Now watchta mistah man Mi noh like di way yu tan An yu tan soh too lang yu know man A meditate yu a meditate pan di same sang soh lang ? Well hear mi man :
Mi naw preach Mi naw teach Mi jusa show yu Ow mi seit Caw di trute well sweet Jus like a African beat Like wen yu si whey yu comin fram Like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach Soh mi noh care if yu waan vex Ar even gwaan like yu perplex Mi a goh show yu whey mi si mistah man
Yu jus sidoung an fole-up like a cabbidge Like seh yu gat not andahstandin gat no nallidge Like seh yu still noh realise seh a jus di addah day Wi chuck-awf di chokin chains of bandidge Dat in spite a di hateridge an disadvantage Dow wi slip-up an stumble pan di way Wi still reach far doun freedom street Still mindful af di minefields pan di way
Soh mi a beg yu mistah man Please come out a yu shell Yu cyaan dwell inna di paas Cat laas fi evah yu know mi bredda Now dat di sun a shine brite Please come out a di doldrums a di daak nite
Histri biggah dan mi ar yu know Time cyaan steal but it can heal Soh shake di dew from out yu hed Wipe di cabweb fram yu face Wi gat nuff work fi dhu Far wi nob reach mount zion Yet
Yes wi phudung a solid foundaeshan Fi true An wan an two a wi well a get tru Fi true But wi still noh bil di new jerusalem yet
Di time goin come agen Yu can bet Wen wi a goh march awn agen Yu hear mi fren Mobilise wi women an wi fren dem Agen Even di pickney dem a golb jine een Agen For freedam is nat noh idealagy Freedam is a human necessity It cycan depen pan now wan somebody Is up to each an evry wan a wi
Mi naw preach Mi naw teach Mi jusa show yu Ow mi seit Caw di trute well sweet Jus like a African beat Like wen yu si whey yu comin from Like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach Soh mi noh gwaan like yu waan vex Or even gwaan like yu perplex Mi jusa show yu whey mi si mistah man