Black people, keep your heads up

Emperor Selassie, I bless them

Burning fire, never yet stop

Simplicity we use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity we use to survive

Do what you're doing properly, that's the way through life

Simplicity we use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and dumb

Simplicity we use to survive

Children, open up your eyes

It's not the one bag of vanity

Nor the animosity

Nor the hypocrisy, nor democracy

It's not the labba labba

Nor the backstabber

Nor the vampire or evil of desires

It's just a meditation of my heart

Pure and conscious thought

Be overstanding and be smart

Listen to the children

Speak the word and shine the light in the dark, yeah

Simplicity we use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and dumb

Simplicity me use to survive

Do what you're doing properly, that's the way through life

Simplicity I use to survive

Children, open up your eyes

Simplicity me use to survive

Burn pharisees and scribes

Oh, yeah

Avoid your wrong law, that fi pause

Praise Rastafari and live a worthy cause

Give us all the blessing, give us all reward

To help the poor, I find it easy when them find it hard

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and dumb

Simplicity I use to survive

I say, live and love your life

Keep doing what you're doing, don't you grumble

Seed what you sow is what you reap, so be humble

Know what you're doing, you never stumble

Burn down Rome, I sight them crumble

Lead the way, lead the way with the word what I speak

Never must you stray, praise the King in the East

Whoa-uh-ay

Kalonji teach

Zion haffi reach

Whoa, yeah

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and dumb

Simplicity I use to survive

Burn pharisees and scribes

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity I use to survive

Aw, Kalonji tell you

It's not the one bag of vanity

Nor the animosity

Nor the hypocrisy, nor democracy

It's not the labba labba

Nor the backstabber

Nor the vampire or evil of desire

It's just a meditation of my heart

It's just a pure and conscious thought

Be overstanding, I tell you to be smart

Listen to the children when they speak and shine the light in the dark

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity I use to survive

Children, live and love your life, yeah

Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

Simplicity we use to survive

Come to find it difficult, oh yeah, open up your eyes

Simplicity we use to survive