[Intro]
You see; time is runnin' up, runnin' up, passin', passin', movin', goin', goin', style, movin', movin', movin', I would say
Tell you 'bout di sound who lead di way
I-ya bingy, natty, bongo, shanty I [Scatting]
Jah Rastafari, we say
Tell you 'bout a, 'bout a, 'bout a (Hey!)
[Chorus]
It a go dread in a babylon
Chi, fire run red in a babylon
Natty, it a go red in a babylon
Say, blood run dread in a vatican (Murda!)
[Verse 1]
Beca', Ethiopian steppin' out of babylon
Ethiopian chuckin' out of babylon
Ethiopian walk out of wicked man
[Chorus]
Dread, it a go dread up in a babylon
Jah, mi say, red, a go red in a babylon
Chi, it a go dread, a go dread in a babylon
[Refrain]
Cah, natty cyaan walk free (Dung in a babylon)
Cyaan talk free (Dung in a babylon)
Cyaan sleep free (Dung in a babylon)
Cyaan eat free (Dung in a babylon)
[Chorus]
Dread, it a go dread in a babylon
Chi, it a go red, a go red in a babylon
[Bridge]
Jah dread (Hail!)
Jah dread (Hail!)
Jah bingy (Hail!)
Dread-up, dread-up
Nat up-nat up, nat up-nat up
[Chorus]
It a go red in a babylon
Say, fire run red in a babylon
Say, blood run red in a vatican
[Post-Chorus]
I-ya natty, bingy, a bongo, a shanty I, dread Rastafari, I would say
Do it, Jah! [Scatting]
[Chorus]
It a go red in a babylon
Natty, it a go dread in a babylon
[Bridge]
Say, pope Paul fall in a babylon
Pope Paul drop out out a babylon
Cah, right now, humble [?] shall stand
And all the wicked shall roll down in babylon (See!)
[Chorus]
It a go red in a babylon
Natty come fi chant down babylon
[Verse 2]
Say, say, say, make we chant down babylon low
Natty, make we chant down babylon low
Natty, make we beat down babylon low
Natty, make we chant down babylon low
[Post-Verse]
Cah, time is runnin' up, runnin' up, passin', passin', movin', goin', goin', swinging, swinging
[Chorus]
It a go red in a babylon
Natty, it a go dread in a vatican
Say, blood run red in a babylon
[Refrain]
Cah, tell you, natty cyaan walk free (Dung in a babylon)
Cyaan talk free (Dung in a babylon)
Cyaan drive free (Dung in a babylon)
Cyaan smoke a spliff (Dung in a babylon)
[Chorus]
Dread, it a go dread in a babylon
It run red in a this a armageddon
Blood run dread in a this a armageddon
Fire run red in a this a armageddon
[Outro]
Right now is not the time for you to fight [?]
Now it is time to take care of yourself
Stop from fussin', stop from fighting, I would say
Dread Inna Babylon was written by Ranking Toyan.
Dread Inna Babylon was produced by Henry “Junjo” Lawes.