Max Romeo and Max Romeo & the Upsetters - War Ina Babylon

It sipple out deh
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
It sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah

De baba men nuh like de dreadlocks man, oh
De dreadlocks man nuh like de baba man, no
De police men nuh like de dreadlocks man, oh
De dreadlocks man nuh like de police man, no

So war inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh, wha' you say
It sipple out deh, oh yeah

When come pride then cometh shame, ah
A man pride shall bring him low, yeah, oh yeah
Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit
And you know it's true, yeah, oh yeah

War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Wha' you say, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? We slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Wha' you say, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? Make we slide out deh, oh yeah

True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do?
Make we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, let me tell, we slide out deh, oh yeah

Marcus garvey prophecise, say
"One mus' live ten miles away, yeah, in this time"
I-man satta at the mountain top
Watching Babylon burning red hot, red hot

War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? We slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, let me tell, tribal war inna Babylon
So wha' fe do? It sipple out deh
So wha' fe do? Make we slide out deh, oh yeah

True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do? Slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, make we slide out deh, look at that
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, so wha' fe do? Let me slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, look at that, slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, true, true, true
It sipple out deh, oh yeah, slide out deh

Written by:
LEE PERRY

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