Well little man this is a thing called the tradition
Come I puppa Burro at the microphone stand
I come to teach you right and not the wrong
Tell em
Me born a Walton, grow up a Barbican
Me born a Walton, grow up a Barbican
Say in my left it was a invitation
I born with the mic plant in me right hand
A thousand year ago it was a revolution
Where every man fight with a machete in them hand
But inna this a time what I can't understand
The world gone to technical and television
But every youth nowadays a turn bad man
Say every youth nowadays a turn bad man
But as me trod along, say as me trod along
Say as me trod along a what I can’t understand
Say ongle poor man a fight the starvation
Say ongle poor man a fight the starvation
Me can't take the runnings inna Babylon
Say man I can't take the runnings inna Babylon
Cah man a when I’m weak, them a tell me that me strong
Cah when I'm right, them a tell me that me wrong
Say on my way down to Westmoreland
I never take a bus but man I take a minivan
I sight a Babylon with a Rasta man
And him a gwaan like him make outta iron
Say him a take a disadvantageous situation
Say take a disadvantageous situation
Him can't take the runnings inna Babylon
Say man him can't take the runnings inna Babylon
But me a trod from Braeton, go a Ewarton
I trod from Braeton, go a Ewarton
I sight a madman in a garbage pan
Him a pass through great sufferation
Say him a bear up dread tribulation
It a go cause a revolution
Cho make I tell you on some dangerous volution
But make me tell you, ain't got no solution
Cho make me tell you fe come solve the situation
't a so me say
But man I can't take the runnings inna Babylon
Say man I can't take the runnings inna Babylon
Jah man I can’t take the runnings inna Babylon
Because me born a Walton, grow up a Barbican
Say in my left it was a invitation
Me born with the mic plant in me right hand
A thousand year ago it was a revolution
Where every man a fight with a machete in them hand
But inna this a time what I can’t understand
Say every youth nowadays a turn bad man
Me can't take the runnings inna Babylon
Say man me can’t take the runnings inna Babylon
Cant Take The Runnings Ina Babylon was written by Burro Banton.
Cant Take The Runnings Ina Babylon was produced by Henry “Junjo” Lawes.