Intro         [Instruments]

               Well I say let the almighty Father we praise

               And yes black people I love you always [instruments continue]

 

Chorus     Farmerman till it some more,till the soil some more

               Bare war ah gwan and the ghetto youths poor

               Till it some more,rainshower me say pour

               Yow,ghetto youths skull ah bore

               So farmerman till it some more,till it some more

                Politician war ah gwan so put the food ah mi door

               Till it some more,till it some more-yow! make the youths set 		secure,know now

 

Verse 1     This is the awakening,rise from the dust

                Ghetto youths stop complaining and go manifest yuh wok

                As early as the morning,we dey load up the truck

                With food from east,west,north,and from south

                 Me bring the crumb ah Kingston fi full dem gut

                 Ghetto youths hungry,me ah beg unno no fuss

                 No bother laugh because the government ah puss,me nah go carry 		dem stuff 

                 Duff get rooks offer,nuff get brass

 

Chorus       So till it some more,till it some more

                 Ghetto youths hungry,me say ghetto youths poor

                 Till it some more,till the soil some more

                 Babylon ah war and youths hungry and poor

                 Farmer till it some more,just till the soil little more

                 Ghetto youths hungry and the black woman dem poor

                 Till it some more,till it some more,yow! bun Theodore! den

 

Verse 2      Dem ah war when the 'Binghi youth ah hail Selassie I

                 Like water in ah rock,me come fi ring dem dry

                 Me come fi have all ah dem problem pacify unless if I satisfy

                 Ghetto youths me say no cry

                 Remember to hail Emperor Selassie I

                 Cease from yuh war,put down yuh gun, ah bare gheto youths ah 		die

                 Ah who give yuh authority you little guy?

 

Chorus      Till it some more,till it some more

                 You see ghetto youths ah fuss and ghetto youths ah live poor

                 Till it some more,Sizzla till the soil more

                 Yow! dem ah have the ghetto youths skull ah bore

                 Me say fi till it some more,give me righteousness more

                 Bare war ah gwan and ghetto youths skull ah born

                 Gimme little more,gimme the good herb fi 		sure--oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,oh,why?

 

                 [Saxophone plays]

 

                 [Na-na-na,no-no-no]

 

Verse 3      I look to the east,and ah gather Rastafari children,ah make dem know say

                 Babylon system is the beast

                 And the head is John Pope and Elizabeth and the rest ah whole ah dem

                 Whey ah mix up in ah meat,and dem bloody feast

                 Have dem trigger dey squeeze and bun poor people dem ah cheat

                 Mi tell the ghetto youths and dem no fi go beneath 'cause

                 Babylon havoc dem watching

 

Chorus       Till it some more,ill it some more

                 Bare war ah gwan and ghetto youths dem poor!!!

                 Till it some more,till it some more

                 Yow,farmer put down all the food ah mi door

                 Me say till it some---,Babylon no kill nothing more

                 Or else Rasta ah go judge you fi sure

                 No kill nothing more,righteousness more

                 Ghetto youths dey hungry and poor,well den

 

Verse 1      Rise up from the awakening,from the dust

repeated     Doh complain fi manifest Jah wok

                 As early as the morning,load the morning truck

                 From east,from west,from north me full it up--from sun touch 		the city

                 Gih dem food fi full up dem gut  [line fading]

                 Unno no fuss,me nah go carry dem stuff  [line fading]