Key: Gm
Introduction:
Gm Eb Bb
Me cyaan believe it
Cm Gm
Government waan fi move me
Eb
Me tun refugee
Bb Cm
Inna me owna country
Gm
But a long, long time
Eb
Me live yah so
Bb Cm
Cyaan go noweh
Gm Eb
Dem really tek poor people fi fool
Bb Cm
Dem really tek poor people fi fool
Gm
Oh, Mister Babylon
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
Bulldozer dung poor people land
Eb Bb
Jah know say me nah vote again, no sah
Cm Gm
Cah the MP don't give a damn
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
'Bout say me live 'pon squatter land
Eb Bb
True, me don't rich like Matalon, no sah
Cm Gm
Me a born Jamaican (awoh)
Eb
Me nah've noweh fi go
Bb Cm
Me born and me grow yah so inna the ghetto
Gm Eb
Bigger heads, beg you a bly now
Bb Cm Gm
Me cyaan buy a house up a Cherry Garden (no way)
Eb
Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust
Bb Cm
The tribulation inna the ghetto is a must (is a must)
Gm Eb
Me never qualify fi no Housing Trust
Bb Cm
Cah me lose all a me money inna Cash Plus, but
Gm Eb
Me know say me a born Jamaican
Bb Cm
Me deh yah from slavery- as a African
Gm Eb
Smaddy tell me weh Matalon come from
Bb Cm
Fi own so much land- inna we island
Gm
Tell me
Eb
Mr. Chin, go back a Japan
Bb Cm
Cah Jah Jah mek yah- fi the black man
Gm Eb
From Morant Point- to Negril Point
Bb Cm
From Saint Thomas to Westmoreland
Gm
Oh, Mister Babylon
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
Bulldozer dung poor people land
Eb Bb
Jah know say me nah vote again, no sah
Cm Gm
Cah the MP don't give a damn
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
'Bout say me live 'pon squatter land
Eb Bb
True, me don't rich like Matalon, no sah
Cm Gm
Me a born Jamaican
Eb Bb
A yah so me pickney born
Cm Gm
So dem no know nowhere else
Eb Bb
Government care 'bout dem then now
Cm Gm
Cah me know you no care fi the parents
Eb Bb
Me beg you lease me da piece a land yah
Cm Gm
Me nah've no problem fi pay rent
Eb Bb
Run come gi' me eviction notice
Cm Gm
Fi poor people you nah've no patience
Eb
Me know say me a born Jamaican
Bb Cm
Me deh yah from slavery- as a African
Gm Eb
Smaddy tell me weh Matalon come from
Bb Cm
Fi own so much land- inna we island
Gm
Tell me
Eb
Mr. Chin, go back a Japan
Bb Cm
Cah Jah Jah mek yah- fi the black man
Gm Eb
From Morant Point- to Negril Point
Bb Cm
From Saint Thomas to Westmoreland
Gm
Oh, Mister Babylon
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
Bulldozer dung poor people land
Eb Bb
Jah know say me nah vote again, no sah
Cm Gm
Cah the MP don't give a damn
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
'Bout say me live 'pon squatter land
Eb Bb
True, me don't rich like Matalon, no sah
Cm Gm
Me a born Jamaican
Eb Bb Cm
Me cyaan believe it
Gm
Government waan fi move me
Eb
Me tun refugee
Bb Cm
Inna me owna country
Gm
But a long, long time
Eb
Me live yah so
Bb Cm
Cyaan go noweh
Gm Eb
Dem really tek poor people fi fool
Bb Cm
Dem really tek poor people fi fool
Gm
Oh, Mister Babylon
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
Bulldozer dung poor people land
Eb Bb
Jah know say me nah vote again, no sah
Cm Gm
Cah the MP don't give a damn
Eb Bb
A weh you get da system yah from
Cm Gm
'Bout say me live 'pon squatter land
Eb Bb
True, me don't rich like Matalon, no sah
Cm Gm
Me a born Jamaican