Once upon a time

Some people come together

Made a plan

Took a chance

Agreement between one another

Dem de go dem de go dem de go

Dem de fight dem de quarrel dem de 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 your right and then it's not

Freedom is a kind of prison

Dem de go dem de go dem de go

Dem de fight dem de quarell dem de 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 de go dem de go dem de go

Dem de fight dem de quarrel dem de go

One silly the other needy the other greedy

Ah I tell them if them no wan gree

Make dem scatter

Go their separate ways