Be Not a Dread

Be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousness It's true, it's true You know it's true, so true now Therefore not curse at what I might say Neither cut your locks and go astray For they are Ras in Africa A place called Ethiopia, yeh-hah Where bredrens grow their curly locks To show the world that they are Ras now It's true, it's true You know it's true, so true now So be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousness It's true, it's true You know it's true, so true now Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya Mmmm-mmmmm-mmmmm-mmmmm (.) Be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousness It's true, it's true You know it's true, so true now Now we are all children from Africa Living here in Jamaica Forced into exploitation and sufferation By the hands of the Babylonians So in order to keep our culture We got to love one another now It's true, it's true You know it's true, so true now So be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousness It's true, it's true You know it's true, so true now Ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya Mmmm-mmmmm, mmmmm-mmmmm Be not a Dread, be not a Dread.