Natty dread, natty dread, natty dread, yes

I-man don't like to get mix up (mix up, mix up)

By pushing me mouth in something I can't prove (no, no, no)

I-man don't take hearsay (hearsay)

Dem kind of things bring mix up (mix up, mix up)

I-man no say what next man say (next man say)

I like to prove things for I-self (for I-self)

2) So I take a walk from 6th street

Trying to prove something

Going to the bottom of 8th street

From corner to corner you can hear

Yes, the youths dem a shout

3) Natty dread, yes them dread

Natty dread, natty roots

Natty cool, (cool-cool natty dread)

Yes them dread

For they stand up in Babylon

Natty dread, natty roots

Natty cool, (congo natty dread)

Yes them dread

For they stand up in Babylon

Repeat 2)

Repeat 3)

Natty dread, natty roots now

Natty dread internationally

All around town

Yes them dread

For they stand up in Babylon