when pu-pum dem a devour
 eat di girl like dem a flour
 sex di girl dem by di hour
 mek dem bawl fi all dem madda
 cool mek mi line up mi girl dem get dem togetha

 How some guy a dis mi when mi talk mi nah guh rhyme
 my toe mi jam mi drop a sign
 a me di gal dem waan fi wine
 because di DJ nah fi whine
 because dem cyaan come touch mi style
 because di DJ nah guh talk like nuh Calvin Klein

 How dem a try fi dis mi when dem know wi find new gear
 because a we one rule di year
 di gal dem play up inna wi hair
 di gal dem treat wi with care
 because di clothes a weh wi wear
 because dem know seh wicked man a rasta man wi nah guh pair
 but...

 Has di worl gone mad?
 Summady tell mi nuh?
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Guh ask di President
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Summady tell mi nuh?
 Has di worl gone...is di worl gone...

 Has di worl gone mad?
 Please tell mi nuh
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Mi really waan fi know
 Has di worl gone mad?
 wah?
 Has di worl gone...is di worl gone

 Rastaman nuh mix up inna babylon business
 because dem know wi work suh hard
 because a nuff time wi profit
 because di way wi treat wi life
 and all di way how wi guh live
 dem nuh like wi cause wi tink positive
 and yo..hey

 Nuff a dem keep up every day dem inna di killing mood
 and a one bag a looting and join up inna bag a shooting
 then policeman haffi ketch him
 when dem ketch him dem guh shot him
 yuh hear him mumma deh bawl "what a innocent ting!"
 hey...

 Everyday yuh get up inna di cold yuh still nuh sure yet
 di whole heap a money weh yuh mek mi seh becareful how yuh spend it
 well yuh haffi spen it wisely and nuh mek police man touch it
 else you a guh get deport and Lukie waan guh live it and....

 Has di worl gone mad?
 Summady tell mi nuh?
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Suh me'd a waan fi know
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Guh ask di President
 Has di worl gone...has di worl gone...

 Has di worl gone mad?
 Summady tell mi nuh?
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Suh me'd a waan fi know
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Guh ask di President
 Has di worl gone...has di worl gone...

 Well di prisoners dung a GP well a fi dem past wi grief
 because di footballers and musicians a we a run di peace
 look how some likkle rasta bwoy nuh know John who live out a east
 A nuff a dem a wolf unda clothes a nyam meat
 yeah...

 Cuh him a try fi dis mi when him know wi got di heat
 and when a we one got di passion di passion wi got di beat
 and di music it a play and how di music sound suh sweet
 unu cool mek mi rock to di bad reggae beat

 How dem a try fi dis mi when a we one set di history
 and a we one write di story
 and a we one get di glory
 yo wi happy Bob Marley set di pace dat we can tek it
 well easy all a di artist dem inna di country and sing

 Has di worl gone mad?
 Summady tell mi nuh?
 Has di worl gone mad?
 yuh nuh si dem kill mi dog
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Guh ask di President
 Has di worl gone...has di worl gone...

 Has di worl gone mad?
 Summady tell mi nuh?
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Cau me'd a waan fi know
 Has di worl gone mad?
 Guh ask di President
 Has di worl gone...has di worl gone