dem dread seh dem dread seh dem dread seh dem dread seh no matter how you bad i man badder than you no matter how you dread i man dreader than you no matter how you hard i man harder than you no matter how you raw i more weak heart back way so a bad man no want go back into captivity a bad man no want go back to slavery uprising from the claws of the wicked two bulls can t reign in one pen two lions can t roar in a small den two scorpions don t sting at the same spot two guns can t fire the same bullet shot so move right out now move right out now move right out now move right out now two kings don t wear the same crown two beauties don t have the same gown on tomorrow is too late to leave town if you re still here at noon there ll be one big big big showdown so uprising uprising uprising uprising i give you tlil noon to go on your way to survival where your heart will beat more fonder with life and breath still enters your body repeat verse one if you still coming me nah run if you still coming me ah go drop you if you still coming me nah run so better stop running before i break you so run and hide before i find you woe betide if i catch up on you if you still coming i box you down if you still coming i clart you down long time we deh under backraw four hundred years slavery days slavery days slavery days oh you ve been bought oh you ve been sold oh cast over me got strung up for nothing at all strange fruit 