lirik lagu rod taylor - his imperial majesty
[intro]
hail his imperial majesty emperor haile selassie i the first
y’all, a di king of fire a blaze sum’ yuh know
y’all rod taylor tell dem so
(rastafari…)
[chorus]
his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie
his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie
look how long, look how long
since we’ve been waiting down here
we’ve suffered and felt the pain
year after year
jah, o jah rastafari
emperor haile selassie i
jah, o jah rastafari
emperor hailе selassie i
[verse 1]
but a lucky ting man born as a warrior
make dеm wicked god know dem cyaan tarry yah
never burn dem and go down dem a nuh sorry yah
come fi break dung di chain down and di barrier
well again, well haile selassie i a di first
a him govern di turf ask di pastor inna di church
yo! tell dem say dem cyaan dis mama earth
a ethiopia a di highest and a she come first
[chorus]
his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie
his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie
they took us away from africa
and brought us down here to jamaica
to work on this here plantation
and all we see was frustration
[verse 2]
yo! them only teach us to fuss
them only teach us to fight
them never tell di ghetto youth dem how to unite
politics and religion blind the people dem sight
haile selassie i a tell dem say a equal rights
yo! well it’s justice for all
that’s why me tell dem rise up and never fall
wow! so me burn out di wicked man dem fi sure
go tell dem david house is of the 144
yeah, yeah!
[chorus]
his imperial majesty
(better know!)
emperor haile selassie
his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie
set me free, set me free
from babylon slavery and misery
we are all of one religion
’cause i’m a true born rasta man
[verse 3]
yo! hey!
well rastafari from birth
from me look and see the blessing
and you couldn’t see no curse
emperor selassie i we hail as the first
we nuh come here so fi pet neither powder nor nurse
yo! slaving the people without a cause
working them so hard, from yard to ‘broad
a you shuffle the deck, and still you play on
right here now di youth dem rise to levels you’ll never stop
[chorus]
his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie
his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie
jah, o jah rastafari
emperor haile selassie i
jah, o jah rastafari
emperor haile selassie i
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