Intro: 

Blessed 

Emperor Seassie I surely have done ey 

About the welfare and prosperity of I and I people 

But know yourself black people 

Judgement 


Don't do on pretending to be someone you can not

yea yea yea ey ey 

Live according and you'll know as to what

rugu rue rue rue 

Love and inity is the only thing we've got

rigididu yea yea 

Jah prepare us to meet all your onslaught

yea ea ea ey ey  

Have you heard of Ethiopia the purest land thereof, thereof ?

 

Children, Babylon will be burning with flames from the sun 

Unnuh might think a fun, nah badder run 

Mi hail Selassie I and their coward tongue rah ah ah

Them war and strive and blood feast 

Soon your time to preach 

Give Selassie I the praise 

Or else you're punish as the beast 

Black people trod up inna the East 


CHORUS 

Babylon your mental chains break

yea yea yea yay yay 

For Ethiopia's progress ourself we educate 

Well a lightning hotta earthquake 

Babylon your mental chains break

yea ea ea ey ey  

Black people go home for righteousness sake

oh rugu rue rue rue  


 

The preaching is over, what's your actions to this ? 

So long up inna them land, nothing you have accomplished 

Them inna them computer age, children beware of it 

Because everything, everything becomes cybernetic 

Repatriation, we endeavour, we'll all make it 

Too much inna Babylon, that is too much for your kit 

Computer is them world, them number is 666 

That's the mark of the beast, look out for micro-chip 


CHORUS 

Babylon your mental chains break

yea yea yea yo oh 

For Ethiopia's progress ourself we educate 

Ghetto youths them afi know them place

Lizibeth dem mental chains dey break

rogo ro oh oh 

Black people go home righteousness sake

Ah lava and ah earthquake


Rasta is the head needless to be afraid 

Ah nuff a them cuss the Rastaman and run gone shave 

Ah nuff them Babylon program as them slave 

Them run Emmanuel sey a Selassie I the youths fi praise 


CHORUS 

Babylon your mental chains break

yea yea yea yay ey 

For Ethiopia progress ourself we educate 

rugu rue rue rue 

Babylon them mental chains they break

yea yea yea yay ey 

For Ethiopia's progress chant righteousness sake yo

Nyabhingi done there inna the place


Don't do on pretending to be someone you can not

yea yea yea yo oh 

Live according and you'll know as to what

rugu rue rue rue 

Jah make us prepare... (fading)