| Yeah! | 
| Selassie I liveth every time | 
| And I say united we stand, and divided we fall | 
| Selassie I liveth every time | 
| Emmanuel liveth every time | 
| Marcus Garvey, him liveth every time | 
| Wha' we say? | 
| Orthodox, light up the chalice, make we burn down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball lick her | 
| Hoii, binghi man, chant the nyabinghi, make we chant down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball | 
| Wha' we say? | 
| Israel, shake the shaker, and make we shake down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball | 
| Wha' mi say? | 
| Bobo man, beat the kette drum, and make we beat down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball | 
| Wha' we say? | 
| I say, Klu Klux Klan, dem all a come inna gown | 
| 'Bout dem waan fi control the black man’s crown | 
| 'Bout dem waan fi run all we owna compound | 
| But Selassie I dem make God bless the town | 
| Him kill the heathen dem all, and come back alone | 
| David killed Goliath with a sling and a stone | 
| So the righteous a go lick the heathen dem down | 
| Prophet know the truth, now the trumpet haffi sound | 
| Chant nyabinghi and go burn down Rome | 
| I know Ethiopia is our home | 
| I know and it’s also our own | 
| I know Vatican will have to go down | 
| I know… | 
| So, wha' we say?! | 
| Rastaman, light up the chalice, make we burn down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball | 
| Wha' mi say? | 
| After me light up the chalice and turn to the East | 
| Ice up my block and dismantle the beast | 
| Lick mi likkle chalice, the beast a get weak | 
| Agony and pressure a deepen dem feet | 
| The bear, the eagle, and the dragon must get defeat | 
| Babylon a come, and dem a come whole heap | 
| Come inna dem tanker, and come inna dem Jeep | 
| Tell dem, dem a the less, and tell dem, dem a the least | 
| Say Selassie I, dem all tremble like leaf | 
| Light up the chalice, make we burn down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball | 
| Wha' mi say? | 
| Rastaman, pass me the ganja, make me load up the cup | 
| Vatican city is going to erupt | 
| Every lick me lick the chalice, coke head keep up | 
| Queen alone a beg, she all drop and bruk up | 
| Dem teach we fi borrow, and teach we fi trust | 
| Dem teach we fi fight, and teach we fi fuss | 
| Dem collect the money, and a we alone work | 
| Inna the rain and sun, dem no stop buss mi shirt | 
| We chain pon we foot, and pon we hand a handcuff | 
| Light up the chalice, Vatican haffi erupt | 
| Light up the chalice, make we burn down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball | 
| Wha' mi say? | 
| Rastaman, pass me the ganja, give me the one dem weh strong | 
| Light up the chalice, dismantle Vatican | 
| Long time me a listen all dem idiot plan | 
| About ganja turn man inna mad man | 
| Found upon the grave of the king, Solomon | 
| Who used to use it by the great | 
| Menelik I and Menelik II | 
| Light up the chalice, dismantle Vatican | 
| Light up the chalice, make we burn down Rome | 
| Queen Elizabeth all a weap and moan | 
| One thunder ball | 
| Wha' mi say? | 
| I say, Klu Klux Klan, dem all a come inna gown | 
| 'Bout dem waan fi control the black man’s crown | 
| 'Bout dem waan fi run all we owna compound | 
| But Selassie I done establish the town | 
| Kill the heathen dem all, and come back alone | 
| David killed Goliath with a sling and a stone | 
| So the righteous a go lick the heathen dem down | 
| Prophet know the truth, now the trumpet haffi sound | 
| Chant nyabinghi and go burn down Rome | 
| I know Ethiopia is our home | 
| I know and it’s also our own | 
| I know Vatican will have to go down | 
| I know… | 
| So, wha' mi say?! | 
| Rastaman, light up the chalice, make we burn down Rome | 
| Queen a lose her bell, all a weap and moan |