Vote for we and we will set you free! Anywhere you turn somebody chanting to we Somebody promising jobs for all Some renting gun to make other people bawl But somebody promising more police car Somebody going to take the country far Somebody putting all the bandits away He say, "If they do the crime, they going to damn well pay!" But somebody promising human rights While somebody threatening to put out your lights The mortuary full with little Trinidad boys A bullet start to whine and put an end to their joy Now they lying tall for dey Mama to mourn Dey Nike gone, dey gold teeth gone You see they, they want dey pocket full with blue, blue silk They want dey statue drinking full cream milk The little red silk is not dey true friend De blue one had two extra nought on the end So ah tag on dey toe is now dey ticket to Hell But look where we reach, well, well, well, well, well, well. Ah hear a madman bawl as he spread out on a wall He say, "This is it, this is it, this is it, I've been hit! No time to give up brother, no time to quit!" Was the chant of a madman, in this tale from a strange land Give me the chant of the madman. It's the only salvation Ah say the chant of a madman, in this tale from a strange land Give me the chant of the madman, Lord, is the only salvation. Anywhere you turn somebody chanting to we Vote for we and we go set you free Somebody promising natural law Die like a yogi, end all the war Seek inner peace, end all the pain De same woman promising to go down again Somebody promising to run all the bread Somebody pushing a world class head Somebody clean out the weed well fast But somebody letting the cocaine pass Somebody promise to abolish the tax Somebody promise to give we the facts Somebody promise to clean up the land But in this clean land, rat still killing man We bright little youths going to waste Somebody dinge the smile on dey face Somebody take "One Love" off the shelf Then the One Love boys start to sell out dey self Somebody going to end all this talk about race But they can't tell me that with a straight, straight face Big, big men dying, the crime can't solve A madman rant is my only resolve Ah hear the madman bawl As he lie on a wall. He say, "This is it, this is it, this is it, I've been hit! But no time to give up, brother, no time to quit!" A chant of a madman in this tale from a strange land It was a chant of a madman, in this tale from a strange land Give me the chant of the madman. Is the only salvation