Jah Rastafari, and I saw an I-angel from the east Having the seal of the King, Emperor Haile Selassie I The Most High and He out with a loud voice, sayin'
Oh, oh, a raggy road, road is so rough road, road is so tough Raggy road, a is so rough Raggy
Well, I been troddin' this road for the longest And me career nuff a dem fi soil this road for the longest while And yet try profit off all another man toil
Troddin this road for the while A time in this house and me no stop till the soil Troddin this road for the while And give away more than one tenth of the
Troddin this road for the while And still me never run outa oil
This the one you have fi Tell dem a no bargain, dem a no deal Nuff a dem nah want put dem to the wheel So dem go rape, dem go rob and dem go and steal
All a try eat all a man meal Onu deaf, onu dumb, onu fi go feel One man was worthy to the seal Emperor I, I know is real get trampled under me heel
Raggy road, road is so road, road is so tough Raggy road, road is so Raggy
Well, I been troddin' this road for the while And me career nuff a dem fi soil Troddin this for the longest while And yet try profit off all another man toil
Troddin this for the longest while A long in this house and me no stop till the soil Troddin this road for the longest And give away than one tenth of the spoil
Troddin this road for the while And still my lamp run outa oil
Well, a dem go get throw overboard Like Henry Morgan the pirate code a dem a trod upon corruption road Nuff a dem a trod with Satan load
True dem promote dem and [Incomprehensible] The man no [Incomprehensible], bingi man no pose Bingi man no up dem Babylon clothes In a me turban and me robe
Well, dem a come see, we fi expose The righteous works try oppose I see judgment a take dem evil at the Judgment dem and then dem explode
Well, it's a raggy road, road is so Raggy road, is so tough Raggy road, a is so rough Raggy
Immanuel road so Raggy Selassie I road so Raggy so rough Raggy
Well, dem have fi run Now dem see the hour and how dem a go run I'm the lightning and the thunder fi conquer dem gun
I'm the rain, I'm like the breeze I'm the river that run I'm the star, I'm like the moon I'm like the sun
And dem give the ghetto dem gun Fi shoot dem brother Babylon you a fi come
Raggy road, road is so Raggy road, is so tough road, a road is so rough Raggy