Once upon a time
Some people come together
Made a plan
Took a chance
Agreement between one another
Dem dey go
Dem dey go
Dem dey go
Dem dey fight
Dem dey quarrel
Dem dey go
One silly, the other sneaky, the other sleazy
I tell dem if them no wan 'gree make dem scatter
Go their separate ways
We are born
And then we're gone
Nobody lives forever
It's your right and then it's not
Freedom is a kind of prison
Dem dey go
Dem dey go
Dem dey go
Dem dey fight dem de quarrell
Dem dey go
One silly, the other sneaky, the other sleazy
I tell them if them no wan gree make dem scatter
Go their separate ways
I can see the future
Oh, I can see
Where the people see
What the people need
I have a dream oh
I have a dream
To set the people free
From the pain within
Dem dey go
Dem dey go
Dem dey go
Dem dey fight
Dem dey quarrel
Dem dey go
One silly, the other needy, the other greedy
Ah
I tell them if them no wan gree
Make dem scatter
Go their separate ways
