Natty Pass Thru’ Rome

[Intro]
Babylon falling!
Fall, ya

[Chorus]
For di natty pass through Rome
Tell you, natty pass through Rome (Lord have mercy)
Him pass through Rome (Hm-hm)

[Verse 1]
Say, di natty fling stone an' him broke off di comb
An' him crash down Rome
Natty pass through Rome an' him fling two stone
An' him broke up di comb

[Bridge]
Babylon fall! (Huh)
Babylon, huh, falling down

[Verse 2]
Nowadays all a blackman got to do is unite
An' stop from fight your brother, stop from fuss your sister
Live in I-nity
So they go down an' churches must bow

[Chorus]
It pass through Rome an' him pass through Sodom
An' him broke comb, an' him - huh!

[Verse 3]
Dread are in a Babylon
Dread are in a Babylon
Natty dread are in a Babylon (Wow)
For it dread in a Sodom
Say, it dread in a Sodom
I say, it dread in a Sodom
Natty crash down Babylon (Huh)
An' the churches a tumble down
Natty crash down Babylon
Churches then fall, tumble down
Natty pass through Rome (Lord have mercy)

[Chorus]
Him fling two stone an' him broke up di comb an' him
Together, ya
Say, di natty pass through Rome an' him fling two stone
An' him broke up di comb (Together, ya)

[Bridge]
Pass through Rome, an' him
Fling two stone, an' him
Broke comb (Together)
All a blackman got to do
Stop from-a fightings each other
United sisters an' brother, ya
Lord, I tell you, low down Babylon fall
Yeah, tumble down
On di greatest frown

[Chorus]
While di natty pass through Rome an' him fling two stone
An' him broke up di comb an' him - together
Natty pass through Rome an' him - huh!

[Verse 4]
You're slippin' an you're slidin', an' you're bumpin' an' you're fallin'
Your crown gonna fall
You're runnin', an' you're hidin' an' you're diggin' an' you're divin'
An' you're, your crown gonna fall

[Chorus]
Say, natty pass through Rome an' him broke two comb
Say, di natty broke up di comb an' him fling two stone
An' him clap down Rome, an' him
Di natty broke up di comb an' him forward with the stone
An' him clap down Rome, an' him

[Outro]
Babylon fall
You know what we say will do
Say, it dreader in a Babylon a whether, said-a, black or white, as I would say
Natty fling out di stone an' him clap down Rome
Tell you, natty fling in di natty stone an' him broke di natty comb
An' him - dread in a Babylon