Hear what me tell you

Hear what me say hey

No jah forsake me not

This child of Israel feel the pain

He feels the pangs of hunger too

creeping to his stomach

Oh as inflation rises to the sky-high

Faster and faster higher and higher

Faster and faster higher and higher

Them crises multiply

Every day the food supply decreasing

While the population is increasing

Where are they going to find

A way to serve mankind

Every day the energy yes they say

that it declines

Where are they going to find

A way to serve mankind

No jah forsake me not

This child of Israel feel the pain

He feels the pangs of hunger still

creeping to his stomach

Now as the happy young warriors they grow

Taller and taller wiser and stronger

Taller and taller wiser and stronger

they grow now

And they just laugh off misery

and they just laugh off hunger

Because the fruit of their labour

Jah tell them they must see see see

Wonder will I wonder will I not going to

Wonder will I wonder will I not going to

Wonder will I wonder will I not going to

Wonder will I wonder will I not going to

Oh as the happy young warriors yes they grow

Taller and taller stronger and wiser

Taller and taller stronger and wiser they grow

ina this ya Babylon

Where are they going'to find

A way to serve mankind

No Jah forsake me not this child of Israel feel the pain

He feels the pangs of hunger too creeping to his stomach

No Jah forsake me not

I trod through the streets of Babylon

And I fear not though I walk in the shadow of the wicked ***

Jah will guide and protect I still so I can trod on

No Jah forsake me not

Some men and people who try to crucify

Selassie I and them going pay the price