It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away 
It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away 

The Eastern Mountain, yeah 
You can reach if you give it all your vibes 
Like the water from the fountain, yow 
I tell you do good that's all there is to life. 
Knowledge is golden, yow 
You can reach if you really decide 
Like the water from the fountain, yow 
Tell you do good that's there is to life. 
I will let no one stop you from being strong 
Fi earth likewise a fi yuh opinion 
What's your feelings 
Check yourself know yuh position 
When you flatter you dem with the flattering tongue 
The enemies mob the heathens come inna gang 
Emperor Selassie I is the protection 
Years of servility, tears drop like bombs 
Night and day never free without dawn 
Check life: well a pure slavery deh gwaan 
So mi come fi tell the people that the child was born. 
Him a the government, Selassie I the Ethiopian 
Strike to the devil with the education: 
Proper, literate, to uplift the nation 
Life: Thought: I hurt. I belong. 

It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away 
It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away 

The Eastern Mountain, yow 
You can reach if you give it all your vibes 
Like the water from the fountain, yow 
Wanting to see what's on the other side 
Knowledge is golden, yow 
You can reach only if you decide 
Like the water from the fountain, yow 
Rasta man nah tell the ghetto youths them survive 
Here the youths them crying 
They were beingpushed aside 
Only the best was proof enough to pulverise 
The hopes, the understanding 
That we still nah go slide 
Children come together Rasta Far I deh rise 
Better fly we together I survive 
People of the colour must always be wise 
From the depth of the valley up onto the sky 
Even to be lucky police stop all the crimes 
We nuh want nuh confusion round Rasta Far I 
We bun the anxiety courageously smile, yow 
Babylon we know you profile 

It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away 
It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away  

The Eastern Mountain, yow 
You can reach only if you got the vibes 
Like the rivers and the fountain, yow 
I tell you do good and hail Rasta Far I 
Knowledge is golden, yow 
You can reach if you really decide 
Like the rivers and the fountain, yow 
Tell you be good and open up all your eyes 
Oh, oh surely the omnipotent 
Yours truly how Ras recommend 
Tell Selassie King from the Ishent 
Let the power of the empress guide the resident 
Oh, the people from the south shall deal 
With another, nah tell yu no doubt. 
Commune with the western praises and shout 
The eastern marching thy route 

It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away 
It's getting red now 
Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah 
It's getting dread now 
Home and away, home and away