Ithiopia the land of our Fathers The Land where our JAH loved to be As the swift bee to hive sudden gathers Thy children are gathered to Thee With our Red, Gold and Green floating over us With our Emperor to shield us from wrong With our Jah and our future before us We will hail thee with shout and with song
Jah bless our Negus Negus I Who keeps Ithiopia free To advance. with truth and right To advance, with love and light With righteousness pleading We haste to our Jah and King Humanity's pleading, one Jah for us all.
O eternal thou Jah of the ages Grant unto us sons that lead Thy wisdom is given to our ages When Isreal was sore in need Thy voice thro' the dim past has spoken Ithiopia shall stretch forth her hands By thee shall all barriers be broken And Zion bless our dear Motherland.
Ithiopia the tyrants are falling Who smote thee upon my knees Thy children are heartically calling From over the distant seas Rastafari the great one has heard us He has noted our sighs and our tears With the spirit of love he has stirred us To be one, through all the coming years
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and
there we wept and we remebered Zion
There the wicked them carry us away captivity
Require of us a song
How can we sing King Alpha's song in a strange land?
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in thy sight over I
The counquering Lion must break every chain(repeat)
The counquering Lion must break every chain
and give I a victory again and again
The Lion of Judah must break every chain(repeat)
and give I a victory again and again