Intro:
Glorious be to the most high, Jah, Rastafari
Oh, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nigh
Hey, yu see Sly & Robbie
Chorus:
A just Selassie send dem, well
Play music fi heathen, well
Si di Christian we call dem, yeh
Dut just di devil control dem, Sly
A Selassie send dem, well
Cause music a fi play dem, yeh
Mr. Robbie him bass dem, well
Taxi Gang come tell dem dat
Verse 1:
Well Mr. Sly, well
Music we al play an we a trample over
jungle
trample down a TG, rema man we a talk
to
All rema man unuh fi cool an unuh fi
humble
Put down all di guns an leave di chain
an all di bangle
Cause Selassie, well we ready fi di
people
All rastaman an bogo man we all a talk
to
Sly dem a play, we licking out di devil
Come Taxi Gang come play fi di people
(Chorus)
Verse 2:
Long time we a tell dem fi louh all
di band
Dem want mix rastaman in dem Bachanal
Chu Missa Sly him a foundation
Dats why we play di music fi each and
everyone
Verse 3:
Music we a play yes a we run di route
Music we a play fi all dem down a south
Easy Mr. Sly and Taxi Gang run di route
Yuh nuh hear music dem a bawl out
Mission Impossible and a teach people
Play fi all di dumb, di deaf, di blind
and all di cripple
Oh Mr. Sly how yuh humble, nah rumble
Because we too comfortable so we tell
dem
(Chorus)
Verse 4:
Well, trample di Christian, di beast
a albashan
Dis rastaman don't yuh know seh yuh
ever wrong
Mr. Sly play di music from 19 how long
Dem a play fi Bob Marley, Peter Tosh,
how much
How dem fi dis we when yuh know seh
we nuh nervous
A foundation, a we dig di land
A wi set di plan, an a wi buy, oh na
(Chorus)
Verse 5:
Dis yah one yah pass january morning
From now mi a give out di warning
Some bwoy a fi try do some farming
Mr. Sly a music wi playing
Well from now bad man I talking
Well Taxi Gang don't you know dem run
di tune
And don't yuh know sehh a we have di
engine
Well follow Beenie Man and sing