Oh, evil men
 Playing smart
 And not being clever?
 I said, you're working iniquity
 To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so)
 But the goodness of Jah, Jah
 I-dureth for-I-ver

 So if you are the big tree
 We are the small axe
 Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
 To cut you down

 These are the words
 Of my master, keep on tellin' me
 No weak heart
 Shall prosper
 And whosoever diggeth a pit
 Shall fall in it, fall in it
 And whosoever diggeth a pit
 Shall fall in it (... fall in it)

 If you are the big tree, let me tell you that
 We are the small axe, sharp and ready
 Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
 To cut you down

 (To cut you down)

 (To cut you down)

 These are the words
 Of my master, tellin' me that
 No weak heart
 Shall prosper
 And whosoever diggeth a pit
 Shall fall in it, uh, bury in it
 And whosoever diggeth a pit
 Shall bury in it, uh (... bury in it)

 If you are the big, big tree
 We are the small axe
 Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
 To cut you down
 If you are the big, big tree, let me tell you that
 We are the small axe
 Ready to cut you down (well sharp)
 To cut you down
 Sharpened