Tell the Children

Yea man go way from here so Babylon
 You cyar take the black people fi fool
 Wha you ah deal with man
 You nah see we have hands and feet,
 eyes and nose you don't see we have mouth
 Yea man righteousness from me drop
 We even have clean teeth you see it
 Yea man so me ah show dem say fi get good feeding
 same way especially the baby mothers let me see it
 Yea man Rastafari say fundemental freedom,
 redemption, Black international repatriation
 We nah no time ah laugh its hate
 and all dem we ah bun the fire pon, Jah
 Ethiopia Africa stand up,
 all ghetto youth remeber this
 Kalonji reveal the truth, me say
 [CHORUS:]
 Tell the children the truth
 Babylon ah try poison the multitude inna food ya
 Tell the children the truth
 Slaverey nah utter go dash way dem juice
 Remember this, tell the children the truth
 Eat them vegetable ey eat the fruits
 Tell them say, tell the children the truth
 Hail King Selassie and go study all your African roots
 Dem set table fi me and me tell dem me?
 Nah come deny me like the one name Delila
 Dem move like spy and get caught by the spider
 Chant with the lion ghetto youth dem feel live'r
 Nuff Babylon dem ah move like McGuyver
 Everything fi Babylon the whole ah dem die for
 Yo dem go nyam it and go swallow saliva
 Later on him heavy never get lighter
 Couldn't make it with the youth
 them pon them highten flight ya
 Babylon yuh light cyar shine no brighter
 Nah go lef cuz the worsen rout ya
 Emperor Selassie I mighty'er
 Go tell them say
 [CHORUS:]
 Tell the children the truth
 Babylon yuh cyar poison no ghetto youth inna no food ya
 Tell the children the truth
 Iya Iya Iy Iy oh
 Watch out fi them with them wrong intention
 Them ah try get out the youths with them bad injection
 Nuff ah dem ah come with them false deception
 Hail King Selassie I afi him name we weapon
 Babylon mi no trust you fi no minute nor second
 Ministry of Agriculture yo ah you the fire deh pon
 When dem nah poison you them shot you with dem weapon
 The natural farmer Babylon you cyar step on
 Plant your own food and things will go proper
 Come from the root what you want then you prefer
 And the fast food dem ah eat ah get lesser
 Cause it make the ghetto youths ah end up in a mess ah
 Natural food good fi the baby mother
 When she want it fi her youths
 she nah run me down round no corner
 Pick the congo bong where? deh pon the farm ah
 Iya Iy say natural food make your youths stronger
 live longer ah
 [CHORUS:]
 Tell the children the truth
 Babylon ah try poison the whole multitude inna food dem rude
 Tell the children the truth
 Hail King Selassie I you gone ah Ethiopian school yah
 Tell the children the truth
 Babylon yuh cyar poison this yah nation inna food no
 Tell the children the truth
 Me go hail King Selassie I
 Them go leggo them order to the deli
 Babylon food nuff ah dem did go smelly
 And them little friend dem run go telly
 Inna Babylon palce dem nah go dwelly
 That's why dem end up like the one long belly
 Later on hear them belly get swelly
 Before them go ah bush go pick guava and jelly,
 orange, apple pick nuff cherry,
 make the woman get merry
 Yo them too sloppy aye that's why dem life dem go lossy
 Doh be like laffy, hail Emperor Selassie I
 From the earth ah bring me fruits Babylon cyar stop it
 So listen this
 [CHORUS:]
 Tell the nation the truth
 Babylon ah try poison the ghetto youth them inna food move
 Tell the children the truth
 Hail King Selassie I ah dis yah one dem cyar dispute yah
 Tell the children the truth
 Empress nah make them poison off yuh ghetto youth yah
 Tell the children the truth
 Man not everywhere you go you fi nyam people food
 Table fi you yo look tell them dem?
 Nah come deny you like the one name Delila
 Yo dem move like fly and get caught by the spider
 Sit up with the conquer'in lion it live'r
 Yo yo dem ah move like McGuyver
 All Babylon police them...