“Conquering Lion” was the debut single of Vivian Jackson, aka Yabby You. The composition of the song came about when Jackson, who believed in the divinity of Jesus Christ, rather than the Rastafarian belief that Emperor Haile Selassie I was the returning living God in the flash, had gotten into a de...
[Chorus]
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la
Everyone come to see Jah
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la
Everyone come to see Jah
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You
[Verse 1]
Seventy-two different nations
Bow before Jah glory
Seventy-two different nations
Bow before Jah glory
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You (Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
[Chorus]
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You
For He is the King of Kings
The Lord of Lords
The Conquering Lion of Judah
[Verse 2]
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You
For he is the King of Kings
The Lord of Lords
The conquering lion of Judah
[Outro]
Be you, Yabby-Yabby You
Lay, lay down deh (Yeah-yeah-yeah)
Come, our righteous brother