We stepped out in the morning Rolled the light beneath the waves And fired off a warning The delight was rearranged Stick your head out So count on me when you're falling down Don't give up on what we got now I hear you calling So count on me when you're falling down And just stop giving what you can't give now I hear you calling She said Hold my hand Nothing now will change the mortal man Mortal man My friend Nothing now will change the mortal man Mortal man Mortal man Mortal man Mortal man We stepped out in the morning Holding tight beneath the shade Stuck our heads out And fired off a warning To fly out in the night Keep your head out To the calling If you make it with your hands You will better understand So keep your feet out To the calling And if we take a stand And sever all our plans She said Hold my hand Nothing now will change the mortal man Mortal man My friend Nothing now will change the mortal man Mortal And I've been feeling cold inside I'm a loaded gun Maybe I'm a waste of time, ay And I know it's just a state of mind But oh, the state I'm in Oh-oh, the state I'm in, I-I-I And I wonder how I'll live this life And I've been floating by myself for way too long She said Hold my hand Nothing now will change the mortal man Mortal man My friend Nothing now will change the mortal man Mortal man Count on me when you're falling down Don't give up on what we got now (mortal man) I hear you calling (mortal man) Count on me when you're falling down Don't give up on what we got now (mortal man) I hear you calling Nothing now will change the mortal man, yeah

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark Under the moonlight, you see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes You're paralyzed 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night And no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike You know it's thriller, thriller night You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to run You feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sun You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination, girl! But all the while you hear the creature creeping up behind You're out of time 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl Thriller, thriller night You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight Night creatures calling, the dead start to walk in their masquerade There's no escaping the jaws of the alien this time (They're open wide) This is the end of your life They're out to get you, there's demons closing in on every side They will possess you unless you change that number on your dial Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together, yeah All through the night I'll save you from the terror on the screen I'll make you see That this is thriller, thriller night 'Cause I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a Killer, diller, chiller, thriller here tonight 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night Girl, I can thrill you more than any ghost would ever dare try Thriller, thriller night So let me hold you tight and share a killer, thriller, ow! (I'm gonna thrill ya tonight) Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y'alls neighborhood I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, ooh baby I'm gonna thrill ya tonight, oh darlin' Thriller night, baby, ooh! The foulest stench is in the air The funk of forty thousand years And grizzly ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive Your body starts to shiver For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the thriller

Yeah man, I and I shall not be afraid of ten thousand of heathen that surround and I and I round about Yeah man me know say who de heathen ah go dwell in ah drought Woh, ow, yeah No harm shall come upon thy children, yeah Not even the disasterous pestilence No harm shall come upon thy children, yow Not even what tell Babylon say give me life ah me-e more ah mi friends, woh, oh, ow Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie Oh, let us have a great day, ohh Go, no gold for yon Could never take my place, couldn't be replace Neither buy yuh pearl nor yuh gem Oh, ah see dem praise themself, I agree, everyone needs help But if ah never, as well as whenever yuh rage Den yuh know something else, woh, oh! Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do me wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Whenever, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do I wrong, ay! The powers of Jah, yow Dey wouldn't mind if dey could kill our youth and every time dey tell ah lie that we loot Come down in ah mi village and dem know dat dat dem toop Teaming up we village we go defend mi troop Behind d bars, ah whey dey place dey hoop Dey play ah mental game fi do make mi stoop Well nuff boy go bow, nuff boy go scoop Yow, me ah bun dem fi truth, ow! Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do I wrong Stand firm, Rastafari live forever more I and I know King Selassie shall come in the dark The likes of the poor want more Remember House of Parliament, did fi bun To do good, dey all ignore, ay! Ghetto youth watch it dey mi go lick down satan We need some food, some clothes, all good education, repatriation right now Ow! No harm shall come upon our children, Pharaoh Remember not even the disasterous pestilence No harm shall come upon thy children, oh yeah Not even the disasterous pestilence, well Dey wouldn't mind if dey could kill our youth and every time dey tell ah lie that we loot Come down in ah mi village and dem know dat dat dem toop Teaming up we village we go defend mi troop Behind d bars, ah whey dey place dey hoop Dey play ah mental game fi do make mi stoop Well nuff boy go bow, nuff boy go scoop Yow, me ah bun dem fi truth, ow! Bun Prime Minister, bun down de soap Me gon' bun police in ah him brutal soup No call me no dan, fire pon dope Me ah de living rastaman from King Solomon root Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do us wrong, the powers of Selassie protect us Yes Jah, be I strong, whenever they rise against us They want to do I wrong Ohh! Yeah, ow Oh, let us have a great day, ohh Go, no gold for yon Could never take my place, couldn't be replace Neither buy yuh pearl nor yuh gem Oh, ah see dem praise themself, I agree, everyone needs help But if ah never, as well as whenever yuh rage Den yuh know something else, woh, oh!

Just make yourself prepare I'm travelling over borders and frontier I and I nature is clear Watch yah nuh? Ghetto youths... There is no time to gaze Some come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yow. Tell dem change them ways Binghi youth unnu hurry up Nuh come yah so fi waste out you days, yah? Unnu nuh see seh dem a gaze Dem come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yah? Tell dem change dem ways Binghi youth hurry up because a King Selassie Ethiopia she now stretch forth So King Selassie no more rockin' ah di boat Things ah get red inna di western coast And nuff ah dem ah dead you might think seh ah joke Dem have dem money and still dem cyaan float I come fi separate di sheep from di goat Look inna di heap fi see who ah bust di throat Give them di chalice and them end up ah choke Cyaan burn di herbs dem run gone snort coke If ah yah di fire then ah who have the smoke? Give di youth di culture cause ah it mi ah promote Dem must come together Ras Tafari ah nuh joke Nuh tek no talk There is no time to gaze Some come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yow. Tell dem change them ways Binghi youth unnu hurry up Nuh come yah so fi waste out you days, yah? Unnu nuh see seh dem a gaze Dem come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yah? Tell dem change dem ways Binghi youth hurry up because a King Selassie There is no time to gaze Some come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yow. Tell dem change them ways Binghi youth unnu hurry up Nuh come yah so fi waste out you days, yah? Unnu nuh see seh dem a gaze Dem come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yah? Tell dem change dem ways Binghi youth hurry up because a King Selassie Be still cause wi know dem gone Jah gimme di herb mi plant food and corn Di youth come first so mi nah lef' di farm I till di dirt den wah mek dem ah scorn? Babylon be still unnu allow mi mek mi gwaan Up pon di hill nuh dirty work mi no perform Trod dem yah journey get redder then warm Di youth stop cut all the slave master lawn Nuh do nothin fi get di bloody money inna wi palm Wi nah stand calm There is no time to gaze Some come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yow. Tell dem change them ways Binghi youth unnu hurry up Nuh come yah so fi waste out you days, yah? Unnu nuh see seh dem a gaze Dem come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yah? Tell dem change dem ways Binghi youth hurry up because a King Selassie There is no time to gaze Some come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yow. Tell dem change them ways Binghi youth unnu hurry up Nuh come yah so fi waste out you days, yah? Unnu nuh see seh dem a gaze Dem come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yah? Tell dem change dem ways Binghi youth hurry up because a King Selassie Cho! Di whole ah di honor give di youth better-ment Educate them right fi dem upliftment I nuh settlers nuh give I no settlement I run di palace this ah bigger judgement What's the result from your conference? No solution yuh confuse, you and yuh friends Babylon laws come to an end Babylon the fake going down again Lightning message slap England Burn dem to ashes dem ah pollute Jah land Lightning message up inna di Pentagon Fight dem ah fight fi King Selassie position Tek dem yah message to di Ithiopian Tell dem Emperor Selassie is di Almighty Man Lightning message fi every nation To King Selassie bows di generation There is no time to gaze Some come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yow. Tell dem change them ways Binghi youth unnu hurry up Nuh come yah so fi waste out you days, yah? Unnu nuh see seh dem a gaze Dem come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yah? Tell dem change dem ways Binghi youth hurry up because a King Selassie There is no time to gaze Some come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yow. Tell dem change them ways Binghi youth unnu hurry up Nuh come yah so fi waste out you days, yah? Unnu nuh see seh dem a gaze Dem come fi store it up and try corrupt weh Binghi man create, yah? Tell dem change dem ways Binghi youth hurry up because a King Selassie