[Intro]
The prophet live (Yeah)
The prophet live, ya
The prophet live (Heh)
[Verse 1]
Dem come with dem herb control
Kill out di prophet in a Babylon
Dem come with dem herb control
Fi kill out di prophet in a Babylon
But pope Paul crumb an' di Babylon flunk
Pope Paul crumb an' di Babylon flunk
Pope Paul flunk an' di Babylon crumb
An' di churches tumble down
Mi say, di churches gone down
Mi say, di churches gone down
For di righteous glad an' di weakheart vex an' flunk, ya
An' dem leave from Europe, leave from France
Come satta down pon di lion land
An' dеm leave from Europe, lеave from France
Come satta down pon di lion land
[Chorus]
Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live (Ethiopian)
Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live (Ethiopian)
[Verse 2]
Di righteous glad fi lightning
An' di righteous glad fi di thunder
But di weakheart vex with di lightning
An' di weakheart vex with di thunder
Pope Paul flunk, ya, an' Babylon get crumb
Di churches fallin', mi say, di churches fallin' down
Come from Europe an' come from France
Come satta down here in a Babylon
Use I as slave, steal us of our culture an' name
Though they free us from chain an' use up this [?], I would say
Gotta tell you like that, a time fi you talk that work
A time fi you dance that work (Yeah)
[Chorus]
Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live
[Verse 3]
They come-come satta down here in a Babylon
Pon naya down here in a Babylon
Dem a slave us in a Babylon
Say, dem a slave us in a Babylon
An' dem a slave us, say dem a slave us
An' dem a slave us down in a Babylon
Dem leave from Europe
Dem leave from France
Gone come satta down here pon di lion land
Come satta down here in a Babylon
Come slave us, come slave us, come slave us down in a Babylon
[Chorus]
Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live (Ethiopian)
Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live, Jah live (Ethiopian)
[Verse 4]
Pope Paul crumb, an' di Babylon flunk
Said, pope Paul get crumb an' di Babylon flunk
Pope Paul get crumb an' di Babylon flunk
Pon di churches crumblin' down
I say, di churches crumblin' down
Mi say, di churches crumblin' down
Mi say, di churches crumblin' down
Mi said, kill pope Paul an' a Babylon fall
Kill pope Paul an' a get on di ball
Lightning clap an' a weakheart drop
[Outro]
Weakheart-dem deh holler fi lightning
Know, dem don't bawl fi thunder
So di lightning clap an' a weakheart drop
Prophet Live was written by Prince Jazzbo.
Prophet Live was produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry.