Do you want to know?
You ought to know, so

Can't stand it no more
Babylon dreadful dread, oh no
We can't stand it no more, oh no
Babylon tough and dread

Oh, so many years pass
I and I suffer inna Babylon
Oh, so many years, Lord
Tribulation hard

It tough and dread
You wanna know
Babylon dreadful dread
That's why we can't stand it no more

We can't stand it no more, oh no
We can't stand it no more
Down, down, down inna Babylon
Yes it dread
Oh, it dread, say

Man went to school
Trying to learn Babylon rules
Man went to work
Trying to earn prosperity

Man went to work
Trying to uphold society
Man went to work
Trying to set himself free

Cost of living so high
Brings a tear to an eye
It dreadful dread
Baby-Babylon Babylon, oh
You tough and dread
That's why we can't stand it no more

We can't stand it no more, oh no
We can't stand it no more
Down, down, down inna Babylon
Oh, it dreadful dread
It dread, it dread, it dread, yeah

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Yes Jah
So long, so long, so long, so long
Trying to find our way
So long, so long, so long, so long
I want be free

So long, so long, so long, so long
Free from all this misery
So long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long, so long

Babylon dreadful dread
Baby-Babylon Babylon, oh
You tough and dread
That's why we can't stand it no more

We can't stand it no more, oh no
Said we can't, can't stand it no more
Down, down inna Babylon
Oh Jah!
It dread, it dread, it dread
It dreadful dread