Once upon a time

Some people come together

Made a plan took a chance

Agreement between one another

Dem dey go

Dem dey go

Dem dey go

Dem dey fight

Dem dey quarrel

Dem dey go

One silly the other sneaky the other sleazy

I tell dem if them no wan gree make dem scatter

Go their separate ways

We are born

And then we're gone

Nobody lives forever

It's alright and then it's not

Freedom is a kind of prison

Dem dey go

Dem dey go

Dem dey go

Dem dey fight dem dey quarell

Dem dey go

One silly the other sneaky the other sleazy

I tell them if them no wan gree make dem scatter

Go their separate ways

I can see the future

Oh I can see

Where the people see what the people need

I have a dream oh

I have a dream

To see the people free

From the pain within

Dem dey go

Dem dey go

Dem dey go

Dem dey fight

Dem dey quarrel

Dem dey go

One silly the other needy the other greedy

I tell them if them no wan gree

Make dem scatter

Go their separate ways