Oh, oh, op-bo, bo, bo-bo-bo! Oh, oh, op-bo, bo, bo-bo-bo! Yes, me friend, me friend, Them set me free again Yes, me friend, me friend, Me deh 'pon street again The bars could not hold me Force could not control me now They try to keep me down, But god put me around Yes, i've been accused, Wrongly abused, now But through the powers of the most-'igh, They've got to turn me loose... mm! Don't try to cold me up On this bridge now I've got to reach mount zion The 'ighest region If you bull-bucka, Let me tell you that I'm a duppy conqueror, conqueror Yes, me friend, me good friend, Them set me free again, mm Yes, me friend, Them turn me loose again Don't try (bto cold me up on This bridge now I've got to reach mount zion The highest region If you bull-bucka, Let me tell you I'm a duppy conqueror Hit it! (conqueror) Yes, me friend, me friend, me friend, me friend, We deh a street again Yes, me friend, me friend, me friend, Dem set me free again Dem set me free again Don't try to show off Fi make you friend dem laugh, what a la-la! For i will cut you off And i will take the last straw I'm cryin'! yes, me friend We deh a street again, yea-eah Yes, me friend, me friend, me friend, (Dem set me free again.) Oo-oo-ooh, yea-eah, mm-mm Bars could not hold me

Hold on to the moment when there's something brewing in the sky Come on, there's too much distance separating you and I But there's no real reason to take what you cant get, she's never asking why Now, I know that's treason I'm shakin' and I'm movin' and it's all because of you And I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat Oh, I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat Break in to the system, these walls between us are just way too high Bend light in a prism, seven colours flashing in your eyes You must try to escape it, boy you'll never ever see the lie If you buy my story, I'll take you and I'll move you and I hope you think its true But I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat Oh, I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat And I feel something what you feel boy, the beat Oh, I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat But I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat Oh, I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat And I feel something what you feel boy, the beat Oh, I feel something, what you feel boy, the beat

We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight The way you love me It's all right When you put your lovin' arms around me And you hold me tight (Hold me tight) This is my invitation I've got the special vacation I need your concentration Just to feel your vibration (At that) soul shakedown party tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight Jane is in the backyard Doing the outside dance From telling me the other day She didn't even get a chance But this is my invitation I've got the special vacation I need your concentration Just to feel your vibration Baby I need you tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight The way you love me It's all right When you put your lovin' arms around me And you hold me tight (Hold me tight) This is my invitation I've got the special vacation I need your concentration Just to feel your vibration (At that) soul shakedown party tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown party tonight

We gonna We gonna We gonna We gonna have a soul shakedown We gonna have a soul shakedown We gonna have a soul shakedown We gonna have a soul shakedown We gonna have a soul shakedown Party tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown Party tonight The way you lovin' me It's alright When you put your Lovin' arms around me And you hold me tight (Holdin' me tight) This is my invitation I've got the special vacation I need your concentration Just to feel your vibration At that soul shakedown party tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown The way you lovin' me It's alright (It's alright) When you put your Lovin' arms around me (arms around me) And you hold me tight (Hold me tight) This is my invitation I've got the special vacation I need your concentration Just to feel your vibration At that soul shakedown party tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown Party tonight We gonna have a soul shakedown Party tonight Hit it brother, yaw Soul shakedown Soul shakedown We're gonna have a soul shakedown Soul shakedown We're gonna have a We're gonna have a We're gonna have a We're gonna have a We're gonna have a

Revelation, reveals the truth, Revelation It takes a revolution to make a solution Too much confusion, so much frustration I don't want to live in the park Can't trust no shadows after dark So my friend I wish that you could see Like a bird in the tree, the prisoners must be free Never make a politician grant you a favour They will always want to control you forever So if a fire make it burn And if a blood make it run Rasta there up on top, can't you see So you can't predict the flop We got lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Kill, cramp and paralyse all weak at conception Wipe them out of creation Let l'es is l'es in l'es is black In l'es is red in l'es is dread Let rightousness cover the earth Like the water cover the sea Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire Lightning, thunder, brimstone and fire

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another inferior Is finally and permanently Discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war That until there no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all Without regard to race Dis a war That until that day, dream of lasting peace, world citizenship Rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained Now everywhere is war War And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola In Mozambique, South Africa Sub-human bondage have been toppled, utterly destroyed Well, everywhere is war Me say war War in the east War in the west War up north War down south War, war Rumours of war And until that day the African continent will not know peace We Africans will fight, we find it necessary And we know we shall win, as we are confident In the victory Of good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil Good over evil, yeah

Listen my brother and understand Don't play like a donkey if you're really a man You don't fool a soul when you wear sharp studs Your mouth is dirty and you cuss a bad word Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Mother been weeping We were no more strangers (yes I pray) We were more than friends (battles came down) Yet the battles were splintered all over the place Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Always come up and always rude Smashing things and breaking rules Man what do you think you are A little beast for sure Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Can't a woman's tender care (return you now) Change from all the child she beared We were no more strangers (yes I pray) We were more than friends (battles came down) Yet the battles were splintered all over the place Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans this is the time Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind Hooligans, hooligans make up your mind

Until the philosophy which hold one race superior And another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war Me say war That until there are no longer First-class and second-class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights Are equally guaranteed to all Without regard to race Dis a war That until that day The dreams of lasting peace World citizenship And the rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion to be pursued But never attained Well, everywhere is war War And until the ignoble and unhappy regime That hold our brothers in Angola In Mozambique South Africa Sub-human bondage Have been toppled Utterly destroyed Well, everywhere is war Me say war War in the east War in the west War up north War down south War, war Rumors of war And until that day The African continent Will not know peace We Africans will fight, we find it necessary And we know we shall win As we are confident In the victory Of good over evil Good over evil, yeah Good over evil, evil Good over war Until bigotry and prejudice malicious Inhuman sub interests have been replaced by understanding And tolerance and goodwill yeah War Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings Equally in the eyes of the Almight War Everywhere is war