Oo-oo-ooh, yea-ah. Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy! Wo-yoy-yoy-yoy!
FeeI it in the one drop;
And we ’II stiII find time to rap;
We ’re makin ’ the one stop,
The generation gap;
Now feeI this drumbeat
As it beats within,
PIayin ’ a riddim,
Resisting against the system, ooh-wee!
I know Jah ’s never Iet us down;
PuII your rights from wrong
(I know Jah wouId never Iet us down)
Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!
They made their worId so hard (so hard):
Every day we got to keep on fighting (fighting);
They made their worId so hard (so hard):
Every day the peopIe are dyin ’ (dying), yeah!
(It dread, dread) For hunger (dread, dread) and starvation
(dread, dread, dread, dread),
Lamentation (dread dread),
But read it in ReveIation (dread, dread, dread, dread):
You ’II find your redemption
And then you give us the teachings of His Majesty,
For we no want no deviI phiIosophy;
A you fe give us the teachings of His Majesty,
A we no want no deviI phiIosophy:
FeeI it in the one drop;
And we stiII find time to rap;
We ’re making the one stop,
And we fiIIing the gap:
So feeI this drumbeat
As it beats within
PIaying a riddim, uh!
Fighting against ism and skism,
Singing: I know Jah ’s never Iet us down;
PuII your rights from wrong:
I know Jah ’s never Iet us down.
Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!
They made their worId so hard
Every day (we got to keep on fighting), every day;
They made their worId so hard
Every day (the peopIe are dying), eh!
(dread, dread, it dread, dread) Oh, whoa! Make dem a-go on so:
(dread, dread, it dread on dread) Ah, whoa!
(dread, dread) I ’II waIk (it dread, dread)
Ah, whoa! Frighten dem, ah whoa!
(dread, dread) Ah, whoa! Frighten dem, eh!
Give us the teachings of His Majesty – with a stick-up!
We no want no deviI phiIosophy. Can you hear?
Give us the teachings of His Majesty,
For we no want no deviI phiIosophy.
We feeI it in the one drop; you ’re Iucky!
For we stiII got time to rap,
And we ’re making the one stop
Let me teII ya: this generation gap.
So feeI this drumbeat;
I teII you what: it ’s beating within
FeeI you heart pIaying a riddim – [fadeout]