Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon

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It sipple out deh!

War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell! It sipple out deh
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
It sipple out deh, wha' you seh, it sipple out deh, oh yeah

The barber-men nuh like de Dreadlocks-man (ah-ah)
The Dreadlocks-man nuh like de barber-man, no (ah-ah)
The policemen nuh like de Dreadlocks-man (ah-ah)
The Dreadlocks-man nuh like de policemen, no

So war inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell! it sipple out deh
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh, oh yeah

When come pride then cometh shame
Proverbs 11:2

A man pride shall bring him low, yeah, oh yeah
Honour shall uphold the humble in spirit
Proverbs 29:23

And you know it's true, yeah, oh yeah

War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? we slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah

True, true, true, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, it sipple out deh
Let me tell, we slide out deh

Marcus garvey prophecise, say:
"One mus' live 10 miles away, yeah, in this time"
I man satta at the mountain top
Watching Babylon burning red hot, red hot

War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? me we slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, let me tell, tribal war inna Babylon
So wha' you seh, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah

True, true, true, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, it sipple out deh, mek we slide out deh
Let me tell, true, true, true, it sipple out deh
Wha' fe do ? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah..
True, true, true, it sipple out deh
Let me tell, mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, it sipple out deh, oh yeah
Mek we slide out deh, let me tell..

Note:

"It sipple out deh" means "it's slippery (dangerous) out there."
The title refers to the violence at the Jamaican election in 1976.

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