Sitting in your church on Sunday,
Thinking who you gonna screw Monday.
Who you gonna tief, who you gonna rob,
Take it as me tell you seh, you can't fool God, no!
Everyday you bawl out Jah Jah,
Call yourself a dreadlocks Rasta.
Terrorize de people 'pon yu lane,
'Cause a so yu get wicked when you like de coke.

By his deeds shall a man be known.
Man a ask you for a piece of bread,
You give him stone.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Natty up yu head, a worship Babylon throne.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Straighten up your livity and don't bow down.
By his deeds shall a man be known.

Mister money man wid yu big money plan,
Tell me wey yu get yu first money from?
How yu plant yu field how yu mek yu deal,
Den come tell yu pickney dem fi don't smoke weed.
Lef yu air condition office an' gone a bar,
Impress a likkle easy gal wid yu pretty car.
When yu done she seh she haffi get paid,
What a fret yu a go fret when you hear she have.

By his deeds shall a man be known.
Man a ask you for a piece of bread,
You give him stone.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Natty up yu head, a worship Babylon throne.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Straighten up your livity and don't bow down.
By his deeds shall a man be known.

Hey hey ahh ahh ahh ahh..

Ghetto superstar what a way yu reach far,
Every lyrics weh yu have mi sey a pure war.
How yu a tell a man fi lick shot,
When yu neva get a lick yet fi feel how it hot.
If yu a warria, tell mi weh yu fight fa?
An' if a justice beg yu put up unno lighter.
But if a vanity, jewelry an' such,
Remember sey mi tell yu sey yu soon get.

By his deeds shall a man be known.
Man a ask you for a piece of bread,
You give him stone.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Natty up yu head, a worship Babylon throne.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Straighten up your livity and don't bow down.
By his deeds shall a man be known.

Sitting in your church on Sunday,
Thinking who you gonna screw Monday.
Who you gonna tief, who you gonna rob,
Take it as me tell you seh, you can't fool God, no!
Everyday you bawl out Jah Jah,
Call yourself a dreadlocks Rasta.
Terrorize de people 'pon yu lane,
'Cause a so yu get wicked when you like de coke.

By his deeds shall a man be known.
Man a ask you for a piece of bread,
You give him stone.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Natty up yu head, a worship Babylon throne.
By his deeds shall a man be known.
Straighten up your livity and don't bow down.
By his deeds shall a man be known.

Hey hey ahh ahh ahh ahh..

By his deeds shall a man be know..