Roots Man

Dread, Bingi Dread
Nyah Congo a ya Bongo Dread
Woi oi
Woi oh woah woah woah

The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding strong
To his ancestral tradition

The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding firm
To the things he's learned

The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding strong
To the foundation

The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding firm
To the positive things he's learned

Still a Biddy get a job and a job nyah Bingi
Still a Wolliada and John Lava and a Vampire

Haile Selassie I is the brave one
He took Obama against the fascist invasion
Dictators wanna take a million
Never knew he was the conquering lion
Marcus Garvey was a reverent and lake
Him read dem book and pray to Andris
Mandela coulda run and hide
But him stand up with pride against apartheid in South Africa
Wom wom

So we're singing
Woi, woi, woi, woi
Do it ya
We're singing
Woi, woi, woi, woi
Do it ya

The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding strong
To his ancestral tradition
The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding firm
To the things he's learned

Bob Marley was a very smart man
He said free yourself from mental slavery
And Peter Tosh never bowed to no one
Him just spun straight fire on a politician
As a Rastaman
Nyah Bingi Dread
Yes
Bongo

The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding strong
To his ancestral tradition
The roots, the roots, the roots man
Still holding firm
To the positive things he's learned