Jah gonna start this revolution <br />The light struck the night, <br />Too indiscipline a battle dem fight <br />Walk and talk they still, mash dem down we will <br />With the strength of a lion stand still <br />Ire, Ire, war today, oh still I hear war today <br />The youth man call upon these elders of which we seek after <br />The Congo Man a chanting, oh dem Congo Man a chant <br /><br />All the youth dem know, but they cannot see <br />It’s not the use to laugh, when they beat upon we <br />All the youth dem know, of all those tears we cry <br />Yes of this Rastaman life, of this Rastaman life <br />And you can see the changes <br />From the minds and thoughts of our children <br />In a desolate place <br /><br />Oh we give thanks and praises to our elders <br />For the guidance we seek after <br />We give thanks and praises to our elders <br />For unto them we know that <br />No one shall stand alone tonight <br />Shall run, run tonight, shall stand alone tonight <br />Shall run, run tonight <br />Long before this war we use to cry we use to lie in bed <br />With visions of fire running red, <br />So I call upon my elders instead <br />Don Carlos at the control <br /><br />Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Now (4x) <br />See them come up along the road, oh I can see them <br />Some walk by day some stalk by night <br />Oh Rastafari shall greet them in the end <br />And so de man dem run up so long, so long, Oh, Lord! <br />De Beaten dem down, de shootin' dem down <br />It's a poor man's battle for the youth man stalk <br />And the rich dem a run away <br />Seems like de not know dem right from wrong <br />But I see the youth will fight tonight, wow <br />Look how they jump, and shriek and moan <br />For natty coming over: Oh freedom taking over
