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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Producer
Ralph Hawkins Jr.
Ralph Hawkins Jr.
Producer
Trenton Gumbs
Trenton Gumbs
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hear me now
Oh jah, jah, jah, jah, jah, jah, jah, jah, jah
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
Sing it y'all
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
[Verse 2]
Goodness gracious, Lord have mercy
The Devil's on the move, and the world's gone crazy
Police in the streets shooting down black babies
Glory hallelujah for the young and the innocent
[Verse 3]
Run for your life, the time has come
For us to strengthen our defenses
Hey Babylon, you know it won't be long
Oh, and we'll be going back to Zion
Soon
[Verse 4]
We're leaving Babylon
And going back to Zion
We're leaving Babylon, y'all
And going back to Zion
Yeah, we are
[Verse 5]
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
[Verse 6]
Goodness gracious, Lord have mercy
You know I never, ever, never let the Devil get the best of me
Yeah
I saw the preacher taking nickels from the welfare babies
Go, go daddy, go jah, for the young and the innocent, yeah, yeah
[Verse 7]
Protect the right, reject the wrong
It offends my senses
Hey Babylon, you know it won't be long
Whoa, and we'll be going back to Zion
Soon
[Verse 8]
We're leaving Babylon
And going back to Zion
We're leaving Babylon y'all
And going back to Zion
Yeah we are
[Verse 9]
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
Sing it for the Lord's sake
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
[Verse 10]
Goodness gracious, Lord have mercy
(Yeah)
Goodness gracious, Lord have mercy
(Yeah)
Sing it y'all
Goodness gracious, Lord have mercy
(Yeah)
Goodness gracious, Lord have mercy
(Yeah)
[Verse 11]
Hear me, now, hear me now (World's gone crazy, yeah)
I feel the spirit of the Lord
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
Oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, oh jah jah, yeah
(Ooh, Lord have mercy)
Written by: Eddie Murphy
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