Yeah yeah yeah yuh yuh don't fight dat ting, hear?
I seh wi do got to use it, hear?
And wi don't sniff those ting, inno
Hey
It's the Shepherd
Whoa!
Mi tell dem
Put it 'pon di suru board
Mi love when di chalice cup load
Mi bun herb every day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Then..

Not burnin herb
I seh yuh kill a part of mi
Because herb is really di half of mi
In di morning mi seh it is di start of mi
Di high grade it set mi free, yeah
Mi seh it let mi free like di bird in di tree
It let mi free like di fish in di sea
Bun herb it give mi all di victory
Build another big spliff for mi

Mi tell dem
Put it 'pon di suru board
Mi love when di chalice cup load
Mi bun herb every day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Then..

Mi tell yuh seh
Nuh fight di herb because ah it di ghetto youth dem juggle
Is di herb mek di ghetto youth dem pot bubble
Bun di herb ghetto youth nuh put yuhself in trouble
Inspiration di herb give unto wi
King Selassie gi wi such a mightyful tree
Dada seh, 'Shepherd, build another spliff for mi'
Mi build one, mi seh mi build two and three
I hail up all His Majesty
Rastafari will set you free

Mi tell dem
Put it 'pon di suru board
Mi love when di chalice cup load
Mi bun herb every day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Then..

Mi tell dem seh legalise it
Mi tell dem I will advertise it
Nuh criticise it
Mi tell dem doctor legalise it
A long time mi tell dem seh mi realise it
Yow Rastaman done find it mi tell dem
Pon di mountain top, ah weh it did plant
Yuh nuh seeit?
It deh deh Rasta ah chant
Mi ask Babylon ah weh dem want?
Tell dem nuh touch di lickle plant
(Mi seh, why do dem haffi touch dat lickle tree?
And ah Jah create di lickle seed, inno?
Yeah
And from di seed plant yuh done know
Ah so di tree haffi guh grow
And from it grow afterall
Man haffi guh use it

Mi tell dem
Put it 'pon di suru board
Mi love when di chalice cup load
Mi bun herb every day
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Then..