| Jah Rastafari, and I saw an I-angel ascended from the east |
| Having the seal of the living King, Emperor Haile Selassie I |
| The Most High and He cried out with a loud voice, sayin' |
| Oh, oh, it’s a raggy road, road is so rough |
| Raggy road, road is so tough |
| Raggy road, a road is so rough |
| Raggy road |
| Well, I been troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And me career nuff a dem want fi soil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And never yet try profit off all another man toil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| A long time in this house and me no stop till the soil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And give away more than one tenth of the spoil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And still me lamp never run outa oil |
| This the one you have fi feel |
| Tell dem a no bargain, tell dem a no deal |
| Nuff a dem nah want put dem shoulder to the wheel |
| So dem go rape, dem go rob and dem go kill and steal |
| All a try eat all a another man meal |
| Onu deaf, onu dumb, onu blind fi go feel |
| One man was worthy to open the seal |
| Emperor Selassie I, I know is real |
| Babylon get trampled under me heel |
| Raggy road, road is so rough |
| Raggy road, road is so tough |
| Raggy road, road is so rough |
| Raggy road |
| Well, I been troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And me career nuff a dem want fi soil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And never yet try profit off all another man toil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| A long time in this house and me no stop till the soil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And give away more than one tenth of the spoil |
| Troddin' this road for the longest while |
| And still my lamp never run outa oil |
| Well, nuff a dem go get throw overboard |
| Like Henry Morgan with the pirate code |
| Nuff a dem a trod upon corruption road |
| Nuff a dem a trod with Satan heavy load |
| True dem promote that dem and |
| The bingi man no, bingi man no pose |
| Bingi man no wear up dem Babylon clothes |
| In a me turban and me Asian robe |
| Well, dem a come see, we come fi expose |
| The righteous works nuff try oppose |
| I see judgment a take dem evil at the sword |
| Judgment take dem and then dem explode |
| Well, it’s a raggy road, road is so rough |
| Raggy road, road is so tough |
| Raggy road, a road is so rough |
| Raggy road |
| Immanuel road so rough |
| Raggy road |
| Selassie I road so tough |
| Raggy road |
| so rough |
| Raggy road |
| Well, Babylon dem have fi run |
| Now dem see the hour and how come dem a go run |
| I’m like the lightning and the thunder |
| Come fi conquer dem gun |
| I’m like the rain, I’m like the breeze |
| I’m like the river that run |
| I’m like the star, I’m like the moon |
| I’m just like the sun |
| And dem give the ghetto youth dem gun |
| Fi shoot dem brother down |
| Babylon you judgment a fi come |
| Raggy road, road is so rough |
| Raggy road, road is so tough |
| Raggy road, a road is so rough |
| Raggy road |