(2 RAS TALKIN…)
CHORUS:
So...UWI a study wi?
Eeh?!
You-Wee
a study wee?
Fi wha? Fi set wi free?
You-W-Eye still a try?
Fi do wha…try fly…?
Fi try fi study
I&I...?
Well,
as long as dem know
When dem do dem study-dem
An-si-seh:
A long time I&I a “medi” dem
A watch dem a hold di BabbleWrong “credi”-dem
O..!?
As long as dem know…
Seh Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Steady dem.
Seh Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Rock-Steady dem.
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
Seh..
Rastafari Know: a long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Steady dem.
Rastafari Know: A long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Rock-Steady dem...
An’ a tan-teady dem.
1.
First, Rome come try trick wi wid dem Collar…
Then BabbleWrong come try wi wid dem Scholar…
Now Illuminatzi money-spinners a try wi wid dem Dollar
A dem devil philosophy dem waan Rasta fi falla?
So wha!? Yu t’ink I&I a fool, fool?
Because yu big up eena Babblewrong School?
Yu ready fi deploy the old Saul-Paul Poly-trix Tool?
I&I a tell yu fi check wha yu really a do,
Yu seen?
Cool…
CHORUS:
So...UWI a study wi?
Eeh?!
You-Wee
a study wee?
You-W-Eye still a try?
Fi do wha…try fly…?
Fi try fi study
I&I...?
Well,
as long as dem know
When dem do dem study-dem
Seh:
A long time I&I a “medi” dem
A watch dem a hold di BabbleWrong “credi”-dem
O?!
As long as dem know…
Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Steady dem.
Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Rock-Steady dem.
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
Seh..
Rastafari Know: a long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Steady dem.
Rastafari Know: A long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Rock-Steady dem...
An’ a tan-teady dem.
2.
A di same way Muscle-Head Mussolini
Did tink seh it woulda did so quick and easy,
Him and him Big-head Bully-Boy De Bono
and Graziani
fly come eena Ethiopia wid mustard gas fi practice war pon wi
Just like Alexander the Greek, and him cousin, Mr. Seizer.
come eena Africa fi try find some easy cheesy breeze-out
Come eena Ethiopia, come fi come try fry wi
But it neva really work out fi dem so irie
It coulda neva really work out fi dem so conveniently
Till BabbleWrong doctoring get dem medication inside a wi
It coulda neva really work out fi dem so irie
Till Roman religion infiltrate dem education inside a wi
Now, look Yah pon wi, doah eeh…
CHORUS:
So...UWI a study wi?
Eeh?!
You-Wee
a study wee?
You-W-Eye still a try?
Fi do wha…try fly…?
Fi try fi study
I&I...?
Well,
as long as dem know
When dem do dem study-dem
Seh:
A long time I&I a “medi” dem
A watch dem a hold di BabbleWrong “credi”-dem
O?!
As long as dem know…
Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Steady dem.
Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Rock-Steady dem.
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
Seh..
Rastafari Know: a long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Steady dem.
Rastafari Know: A long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Rock-Steady dem...
An’ a tan-teady dem.
3.
But, when yu get up pon August Seventeen,
Rememba
To Hail
The born-day also of Manalik,
Progressive Ethiopian Emperor
Hail up Taitu, HIM Powerful Queen
Warrior
And, on that Blessed Ityopyan Earthday,
Rememba
dat mi on ya, but mi neva born ya
And That Rastaman Donny did warn ya,
Early ‘bout false-flag Septemba…
And when yu call-up-call-up Baba Garvey name,
rememba..
Missa Garvey neva wait fi BabbleWrong Papercy
Fi show him how fi mek HIM claim on behalf a we
And His Majesty neva wait till him get, nuh, BabbleWrong
Nor, nuh, Bubble-Gum
Degree
Fi be di Glory of Ethiopian, African, and World History
Fi be di Glory of all the likes of we;
RasTafari no really need fi
Nuh BabbleWrong
fi validate wi..
CHORUS:
So...UWI a study wi?
Eeh?!
You-Wee
a study wee?
You-W-Eye still a try?
Fi do wha…try fly…?
Fi try fi study
I&I...?
Well,
as long as dem know
When dem do dem study-dem
Seh:
A long time I&I a “medi” dem
A watch dem a hold di BabbleWrong “credi”-dem
O?!
As long as dem know…
Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Steady dem.
Rasta Know: A long time I&I Afrikan roots a Rock-Steady dem.
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
I&I and di rest a di Neva-Did-Sell-Out-Dreadi-dem
Seh..
Rastafari Know: a long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Steady dem.
Rastafari Know: A long time I&I Afrikan Roots a Rock-Steady dem...
An’ a tan-teady dem.
An when dem ask mi, “wha a gwaan, sah?”
Well…all mi seh is “A mi Laad; Mi deh ya!
Wid hi-ly
Selah-See-I-Yah!
A jus’ InI, sah;
Talawadada Love from Jamaica
Old Bwoy GranDonDada
From Rasta Jewmaica…”
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