I and I keep fighting for the rights! I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights, yeh I and I keep fighting for our rights Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, a one a we Messiah Marcus Garvey, a one a we Malcolm X as you know him, a one a we Man like Paul Bogle the same one, a one a we I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights We are coming through the hands of Henry Morgan And man like long john silver in a dis ya runnings They say our land is also a pirate port That mean they kill my brothers and sisters And take it for sport, don't you know say A girl like sister nanny a one a we A man like brother cojo lord a one a we Man like tacky a one a we Man like president Tugman a one a we Man like brother Bob Marley a one a we But most of all to stand by our side As the King of Kings, Lord of Lords Emperor Haile Selassie I and I, ey-ey I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights Brought us down here on the plantation To work hard and feed everyone And when we nuh feed the old Babylon them turn And call we wicked man I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights Brought us from Africa to slave we Whole time on the plantation And when it's time for us to get we pay they say Go away you a old black man I and I keep fighting for our rights I and I keep fighting for our rights