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Look how long, emperor haile selassie i Imperial, his imperial majesty
emperor haile selassie i
They took us away, emperor haile selassie i, look how long
Emperor haile selassie i, o jah rastafari Majesty, emperor haile selassie i
Look how long, since we ve been waiting down here
Cause i m a true-born rastaman, o jah rastafari
emperor haile selassie i
Cause i m a true-born rastaman, and bought us down here in jamaica
o jah rastafari
Emperor haile selassie i, we have suffered and felt the pain His, o jah rastafari
Emperor haile selassie i, o jah rastafari, they took us away
they took us away
emperor haile selassie i
o jah rastafari
O jah rastafari, o jah rastafari
O jah rastafari, o jah rastafari Majesty, we are all of one religion
rod taylor his imperial majesty
cause i m a true-born rastaman
We are all of one religion, since we ve been waiting down here
o jah rastafari
O jah rastafari, they took us away Imperial, we are all of one religion
To work on the big plantation, his imperial majesty, emperor haile selassie i
To work on the big plantation, from babylon s slavery and misery
O jah rastafari, to work on the big plantation His, they took us away
O jah rastafari, emperor haile selassie i, look how long
We have suffered and felt the pain, since we ve been waiting down here
O jah rastafari, o jah rastafari, to work on the big plantation
O jah rastafari, emperor haile selassie i
O jah rastafari, o jah rastafari
His imperial majesty, since we ve been waiting down here Luciano, emperor haile selassie i
To work on the big plantation, emperor haile selassie i
cause i m a true-born rastaman
Emperor haile selassie i, o jah rastafari Imperial, o jah rastafari
his imperial majesty
From babylon s slavery and misery, we are all of one religion Imperial, from babylon s slavery and misery
Emperor haile selassie i, since we ve been waiting down here, emperor haile selassie i
And bought us down here in jamaica, his imperial majesty, from babylon s slavery and misery
Since we ve been waiting down here, his imperial majesty
O jah rastafari, emperor haile selassie i
They took us away, o jah rastafari, o jah rastafari
o jah rastafari
Year after year, emperor haile selassie i, emperor haile selassie i
We have suffered and felt the pain, cause i m a true-born rastaman
Emperor haile selassie i, cause i m a true-born rastaman