Inner Circle - 80,000 Careless Ethiopians

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I-dren and sistren, sight up Jah Ras, Jah Rastafari!
Even the childs on their mothers' breasts
Are sightin' up, are sightin' up Jah Rastafari

80,000 careless Ethiopians, shall go down in Babylon
80,000 careless Ethiopians, shall go down in Babylon
Ezekiel 30:9


Many are called but few shall be chosen, to go to Mount Zion
Many are called but few shall be chosen, to go to Mount Zion
Matthew 20:16;
Matt. 22:14


And it came to pass in the eleventh year
In the first month of the seventh day
The words of Jah came to us, saying
Ezekiel 30:20


I shall say unto the north: "Give up!"
And to the south: "Keep not back!"
Send the chosen sons from afar
And his daughters from the ends of the earth
Isaiah 43:6


80,000 careless Ethiopians, shall go down in Babylon
80,000 careless Ethiopians, shall go down in Babylon
Many are called but few shall be chosen, to go to Mount Zion
Many are called but few shall be chosen, to go to Mount Zion

A living God
25,000 ?? shall gather
Oh, O the ?? my God
Jah Almighty living God

And it came to pass in the eleventh year
In the first month of the seventh day
The words of Jah came to us, saying
I shall say unto the north: "Give up!"
And to the south: "Keep not back!"
Send the chosen sons from afar
And his daughters from the ends of the earth

80,000 careless Ethiopians, shall go down in Babylon
80,000 careless Ethiopians, shall go down in Babylon
Many are called but few shall be chosen, to go to Mount Zion
Many are called but few shall be chosen, to go to Mount Zion

Oh, all the licks that I have received
I feel it all over me
Even the blind cannot see - it's feeling the pressure from Babylon
Oh, I am feeling all the pain from Babylon
Licks that I have received all over
Their faces so ugly
They look just like the devil in the deep blue sea
O Jah, O Jah, O Jah..

Note:

This song, released in 1976, was re-recorded in 1977.
It is also called 80,000 Careless Ethiopians.

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