Say Jah Jah deh deh 

no matter wha' dem a say

Jah deh deh, 

yes him deh deh, no matter wha' dem a say

Jah deh deh, 

well again again 

Ooh na na na na na na na


Tell me is it dem or is it me. 

Is it the bird wha' deh ina di tree

Is it the fish wha' swim ina di sea,

Is it the willow wha' carry birds and bees.

No it's none of dem deh things indeed,

It's rather fi dem Babylon technology. 

Ah rather dem sky scrapers and fi dem streets

Ah the nerve centres of fi dem cities, 

where mind-slaves ah run tings fi we


But Patrice Lumumba na go rest in peace, 

Steven Biko na go rest in peace, 

Kwame Nkrumah na go rest in peace, 

Marcus Garvey na go rest in peace, 

Malcolm X ‘im na go rest in peace 

Mahatma Gandhi na go rest in peace 

burying their bodies was like burying seeds 

Ina fi we babies I can see dem creep,

Ina fi we mothers I can hear them weep 

Out of the mouths of the sufferers I can hear them scream. 

Hear dem scream!


Chorus


Say Jah Jah deh deh 

no matter wha' dem a say

Jah deh deh, 

yes I'm deh deh, no matter wha' dem a say

Jah deh deh, 

well again again 

Ooh na na na na na na na


The things wha' you a own end up owning you, 

the things wha' you a clone end up cloning you. 

The things wha' you a show end up showing in you 

any time you a fling a stone it end up hitting you. 

The things wha' you possess end up possessing you

you claim seh you a progress 

but you na progress fi true. 

You claim seh you are so blessed 

but you are cursed fi true, 

cos what comes first, last in you


Chorus


Say Jah Jah deh deh 

no matter wha' dem a say

Jah deh deh, 

yes him deh deh, no matter wha' dem a say

Jah deh deh, 

Tell me is it dem or is it me. 

Is it the bird wha' deh ina di tree

Is it the fish wha' swim ina di sea,

Is it the willow wha' carry birds and bees.

No it's none of dem deh things indeed,

It's rather fi dem Babylon technology. 

Ah rather dem sky scrapers and fi dem streets

Ah the nerve centres of fi dem cities, 

where mind-slaves ah run tings fi we


But Patrice Lumumba na go rest in peace, 

Steven Biko na go rest in peace, 

Kwame Nkrumah na go rest in peace…