So said, so done, oh
Lift up yuh head
Nuh mek nut'n wol yuh dung
So said, so done
Yuh betta know, eh
Dis yah fyah haffi bun

Today is a very nice day
Good tings yuh learn
From di good words yuh say
Today is a very nice day
A tell yuh you must never go astray
Today is a very nice day
Good tings yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Woi-a-woi

No complaining
No innocent blood draining
Truths and rights reigning
Rastafari proclaim him
King Selassie I doan blame him
Dem yah lion cyaan tame him
Yutes revolute doan blame him
Wah mek Babylon waan fi shame him
I see di prisoners bailing
Black Star Line a sailing
Mi see Babylon failing
I see di people dem jumping and railing
Today is a very nice day

Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Inna di yaad yuh watch-i' children a ramp an play
Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a
Today is a
A very nice day

Sun shine, breeze blow, stream a flow
Good tings a happen
Stop kill di youth an mek dem dead an rotten
Dress dem inna linen an we dress dem inna cotton
Righteousness cyaan forgotten, eh
Be free and live
Righteousness we got to give
Remember to think positive, yah
Poor people get rich
Mi tell dem dis

Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Let no one get you down no way
Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Woi-a-woi-a-woi

I come fi build, some come fi destroy
Find out a wickedness some guh employ
Life, none a dem cyaan enjoy
Becaz dem kill di ghetto yute an have it like toy

Black people you're so lovely
War and strife is so ugly
Black people you're so lovely
Hear Rastafari float pon di breeze
Listen please

Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good words yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Let no one get you down no way
Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Hail Emperor Selassie I

No complaining
No innocent blood draining
Truths and rights that proclaming
Rastafari reigning
Emperor Selassie I doan blame him
I see di prisoners bailing
I see di Babylon failing
I see di people dem jumping and railing

Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Let no one get you down no way
Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Never disobey

Sun shine, breeze blow
Jus good tings a happen
Tighten yuh nut if dem slacken
Stop shoot di youths, stop beat dem wid baton
Stop kill di children mek dem dead an rotten
A mi seh righteousness cyaan forgotten
Hail Emperor Selassie I, go tell dem dis

Today is a very nice day
Good things yuh learn
From di good things yuh say
Today is a very nice day
Let no one get you down no way
Today is a very nice day