Free Up Black Man

Man say
Give thanks an' praise while challis blaze
We caught concepcion, Selassie I, correction
Play 'bout di hit bound, you fi gather around

Mi say, mi live in Jamaica
Dem a call mi loafer
Mi live in Jamaica, dem a call mi loafer
Mi have mi passport, mi say, mi have mi visa

For, mi say, free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Beca', we born as a sufferer
Cah, let mi tell you, say
We born as a sufferer well, watch out man
In a di bare foot hustling
Cah, let mi tell you
In a di bare foot hustling
Well, watch out man!
Some a sell star, some a sеll up buckle
Dem choose stonе an' buckle pon di (Mi say)
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa (Hey)
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Fi babylon a armor like they make out a iron
Him can't stop di righteous fi go a zion
Say, free up black man, dem go a Africa
Cah, di Africa a Africa
Cah, let mi tell you, mi say
Hustler a hustler

Say, black are di best, say, a some a confess
Say, black are di best an' a some a confess
Di best in a di east an' di best in a di west
A pity dem no know, say, mi full of progress

For mi say, in di evening a di sun goes down
(Hey) in di evening, a di sun goes down
Say, I man gwan to stream up mi sound
As it reach night, say, mi gone pon di mic
Your skin, it could a black
Mi say, your skin, it could a white
Mi fight against di hypocrite an' di parasite
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Di drink weh mi love, it a Tia Maria
Di drink weh mi love, it a Tia Maria
But, free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Play about a number one champion
Say, di black is di best a of di nation
You better free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
Some a go a Canada and a Bermuda
Some a go to a shop
It over place call America
For, when dem come back
Dem step it in Jamaica
You fi free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
In a di bare foot hustling
Cah, let mi tell you
'bout di flat foot hustling
Well, watch out man!
Say, some a sell star, some a sell up buckle
Dem choose stone an' buckle pon di
In a di bare foot hustling
Cah, let mi tell you
In a di bare foot hustling (yeah)

Man say
Give thanks an' praise while challis blaze
For, we caught concepcion, Selassie I
Correction crump up our eyes, all
Dem worship wicked one, one

Free up black man, make dem go a Africa
Di white man a step it in a Europe
Mi say, di Indian a step it in a India
Di white man a step it in a Europe
For, you fi free up black man
Make dem go a Africa
Di drink weh mi love, it a Tia Maria
We come fi nice up chi area
Mi a go nice up chi area