“Teddy Afro! I charge you with a crime!!!” <br />Thundered His Honor, the First Instance Kangaroo Judge. <br />“What is my crime?” asked Teddy with his usual sunny smile, <br />“Crime?” snorted His marsupial Honor. <br />“Don’t gotta do no crime! <br />We’ll just make you do the time. <br />Make YOU, do the time! The time!! THE TIME!!! <br />Teddy returned once more to plead his case, <br />Said he to His Kangarooship: <br />“Please hear me out, Your Honor, sir” <br />“You must do me justice! Must do me right!” <br />“Young man! I’d love to do you justice and right,” <br />But you can see, I am just a kangaroo judge and not very bright, <br />I do as I am told, be it wrong or right. <br />Jah people stood in kangaroo court, <br />Shouting, “Teddy is innocent, him no do no crime. <br />“God him witness, Jah is Supreme Power. <br />“Rulers of Babylon, free Teddy! <br />“Unchain Teddy today! <br />“Set Teddy free, <br />“Let him be.” <br />But them took Teddy back to the dungeon, <br />A lice-infested hellhole they call Kality prison. <br />Them vowed to break Teddy’s spirit and pride, <br />Them vowed him solitary keep, make him weep, deny him sleep! <br />But Teddy, him put his faith in Jah. <br />Him say, “Break my bones, bruise my flesh, <br />Jah Man’s spirit, Jah Man’s pride will never diminish.” <br />Teddy, him sat solitary in jail (no bail), <br />Him sang Bob Marley (Ye Ityopia Anbessa) songs: <br />“Africans Unite!” “Ethiopians Unite!” <br />“Them belly full, but we hungry.” <br />“We gonna chase those crazy, <br />Chase those crazy bunkheads, <br />Chase those crazy baldheads out of our town.” <br />The people cried, “It’s a shame, an outrage!” <br />Them ask, “Isn’t it odd, isn’t it strange, <br />“To put a lion in a cage? <br />“Isn’t it odd, isn’t it strange, <br />“To see hyenas on the stage? <br />“Hyenas chain a lion in a cage?” <br />Them say, “It’s a doggone outrage!” <br />Teddy Afro! You are our Hero! <br />My HERO, Teddy Afro! <br />“You rock so, you rock so, like you never did before.” <br />Bob Marley, him say: <br />“Get up, stand up: stand up for your right!” <br />“Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!” <br />Teddy: Don’t give up the fight! Don’t give up the fight… Don’t…! <br />Jah, Yasteseryal!(redemption!)
