[Intro: Junior Reid] Babylon... [M1 of dead prez] Look what they doing, despicable, inhuman And got the nerve to say that I'm 3/5ths of a human Babylon is in ruins, inhabited by a beast A bloodsucker, vampire to say the least Look at the way that they're gnashing their teeth as they feast Fighting to get a piece, something like Ancient Greece Permanent Halloween, Trick or Treat We're walking like zombies out in these streets Shackled our hands and feet, What you see? [Chorus: Stephen Marley] Down there in Babylon Where transgression increases There they know no love Hopeless are the days Hold I stead 'Fari (JAH!) From their wicked life Smiles upon their faces Evil in their hearts Oh my, oh Oh a oh, oh I [Junior Reid] Babylon, Babylon Babylon I know mi know Yuh kingdom a go fall down Jah will never give you the crown Babylon I know mi know Yuh kingdom a go fall down Long you try fi hold Rasta down Babylon I know mi know Yuh kingdom a go fall down Rasta nuh 'fraid of no clown [stic.man] Babylon is a Devil in a blue dress Satan in a suit and tie Oppression is freedom, Heaven is Hell And the truth is a lie They murder the youth, the police don't shoot in the sky It's a warzone, you do what you gotta do to survive You get suited and ride, life is hustle or starve This is capitalism religion, money is God America eats the young like cannibal breakfast Wall Street is swarming with Hannibal Lecters Crooked elections, politricks of the shitstem Legal lynchings, modern day crucifixions Slaves to the current conditions that we live in More faith in the reverends than making our own heaven It's foul how the youth glued to the television Ain't heard of Assata but twitter following Paris Hilton It's only right we want to be more than poor and righteous but Even the rich today can't ignore the crisis in Babylon...
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