Things and time strange
El Shaddai, El Shaddai
Mi call pon di Fadda fi help I and I
Guide I along these streets today
Guide all the youths dem along the way

Have should I, alliance a call pon I and I
Guide over I and I while I trod
Hothead, have should I
(Believe)
Yo

Ah, ah, ah
Jah please protect Jamaica
(And the rest of the world)

Jah deh pon yuh telephone
Tell Him what you need
Tell Him what you need
Tell Him what you need
Jah deh pon the telephone
Tell Him what you need
Tell Him what you need right

By the rivers of Babylon where we sat down
And everywhere when we remember Zion
'Cause the wicked carry us away in captivity
Required from us a song
How can we sing Rastafari song in a strange land?

Oh, when the saints
(Oh, when the saints)
Go marching in
(Go marching in)

Ow, when the murderers and the rapist
Dem bun out clean
(Alleluia)
Oh, when dem bun up inna fiyah just like a piece of lumber
How when dutty heart and bad mind burn out clean
(Alleluia)

Oh, I'm gonna sing, sing, sing
Alliance a shout, shout, shout
I tell dem a sing, Jamaica a shout, praise the Lord
'Cause when Jah, Jah open the gate, dem find

Yuh nuh see no gun mi nah have no inside
I'm gonna sing I'm gonna shout
(Praise the Lord)
No terrorist

If I and I have the wings of a dove
If I have the wings of a dove
I would fly, fly away, fly away

Rock holy, rock holy, rock holy, rock holy
Oh Zion children, rock holy
Jamaican children, trod holy

Jah prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and holy, trod and true
With thanks givin', I'll be your livin'
Sanctuary for you

Into my heart
(Come in)
Into my heart
(Come in)
Forward into my heart, oh Jah

Real, real, real, Christ so real to me
I praise Him 'cause He give mi di victory
Many, many people doubt Him
But I cannot do without Him
That is why we praise Him so
Jah so real to me

Alle, lu, lu, lu, lu, ia praise He the Lord
Alle, lu, lu, lu, lu, ia praise He the Lord
Praise He the Lord, praise He the Lord
Praise He the Lord, praise He the Lord
Jamaica praise

And cross the bridge there'll be no sorrow
Across the bridge there be no pain
The sun will shine across the river
And will never be unhappy again

When I get there, when we get there
I will sing and shout when I get there
Glory alleluia, praise the Lord
When we I and I get there

I and I gwaan lay down on my burdens
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside
When di thugs dem lay down di gun dem
Down by the river side and study war no more

Amen, alleluia, seal
El Shaddai, El Shaddai
Protect I and I everyday wi cry
We nuh waan no marrow nor skull fi fly
Praise the most high
Busy, believe me, hotthead