Gonna show them Yea man And ah Imperor Selassie I Ah him we hail ow The aincient of days never coil Rastafari love prevail Ey CHORUS Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Babylon yuh wrenk yah Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Redder judgement ah tell yuh Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Babylon get drench yah Can't cool can't quench Ethiopia my true heart desire Aww Babylon Den how is it you get your food to eat And yet you find it hard To feed another youth that come up at your feet Den how is it you always ah strive And yet you find it hard Fi show another ghetto youth how fi survive That's why ah King Selassie I we'll praise Run go tell Pharoh him city dey go blaze Me know ah King Rastafari dey pon he throne Babylon we dey dash brimstone Da one ya name CHORUS Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Babylon yuh wrenk yah Can't cool can't quench Africa my true heart desire Black parents ey Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Babylon yuh wrenk ey Can't cool can't quench Africa my true heart desire Redder judgement The ghetto you put down inna the pit Dem judge and dem jury just ah grin and ah grit And all dem police and them soldier say dem really unfit The sniper dem bring say him nah shoot and miss The Black rights kingdom stand for equal rights and justice Eh true human rights well ah government no miss Rastafari did know say PJ ah the false and hypocrites And dem ah go bring Bruce Golding fi make ah big devil switch Well Rasta drop *Seaga inna the bottomless pit Nah follow the evil mama gonna spank you real quick Well dash another fire pon John public Me tell uno cease from uno war and wickedness Inna fornication ink dem gun finger dem go dip And ah chat bout dem ah voter hot wine dem ah sip Me say red gold and green inna every district And Ethiopia bear the witness This ah wha da name CHORUS Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Babylon yuh wrenk yah Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Redder judgement ah tell yuh Can't cool can't quench everlasting burning fire Babylon get drench yah Can't cool can't quench Ethiopia my true heart desire Aww aw Yea man and Black people should know that it is slavery Why we are here in Jamaica the western world you know See me ah show you say yea man It is written in the book of Brittain and America that it was only I n I the Black Ethiopian that were taken out of Black Africa you know Illegal yes captives you know slave children and brought us down here In Jamaica and all small islands of the Brittish West Indies into slavery Onto this day say the most high Selassie I Jah Rastafari Rastafari know Me tell dem say ah innocent blood ah spill Fi the arc of the covenant Babylon ah kill They want Rasta thrown them no got no power nor will They want dada crown mama pearl and jewel I tell you say the sceptre shall not depart until The golden globe with the simple earth fill This man was born here prophecy dey fulfil Stretch your hand to Ethiopia Mount Zion ill You never get the win coulda never get it nil And ah tell yuh dis ah lick down Babylon like a power drill Well Pharoh them ya fire cyar chill Repatriation Babylon me melt yuh will Then da ya name Cyar cool cyar quench