[Verse 1]
  Once upon a time   some people come together,
made a plan, took a chance,   agreements between one another.
 
[Chorus]
Dem dey go, dem dey go, dem dey go,
dem de fight, dem de quarrel, dem dey go.
One silly, the other sneaky, the other sleazy,
I tell them if them no wan gree make dem scatter. Go their separate ways.
 
We are born and then we're gone,   nobody lives forever.
It's alright and then it's not,   freedom is a kind of prison.
 
[Chorus]
Dem dey go, dem dey go, dem dey go,
dem de fight, dem de quarrel, dem dey go.
One silly, the other sneaky, the other sleazy,
I tell them if them no wan gree make dem scatter. Go their separate ways.
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[Bridge]
  I can see the future, oh, I can see
  where the people see what the people need.
  I have a dream, oh, I have a dream
  to see the people free from the pain within.
 
[End-Chorus]
Dem dey go, dem dey go, dem dey go,
dem de fight, dem de quarrel, dem dey go.
One silly, the other sneaky, the other sleazy,
I tell them if them no wan gree make dem scatter. Go their separate ways.