[Intro]
Sound's call "Creation in the Ghetto"
Way down in a Babylon, yeah
Creation dread, down by di rivers of Babylon
Where I an' I wait, where I an' I remember Zion (Creation dread)
[Verse 1]
I and I chant I high pon day
But I an' I never try to run away because I an' I knoweth I shall be free
Free from Satan's tyranny, as I would flee (Yeah, hu-huh)
Moses, Moses take up my ship from [?]
Got to praise ghetto stands, is our holy ground
[Chorus]
Go down Moses, go down
Say, go down into Egypt
Say, fi go an' tell King Pharaoh
Mi say, fi set Jah Jah children free
Say, fi go down Moses, go down
Mi say, fi go down into Egypt
Say, fi go an' tell King Pharaoh
Tell him, say, fi set Jah Jah children free
Tell him, say, fi set Jah Jah children free (Uh-uh)
[Bridge]
Moses obey an' hear what Jah Jah say (Yeah, right on)
Tell you 'bout the ten commandment (Yeah)
How did Moses cross the red sea when he set Jah Jah children free?
[Verse 2]
They said that Moses swept his rod across the red sea
An' set Jah Jah children free
Set dem free from Pharaoh's tyranny
Set dem free, Moses set dem free
Set dem free, yes he set dem free (Yeah, uh-uh, watch out, man)
[Chorus]
Cah mi say, Moses strike the rock an' him bring forth water
For all di idrens an' dawta
Moses strike the rock an' him bring forth water
For all di idrens an' dawta
You fi quench my bredrin thirst in the desert
Quench my bredrin thirst in the desert (Yeah, yea, yea, yea)
[Outro]
Creation, I tell you, say it dread dem time deh
Dem time deh I an' I have write pon [?] because
I an' I never have no engine, as I would say
Dub Them Rasta was written by Dillinger.
Dub Them Rasta was produced by Coxsone Dodd.