand in all the
bombs
And bayonnettes and bullets and gun
That day will come
When Emperor Selassie I shall rise di
whole a di ghetto
Yute dem from outta di slum
Verse 1:
And the day I would love to see their
face
For the all those evil they do to the
human race
And try to take things out of place
Run away to space, true dem inna...
Off you owna judgement, you a go get
a taste
When dem find out sey dat dem caan escape
Sadness they send on the people dem
trace
Smile on my face
Chorus:
That day will come
When I shall stand and see all those
wicked men
And the fiyah gettin bun
That day will come
When they will try to escape and there
will be
Nowhere to run
That day will come
When I shall see, they hand in all the
bombs
And bayonnettes and bullets and gun
That day will come
When Emperor Selassie I shall rise di
whole a di ghetto
Yute dem from outta di slum
Sub-Chorus:
Who do you think you are, we're living
ina small world
As wicked as you think you are, we're
living in a small world
As slick as you think you are, we're
living in a small world
As tough as you think you are, we're
living in a...
Da one ya name, tell dem!
Verse 2:
Escape today, you caan escape tomorrow
Mek sure you pay back anytime you borrow
Mek sure you dont leff no life inna
sorrow
Mek sure you nuh lead none straight
like arrow
Mek sure you brains nuh push out it
nuh borrow
Mek sure you nuh mek dem coke out an
parro, yeah!
Mek sure you meditation nuh narrow
Judgement!
Yo mi waan tell dem sumpn... Di world
a one...
Chorus:
That day will come
When I shall stand and see all those
wicked men
And the fiyah gettin bun
That day will come
When they will try to escape and there
will be
Nowhere to run
That day will come
When I shall see, they hand in all the
bombs
And bayonnettes and bullets and gun
That day will come
When Emperor Selassie I shall rise di
whole a di ghetto
Yute dem from outta di slum
Bridge:
I will remain the same
Hailing Rastafari name
And watch dem going up in flames
For all the innocent going down the
drain
You have to pay for the shackles and
chains
And pay for these washing of the brain
And pay for these guns and cocaine
The sick and the lame, alright
