I never know, but I know now
I never know, but I know now
Why the heathens them a fight I so
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman

They sit in council against I and I
We have become a scorn unto them
We have been oppressed and despised by the heathens
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman

They give a strong arm, they take the rights
And them they fight with all of their might
They brutalize and they scandalize
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
Oh yeah, it's just because I'm a Rastaman

They give us the wrong and they take the right
And them they fight with all of their might
They brutalize and they scandalize
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman

They sit and take us against I and I
We have become a scorn unto them
We have been oppressed and despised by the heathens
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a Rastaman
It's just because I'm a hopeful man
It's just because I'm a hopeful one
They sit and take us against I and I
It's just because I'm a hopeful man
It's just because I'm a hopeful one
It's just because I'm a Rastaman