I sometimes dream

Of an island over the sea

Where we could live

Simply the way we wanna live

But Jah gave us birth

In this part of the world

Marley sang, " We come from Trenchtown "

But I and I are children of Babylon (so we've got to) Fight here for liberty

Fight here in this society 

Here's the power

Which sets madness around this world (cries and hunger)

In these hours

Some are building our own future

So if you wanna act this is the place to act

Yes if you wanna fight this is the place to fight

Rastas sing " Repatriation "

But we've got nowhere to go but this land of confusion (so we've got to) 

Fight here for liberty

Fight here in this society 

Je ne suis pas né à Kingston

Non, le jeune homme au micro est enfant de Babylone

Nos racines sont là, mais notre plante pousse hors normes

Et bien qu'la terre soit sèche y's'peut qu'la récolte soit bonne

De la plante à l'animal je déplace ma métaphore

Dread in Babylone tel le ver dans leur pomme

Car si l'homme est un loup pour l'homme

Je m'écarte de la meute je ne suis pas carnivore 

The smallest axe can cut the biggest tree

The smallest match can burn their big cities