Natty Roots

[Intro]
Black people (Huh)
Never know themself until they're back against the wall
So you see, awaiting Babylon an' Satan killer must fall
When I man say, Babylon are dem police and the soldier man
Also a wicked man's a Babylon
So, youth man, you got to understand
An' look upon yourself (Natty roots, natty Congo)
An' check upon your structure (Natty roots, natty bingy)
Look upon your structure

[Chorus]
Say, di Jah Jah dreader than dread (Roots, natty trench tribe)
Say, watch a natty heavier than a lead (Natty roots, natty bobo)
Watch out, man!

[Verse 1]
Say dat, di fire goin' burn an' di wicked have fi turn
Fire goin' burn an' di wicked have fi turn
Natty roots, natty trench tribe
Say, blood uptown an' a blood downtown
Natty roots, natty bingy (Blood all over Rome)
Watch you, said, a blood in di city (Zion!)
And a blood all over Rome, I would say, alright

[Chorus]
Hеy, natty dreader than dread (Natty roots, natty bobo)
Hе heavy than lead (Natty roots, natty bingy)
Natty heavy than lead (Natty, natty, natty, natty)
Natty, natty, natty roots, natty trench tribe
Say, di natty roots, natty bobo, oh Lord (Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion)

[Verse 2]
Mount Zion, I would say (Natty roots, natty bobo)
Cah tell you, mount Zion, I would say (Natty roots, natty lion)
Humble mount Zion (Zion, Zion, Zion)
You see, I an' I will walk to go to the land that I want
We the humble Ethiopian (Zion, Zion, Zion)
Jah, let mi tell you, we are humble Ethiopian
Natty roots, natty bobo
Cah so mi say, we a go steppin' in a Zion
Natty roots, natty black man
Cah let mi tell you, we a go walk in a Zion
Natty roots, natty white man
And let mi tell you, we a go talk in a Zion
Natty right pon di right
So mi really say, cah we a humble Ethiopian
Natty roots, natty black man
Cah, weh mi say! (Natty roots, natty white man)
Tell 'em, Scorcher, tell 'em! (Natty right pon di right) Alright!
Zion, Zion, Zion, Zion; Zion, Zion, Zion
Natty roots, natty bobo Alright!
Say, natty gone on to Zion in a carnal mind
Roots natty trench tribe; natty right pon di right
Gone on to Zion in a carnal mind (Natty right pon di right)
Your carnal mind, it have fi stay behind
Natty roots, natty black man
You carnal mind, it have fi stay behind

[Chorus]
Cah, natty dreader than dread (Natty roots, natty white man)
Say, di natty heavy than lead (Zion, Zion, Zion)
So mi really say, cah natty dreader than dread (Zion, Zion, Zion)
She heavy than lead (Zion, Zion)
Jah dread, Jah dread, Jah dread, Jah dread

[Verse 3]
Jah dreader than dread (Yeah)
Watch di natty heavy than lead (Natty roots, natty trench tribe)
Man say (Natty roots, natty bingy)
Bingy high (Natty roots, natty black man)
Culture, love, god Jah Rastafari (Natty roots, natty white man)
Humble is the youth man (Oh, Lord)
Jah race is not for the swift
Have mercy, have, and have mercy pon themself, I would tell you

[Outro]
Roots natty Congo (Oh, have mercy Jah)
Roots natty Congo (Give thanks and praise)
Watch a natty roots, natty trench tribe (After the father)
I tell you, natty roots, natty trench tribe (Itinually)