Boum boum boum boum, Jah fire blaze up di town
Boum boum boum boum, Babylon system a drown
Boum boum boum boum, Heartbeat pon di riddim sound
Boum boum boum boum, One love spread all around
[Verse 1]
Dem build concrete and dem call it gold
Dem sell soul just fi power control
But I&I come fi chant and unfold
Mystic truth weh dem never told
Selassie I, ride di lion throne
Inna mi heart, mi never alone
Zion callin’, mi spirit grown
Rasta live up, set di tone
[Chorus]
Boum boum boum boum, Jah fire blaze up di town
Boum boum boum boum, Babylon system a drown
Boum boum boum boum, Heartbeat pon di riddim sound
Boum boum boum boum, One love spread all around
[Verse 2]
Mi no deal wit dem vanity
Mi hold firm to di divinity
Bun out wickedness and enmity
Rasta rule wit humility
Man a king, not no slave in chain
Dem wash brain, but we cleanse di stain
Natural livity run through mi vein
Lightning and thunder pon dem plane
[Bridge – Nyabinghi style]
Beat di drum, mek di chant resound
Jah Jah light, a come strike dem down
Truth a rise, babylon a clown
Lion roar, mek di wicked frown
[Chorus – x2]
Boum boum boum boum, Jah fire blaze up di town
Boum boum boum boum, Babylon system a drown
Boum boum boum boum, Heartbeat pon di riddim sound
Boum boum boum boum, One love spread all around
[Verse 3 – Meditation style]
Mi rise inna morning, chant Psalms 23
Jah prepare di table, mi soul stay free
Irie vibes flow like river tree
Mi no fear no enemy
Mi plant di seed, mi reap di light
Roots get deep inna Jah Jah sight
Mi nuh walk inna shadow of night
Mi a son of di Most High Right
[Outro – chant down style]
Boum fi di love, boum fi di light
Boum fi di youths who rise and fight
Boum fi di fire weh burn di blight
Boum boum boum boum, Rasta full flight
Dem come with chains, we come with chants,
Dem want control, we plant di plants
Herbs of healing, roots and culture,
We chant down Rome like lion soldier.
We nuh follow no wicked illusion,
We live in peace, no confusion
Selassie I guide mi meditation,
Rasta live up, one strong nation.
Refrain final - Tous en chœur]
Boum boum boum boum, Jah fire light up di town
Boum boum boum boum, Babylon system go down
Boum boum boum boum, Mi heart beat pon di sound
Boum boum boum boum, One love, roots all around
Dem build concrete and dem call it gold
Dem sell soul just fi power control
But I&I come fi chant and unfold
Mystic truth weh dem never told
Selassie I, ride di lion throne
Inna mi heart, mi never alone
Zion callin’, mi spirit grown
Rasta live up, set di tone
[Chorus]
Boum boum boum boum, Jah fire blaze up di town
Boum boum boum boum, Babylon system a drown
Boum boum boum boum, Heartbeat pon di riddim sound
Boum boum boum boum, One love spread all around
