I say, rock stone was my pillow
R-R-Rock stone was my pillow
Couldna find place fi sleep
Pot dem empty, we haffi find food fi eat
When the thing dem a strum
From the first, to the third
Straight up to seven street
Self employed, cannot get lay off
Who did waan fi stop mi now
Dem find out seh dem way off
So mi seh one by one, one by one
One by one we stepping out ah babylon
And then one by one, one by one
Hail the King Selassie I, the conquering lion
I say, rock stone was my pillow
Hail rasta, take us from the slum
King Selassie I blessing come
What we face in the ghetto
Nowhere else can you find
Hunger, poverty, a system so unkind
When cold ground was my bed
Try to make it through the system
All the doors were locked
Mount a time they write a book on you
They wouldn′t look on you
And wanna wipe they foot on you
Liberate the poor, the poor, ehhh
Selassie I dem waah fi war I
Goodbye babylon goodbye, goodbye
Mount Zion Ethiopia for sure
Children of Israel, children of Israel, Eh
Jah man me cool, nuh stumble like you
Walk pon di street, me nuh gwaan for fool
Arrive at the dance, di mic a my tool
Eat pon table, sit inna stool
Me black me brown, me brown no black
Ribs an me chest, me spine a me back
Wait till you hear, when dis riddim drop
Head, you toe, you body a rock
From mi pon di mic, Steve Marley ah chat
Firm and strong, doh step pon the lot
The peaceful, righteous, Rastaman
Rod of correction, inna mi hand
Preachin out to man and woman
Give riches to King Solomon
Now, bass come out, and treble a top
Cap an no buck, an nuh a no cap
Sweetest singer, was sugar minott
Man a come in and ah give me a shot
Dracula tun inna Vampire bat
When him see sun, him cyah take that
Eye dem dark, fi use contact
I pon the mic, Raggamuffin a chat
Fi mi head dread, me head it no plat
Nuh fraid ah no mouse, nuh fraid ah no rat
Pray to Jah, me never will stop
We hot no cold, wah cold nuh hot
Live in a house, no live in a flat
Up inna zion, De righteous will top
Jah blow breeze, the devil cannot