[Intro – soft guitar skank + Nyabinghi drums]
Dem write laws fi bind the man,
but spirit nah sign no plan.
Intent is law, seen?
Stop Participatin’, overstand.
⸻
[Verse 1 – 16 bars]
Dem call we citizen, call we slave,
but breath nah bow to what dem crave.
Right of Self a gift Jah gave,
Exit Colonies — mek brave.
Stop Participatin’, lift di chain,
no system own di heart or brain.
Dem tek culture fi sell we pain,
but life divine, eternal flame.
Babylon paper, Babylon speech,
never gon’ own what spirit reach.
Intent a law dem cyan’t impeach,
Being di school dem cyan’t teach.
Rise from code, rise from fear,
love di law dat bring you near.
Exit Colonies — truth declare,
Jah intent everywhere.
⸻
[Hook – 8 bars, chant + harmony]
Stop Participatin’, free di soul,
Right of Self — di higher role.
Exit Colonies, break control,
intent di crown, mek whole.
No system cyan write mi way,
Being divine, mi nah stray.
Law of life — Jah highway,
freedom beat every day.
⸻
[Verse 2 – 16 bars]
Dem sell freedom like tings in store,
promise peace but wage di war.
But Being don’t need metaphor,
Jah light burn pon every shore.
Stop Participatin’, walk awake,
truth nuh fake, nah partake.
Right of Self — di breath we take,
law of life cyan’ be break.
Exit Colonies, open gate,
no man cyan legislate.
Dem call sin what fear create,
intent divine, we navigate.
Rise pon riddim, chant dem down,
Babylon fall, truth wear crown.
Being di root, earth di sound,
we nah lost, we homebound.
⸻
[Hook – repeat, stronger harmony]
Stop Participatin’, free di soul,
Right of Self — di higher role.
Exit Colonies, break control,
intent di crown, mek whole.
No system cyan write mi way,
Being divine, mi nah stray.
Law of life — Jah highway,
freedom beat every day.
⸻
[Verse 3 – 16 bars]
From Kingston street to Zion plane,
truth one law, one flame remain.
Dem tek we gold, but cyan’ contain,
Being eternal, Jah domain.
Stop Participatin’, rise again,
Right of Self — di truth within.
Exit Colonies, shed di chain,
intent di key fi regain.
Dem waan peace, but build divide,
dem waan control what Jah provide.
Being one, cyan’ hide,
truth flood like di tide.
We chant light fi free di youth,
law of life — di living truth.
Stop Participatin’, that’s di route,
Being di fruit, absolute.
⸻
[Outro – spoken over slow dub echo]
Intent is law.
Right of Self-Determination.
Exit Colonies.
Stop Participatin’.
— Life1st vibration.
FreedomNation
