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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Max Romeo
Max Romeo
Vocals
The Upsetters
The Upsetters
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Composer
Maxie Smith
Maxie Smith
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It sipple out deh
[Verse 2]
War ina Babylon, tribal war ina Babylon
(Let me tell) It sipple out deh
(Wha' you seh?)
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 3]
War ina Babylon, tribal war ina Babylon
It sipple out deh
Wha' you seh?
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 4]
The barber-men nuh like de Dreadlocks-man (Ah ah)
The Dreadlocks-man nuh like de barber-man, no (Ah ah)
The policemen nuh like de Dreadlocks-man (Ah-ah)
The Dreadlocks-man nuh like de policemen, no
[Verse 5]
So war ina Babylon, tribal war ina Babylon
(Let me tell) It sipple out deh
(Wha' you seh?)
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 6]
War ina Babylon, tribal war ina Babylon
(Let me tell) It sipple out deh
(Wha' you seh?)
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 7]
When come pride then cometh shame (Ah ah)
A man pride shall bring him low, yeah, oh yeah (Ah ah)
Honour shall uphold the humble in spirit (Ah ah)
And you know it's true, yeah, oh yeah
[Verse 8]
War ina Babylon, tribal war ina Babylon
(Wha' you say?) It sipple out deh
(So wha' fe do?)
We slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 9]
War ina Babylon, tribal war ina Babylon
(Wha' you seh?) It sipple out deh
(So wha' fe do?)
We slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 10]
(True, true, true)
(True, true, true)
It sipple out deh
(So wha' fe do?)
Mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 11]
(True, true, true)
(True, true, true)
It sipple out deh
A look at that
Mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 12]
Marcus garvey prophecise say (Ah ah)
"One mus' live ten miles away, yeah, in this times" (Ah ah)
I man satta at the mountain top (Ah ah)
Watching Babylon burning red hot, red hot
[Verse 13]
War ina Babylon, tribal war ina Babylon
(Let me tell) It sipple out deh
(So wha' fe do?)
Mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 14]
War ina Babylon, let me, tribal war ina Babylon
(So wha' you seh?)
It sipple out deh
(So wha' fe do?)
Mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 15]
(True, true, true)
(True, true, true)
It sipple out deh
(So wha' fe do?)
Mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 16]
(True, true, true)
(True, true, true)
It sipple out deh
Mek we slide out deh
Look at that
[Verse 17]
(True, true, true)
(True, true, true)
It sipple out deh
(So wha' fe do?)
Mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 18]
(True, true, true)
(True, true, true)
It sipple out deh
Look at that
Mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
[Verse 19]
(True, true, true)
(True, true, true)
It sipple out deh, oh yeah
Mek we slide out deh
A look at that...
Written by: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Maxie Smith

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