The Chronicle - Tomas Zivor

Oh Lord Oh Lord Tell the people uptown And the one dem downtown The general come round String up your big bad sound Natty never come down Ah no me alone Burning like a fire The general come round Like father like son the general ah pass through Give me lickle space make me dolly past you Me nuh 'fraid fi come grab the mic and slew 'Cah me well steam down like a ital stew General you want so ah general command First class deejay, me well phenomenal And me ram up any dance with the mic inna mi hand But if ah real general Selassie I ah di onlu one Haile Selassie I, conquering lion Ah from the tribe of King Solomon Reign and rule over Ethiopian Reign the believing of the ark of covenant More than the palace of Jacob and Abraham So the lord God loveth holy mount Zion From Queen of Sheba comes David second Go find the Vatican and tell the people Tell the people uptown And the one dem downtown The general come round String up your big bad sound Natty never come down Ah no me alone Burning like a fire The general come round The general come round Come round, come round, come round Nuh make me wait when mi come fi mi crown The city hot like a Kingston town Zion ah burn like a sun come down Trumpet loud like ah Stone Love sound Tongue confess, every knee bow down Tell every king weh ah claim dem ah king fi leave di compound when dem buck up on me Haffi make way fi Selassie pickney Zion and the terrible them coming with me Everything we do ah fi di king glory Everywhere miwego Jah Jah deh pon di journey When a war time we sling ever ready So by time you look we done everything already Who slew the giant then ah mi daddy Come the general fi say dont move, ease Tell the people uptown And the one dem downtown The general come round String up your big bad sound Natty never come down Ah no me alone Burning like a fire The general come round Mi and mi poppa like David and Jesse Mi and mi daddy Solomon and Menelik Mi got di bing inna mi right hand, river stone inna mi left Philistine nuh come in but the natty never fret Mi ever ready covenant mi never leff Tell Goliath say ah riot when mi step When mi dip and mi come and then mi cuff him then mi queff him Him ah dizzy and ah stagger pon di ground then mi leff Good lord, Jah know General deh ya you ain't gotta wait no more Good lord, Jah know, Jah know, Jah know, Jah know General deh ya you ain't gotta wait no more