now watchta mistah man   mi noh like di way yu tan   an yu tan soh too lang yu know man   a meditate yu a meditate pan di same sang soh lang ?   well hear mi man :      mi naw preach   mi naw teach   mi jusa show yu   ow mi seit   caw di trute well sweet   jus like a African beat   like wen yu si whey yu comin fram   like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach   soh mi noh care if yu waan vex   ar even gwaan like yu perplex   mi a goh show yu whey mi si mistah man      yu jus sidoung an fole-up like a cabbidge   like seh yu gat not andahstandin gat no nallidge   like seh yu still noh realise seh a jus di addah day   wi chuck-awf di chokin chains of bandidge   dat in spite a di hateridge an disadvantage   dow wi slip-up an stumble pan di way   wi still reach far doun freedom street   still mindful af di minefields pan di way      soh mi a beg yu mistah man   please come out a yu shell   yu cyaan dwell inna di paas   cat laas fi evah yu know mi bredda   now dat di sun a shine brite   please come out a di doldrums a di daak nite      histri biggah dan mi ar yu know   time cyaan steal but it can heal   soh shake di dew from out yu hed   wipe di cabweb fram yu face   wi gat nuff work fi dhu   far wi nob reach mount zion   yet      yes wi phudung a solid foundaeshan   fi true   an wan an two a wi well a get tru   fi true   but wi still noh bil di new jerusalem yet      di time goin come agen   yu can bet   wen wi a goh march awn agen   yu hear mi fren   mobilise wi women an wi fren dem   agen   even di pickney dem a golb jine een   agen   for freedam is nat noh idealagy   freedam is a human necessity   it cycan depen pan now wan somebody   is up to each an evry wan a wi      mi naw preach   mi naw teach   mi jusa show yu   ow mi seit   caw di trute well sweet   jus like a African beat   like wen yu si whey yu comin from   like wen yu site whichpawt yu reach   soh mi noh gwaan like yu waan vex   or even gwaan like yu perplex   mi jusa show yu whey mi si mistah man