how good and how pleasant it would be
before god and man
to see the unification of all rastaman, yeah

as it\'s been said already let it be done
i tell you who we are under the sun
we are the children of the rastaman
we are the children of the higher man

so, africa, unite, africa, unite
unite for the benefit of your people
unite for it\'s later than you think
unite for the benefit of your children
unite for it\'s later than you think

see them fighting for power
but they know not the hour
so they bribing with
their guns, spare-parts and money
trying to belittle our integrity
they say what we know
is just what they teach us
thru political strategy
they keep us hungry
when you gonna get some food
your brother got to be your enemy

ambush in the night
all guns aiming at me
ambush in the night
they opened fire on me
ambush in the night
protected by his majesty

see them fighting for power
but they know not the hour
so they bribing
with their guns, spare-parts and money
trying to belittle our integrity
well what we know
is not what they tell us
we\'re not ignorant, i mean it
and they just could not touch us
thru the powers of the most high
we keep on surfacing
thru the powers of the most high
we keep on surviving

we refuse to be
what you wanted us to be
we are what we are
that\'s the way it\'s going to be, if you don\'t know
you can\'t educate i
for no equal opportunity
talking about my freedom
people freedom and liberty

yeah, we\'ve been trodding on
the winepress much too long
rebel, rebel
we\'ve been trodding on the
winepress much too long, rebel

babylon system is the vampire
sucking the children day by day
me say the babylon system is the vampire
sucking the blood of the sufferers
building church and university
deceiving the people continually
me say them graduating thieves and murderers
look out now
sucking the blood of the sufferers

tell the children the truth
tell the children the truth
tell the children the truth right now
come on and tell the children the truth
(repeat)

\'cause we\'ve been trodding on
the winepress much too long
got to rebel, got to rebel now

we\'ve been taken for granted
much too long, rebel
(repeat)

Sting been
from the very day we left the shores
of our father\'s land
we\'ve been trampled on, oh now
now we know everything we got to rebel
somebody got to pay for the work
we\'ve done, rebel

in this life, in this life, in this life
in this oh sweet life
we\'re coming in from the cold
we\'re coming in, coming in, coming in
coming in from the cold

it\'s you, it\'s you, it\'s you i\'m talking to
well you, it\'s you, it\'s you
it\'s you i\'m talking to now
why do you look so sad and foresaken
when one door is closed
don\'t you know another is open

would you let the system
make you kill your brotherman
no dread no
would you make the system
make you kill your brotherman
no dread no
would you make the system
get on top of your head again
no dread no
well the biggest man you ever
did see was just a baby

in this life, in this life
in this oh sweet life
we\'re coming in from the cold
we\'re coming in, coming in, coming in
we\'re coming in from the cold
it\'s life, it\'s life, it\'s life
coming in from the cold
we\'re coming in, coming in, coming in
coming in from the cold

would you let the system
no dread no
would you let the system
get on top of your head
no dread no
would you let the system
make you kill your brotherman
no dread no
the biggest man you ever
did see was once a baby

in this life, in this life, in this life
in this oh sweet life
we\'re coming in from the cold
we\'re coming in, coming in, coming in
coming in from the cold
we\'re coming in, coming in, coming in

oh, please don\'t you rock my boat
\'cause i don\'t want my boat to be rocking
don\'t rock my boat (repeat)

i\'m telling you that, oh-whooh-whooh
i like it like this, i like it like this
and you should know, you should know by now
i like it, i like it like this, i like it like this
yeah, you satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
you satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul
every little action, there is a reaction
oh, can\'t you see what you have done for me?
i am happy inside, all, all of the time.