Babylon System

Bob Marley - Babylon System

We refuse to be

What you wanted us to be;

We are what we are:

That's the way (way) it's going to be. If you don't know!

You can't educate I

For no equal opportunity:

(Talkin' 'bout my freedom) Talkin' 'bout my freedom,

People freedom (freedom) and liberty!

Yeah, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:

Rebel, rebel!

Yes, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:

Rebel, rebel!

Babylon system is the vampire, yea! (vampire)

Suckin' the children day by day, yeah!

Me say: de Babylon system is the vampire, falling empire,

Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah!

Building church and university, wo-o-ooh, yeah! -

Deceiving the people continually, yea-ea!

Me say them graduatin' thieves and murderers;

Look out now: they suckin' the blood of the sufferers (sufferers).

Yea-ea-ea! (sufferers)

Tell the children the truth;

Tell the children the truth;

Tell the children the truth right now!

Come on and tell the children the truth;

Tell the children the truth;

Tell the children the truth;

Tell the children the truth;

Come on and tell the children the truth.

'Cause - 'cause we've been trodding on ya winepress much too long:

Rebel, rebel!

And we've been taken for granted much too long:

Rebel, rebel now!

(Trodding on the winepress) Trodding on the winepress (rebel):

got to rebel, y'all (rebel)!

We've been trodding on the winepress much too long - ye-e-ah! (rebel)

Yea-e-ah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah!