Overcome yuh know

Selassie I, heh

Brighter day

No no no no

Di Genius again

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Shall overcome (we shall overcome)

Shall overcome, must overcome

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Must overcome (we shall overcome)

Selassie I

So, mi a pray till Jehovah come

Mi pray to mi God weh deh a earth or sky

Fi mi friend weh seh dem love mi, when mi know dem lie

Mi pray fi di Gully youth

Becaw mi know dem cry

Babylon a shoot wi dung and dem a tell bare lie

Mi pray, cause rice and flour fi buy

Cyaan depend pon cassava, dat hard fi fry

Nah live inna no old days dat hard fi try

Mi Ras, but Mama eat steak and dat hard fi buy

So, we-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Shall overcome (we shall overcome)

Shall overcome, must overcome

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Must overcome (we shall overcome)

Seh ghetto youths a money over gun

Mi tired ah di: Di damn frustration

Tired ah babylon and dem damn molestation

Dem know mi occupation

Seh nuh lock off di sound and lock mi inna no station

Wi music haffi wi nation

Ah it alone people use go through dem tribulation

Mi a talk wid di nation, mi no want no demonstration, no

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Shall overcome (we shall overcome)

Shall overcome, must overcome

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Must overcome (we shall overcome)

Thy will be done, Jah know

Mi tired a di: Everyday man a dead

Tired a di: Innocent blood a shed

Tired ah it: Jamaica a run red

People cyaah sleep inna dem bed

Mi tired ah di: Poverty

We need solidarity

Mi a talk to di majority

Yuh hear mi (yuh hear mi) clearly, cleary

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Must overcome (we shall overcome)

Jehovah come, must overcome

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Must overcome (we shall overcome)

Yeah, ee-eeh ay

Nuh, Selassie I

Nana, nana-na, no

Yeah, ee-eeh

Overcome

Money over gun, gyal over gun

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Shall overcome (we shall overcome)

Yeah, yeah

Nay, nay

Every Gully Side, yuh see it

From Cassava Piece to Grants Pen to Common Sense (every Gully, every Trench)

To Walton (we shall overcome)

Nana, nana-na, South Side, Jungle, Firehouse

Every Gully, every Trench

South-East Gardens, Spanglers

Overcome

Spanish Town

Cleanse one another, yuh know (overcome)

Cleanse one another (overcome)

Mountain View

McGregor, Gully (overcome)

Every Gully, Portland

St. Antony, St. Mary, the whole Jamaica, Jamaican

We-ee-ee-ee (we shall overcome)

Selassie I