Why boasteth thyself 
Oh, evil men 
Playing smart 
And not being clever? 
I said, you're working iniquity 
To achieve vanity (if a-so a-so) 
But the goodness of Jah, Jah 
I-dureth for-I-ver 

So if you are the big tree 
We are the small axe 
Ready to cut you down (well sharp) 
To cut you down 

These are the words 
Of my master, keep on tellin' me 
No weak heart 
Shall prosper 
And whosoever diggeth a pit 
Shall fall in it, fall in it 
And whosoever diggeth a pit 
Shall fall in it (... fall in it) 

If you are the big tree, let me tell you that 
We are the small axe, sharp and ready 
Ready to cut you down (well sharp) 
To cut you down 

(To cut you down) 

(To cut you down) 

These are the words 
Of my master, tellin' me that 
No weak heart 
Shall prosper 
And whosoever diggeth a pit 
Shall fall in it, uh, bury in it 
And whosoever diggeth a pit 
Shall bury in it, uh (... bury in it) 

If you are the big, big tree 
We are the small axe 
Ready to cut you down (well sharp) 
To cut you down 
If you are the big, big tree, let me tell you that 
We are the small axe 
Ready to cut you down (well sharp) 
To cut you down 
Sharpened ...