jah rastafari and i saw an i ngel ascended from the east having the seal of the living king emperor haile selassie i the first the most high and he cried out with a loud voice sayin oh oh it s a raggy road the road is so rough a raggy road the road is so tough a raggy road road is so rough raggy road yeah yeah yeah well i ve been troddin this road for the longest while and mi career nuff of dem want fi soil hey hey troddin this road for the longest while and never yet try pop off all another man s coil troddin this road for the longest while a long time david house and dem no stop till the soil troddin this road for the longest while and give away more than 1 10th of the spoil troddin this road for the longest while and still my lamp never run out of oil this yah one yah a fi real go tell dem anuh bargain tell dem anuh deal nuff of dem no want put dem shoulder to the wheel so dem go rape dem go rob and dem go kill and steal all a try eat all a another man s meal unuh deaf unuh dumb unuh blind fi go feel one man was worthy to open the seal emperor selassie i i know he s real babylon get trampled under mi heel raggy road road is so rough raggy road the road is so tough the raggy road road is so rough raggy road  yeah yeah yeah well i ve been troddin this road for the longest while still mi career nuff of dem want fi soil hey hey troddin this road for the longest while and never yet try pop off all another man s coil troddin this road for the longest while a long time the prophet and him no stop till the soil troddin this road for the longest while and give away more than 1 10th of the spoil troddin this road for the longest while and still my lamp never run out of oil well nuff of dem go get throw overboard like henry morgan with the pirate code nuff of dem a trod upon corruption road nuff of dem a trod with satan heavy load true dem promote death dem dead fi wreath and rose the binghi man no model binghi man no pose binghi man nah wear up dem babylon clothes inna mi turban and mi ancient robe wha dem a conceal we come fi expose the righteous works nuff try oppose i see judgement a take dem evil episode judgement take dem and then dem explode well it is a raggy road the road is so rough raggy road the road is so tough a raggy road road is so rough raggy road yeah yeah yeah well it is a raggy road immanuel road so rough raggy road selassie i road so rough raggy road marcus road so rough raggy road yeah yeah well babylon dem have fi run now dem see the haman a come dem ago run i m like the lightning and the thunder come fi conquer dem gun i m like the rain i m like the breeze i m like the river that run i m like the star i m like the moon i m just like the sun and dem give the ghetto youth dem gun fi shoot dem brother down babylon your judgement haffi come raggy road road is so rough raggy road the road is so tough a raggy road road is so rough raggy road