| The bird, the eagle, and the dragon and the bear |
| Have no fear, Rastafari’s here |
| Rasitafari’s here |
| Well clear, chuh |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |
| Burn down the walls of Babylon |
| Redemption, emancipation, judgement |
| Moving on, trodding on, trodding on, trod along |
| Well, so many years down inna Babylon |
| But rasta keep movin' on |
| Movin' on, movin' on, movin' on |
| So many years down inna Babylon |
| But rasta keep movin' on, judgement |
| Well, they playin' game with my mind |
| Say with your war and your evilous crime |
| Well I’ve been warning, dem time after time |
| And still none of dem, dem never pay me no mind |
| But I know if I seek, then I know I will find |
| And the mountain is steep, but I still have to climb |
| I’m going home on seven miles of Black Star Line |
| I see Babylon dem all a run out of time |
| Material all a run out pon dem, genocidal mi-i-i-i-ind |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |
| Break dem, burn dem, teach dem, show dem |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |
| Bless their soul, Most High, well! |
| So many years down inna Babylon |
| But rasta keep movin' on |
| Movin' on, movin' on, movin' on |
| So many years down inna Babylon |
| But rasta keep movin' on, judgement |
| Well, moving out ah Babylon no more we nah go tarry |
| We nah go linger ina dem Babylon alley |
| Move to the hills man and move to the valley |
| Man a go plant up dem collie |
| Well, long time Babylon a teach us pure folly |
| Just true dem want us to silly |
| But, the whole a dem going go down inna the gully |
| Bingi man me see it practically |
| Well! |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |
| Tell dem, show dem |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |
| So many years down inna Babylon |
| But rasta keep movin' on |
| Movin' on, movin' on, movin' on |
| So many years down inna Babylon |
| But rasta keep movin' on, judgement |
| Well, moving out a Babylon no more we nah go Rome |
| Bruck up dem scissors and we bruck up dem comb |
| Emperor Selassie-I, dem try to dethrone |
| No man was worthy to sit in his throne |
| Nuff a dem touch it and dry out to bone |
| The bear, the eagle and the dragon, dem have fi bow down |
| Well I-thiopia I know is I home |
| Well I say soon I’m coming home |
| Well |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |
| Teach them, show them, bless them, uplift them |
| Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, Shoobie-doo-oo, oooo |