Sizzla - Break Free

Intro:

Holy Emmanuel I Selassie

well a lot to be said

The age be protected, the sick to be cared for, the hungry must be fed, well

di heads of government melt like sponge

and Babylon mi holler out out watch how yuh deh plan

Chorus

Break free from di slum

every prisoners ah come

Ethiopia's last judgement

Babylon turn ashes when mi done

tell dem seh a greater fun and lift it up pon Babylon again

Break free from di slum

every black woman ah come

Ethiopia's last judgement

Babylon turn ashes when mi done

tell dem seh a greater fun, ay ay bigger judgement

Verse 1

Dem keep on grabbin

Imma been slummin

now di ghetto fiyah cyaan cool

well then dem keep on plotting

black progress yuh been stopping

so mi tek di ghetto youth dem outta yuh school

Babylon you keep on rushing

to where I seh nothing

when yuh know seh yuh a fi mi footstool

Babylon you're always mocking this yah Zion I troddin

stop tek di ghetto youths dem fi fool

see dem deh?

Boasy slave dem stop chill

pon Babylon plantation all yuh a go get kill

Mi see Ghana, Africa cause Mount Zion haffi build

every trade man run come utilize yuh skill

if a di strengh, if a di power unnuh fi gimme all di will

give I di plough and di machete mek mi go clean up di hill

food haffi plant but Jack belly nah go fill

dem fight 'gainst di youth

him and him brethren name Jill

(Chorus)

Verse 2

Well you're always in pain more and more

tell me what you gain shoobin yuh slavemaster door?

Today yuh complain,

tommorrow yuh nuh sure

and then yuh run gone wipe up black master floor

I see yuh in the morning rushing out on through your door

Inna Babylon bus unnuh deh hustle and bore

just low di human rights so mek yuh youths head secure

black people so sweet no mek Babylon plaster unnuh like sore

(Chorus)

Verse 3

Where do you go from here?

Yuh response.

And if yuh gimme no dough yuh better hold yuh distance

mi tell di ghetto youth di best thing is self-reliance, oh yeah

build for yuhself that is significant

well Babylon mi nuh fool fi mek yuh run come conquer

yes you know di set a youths dem weh yuh couldn't pamper?

Tell dem di donkey haffi cry some mule yuh fi hamper

what a flames and fiyah pon Nebbudchudnezzar

Babylon tek di mass a di land givin di people dem butter

seh dem a top class and ah brand us a di nigga

seh dem a high society and we a small settler

well thunder, lightning pon crevice and corner

well judgement

(Chorus)