I Pray Thee
Big Youth Lyrics

I pray thee,
I am praying to you,

Why do the heathen rage
Why are the non-believers angry

And the people imagine us a vain thing?
Why do people think our beliefs are meaningless?

False kings of the earth had set themselves
Pretend rulers have established themselves,

And the rulers take counsel togather
And the leaders consult with each other,

Against the LORD God JAH Rastafari
Against the God of Rastafarianism,

And against his Anointed, saying,
And against his chosen people, saying,

Now come, let us break their bonds assunder
Now let us break the chains of their followers,

And cast away their cords from us
And separate ourselves from their teachings,

Your leader seated in his heaven shall laugh
The leader, sitting in heaven, will laugh at them,

The LORD God JAH Rastafari shall have them in derision
God will mock them,

But then shall he speak unto them in his wrath
But he will speak to them in his anger,

And vex to them in his sore displeasure
And will trouble them with his displeasure,

Co' yet have I set I kings upon the holy mountains of Zion
Because I have placed my kings on the holy mountains of Zion,

I will now declare the decree:
I will now declare the decision,

The LORD God JAH Rastafari hath said unto I and I and I
God has spoken to us, saying,

That thou art I sons, that today have I begotten thee
You are my children, and I have given birth to you today,

Thou aks if I and I and I shall give thee
You ask if I will give you,

The heathen for thine inheritance
The non-believers as your inheritance,

And the uttermost part of the earth for thine possession
And the farthest reaches of the earth as your possession,

JAH shall break them with a rod of iron!
God will destroy them with an iron rod!

JAH shall dash them in pieces
God will break them into pieces,

Like a potter's vessel, I would say
Like a potter's clay jar,

So be wise therefore, ye kings
So be wise, kings,

Be instructed, ye judges of the earth
Be taught, judges of the earth,

Serve the LORD God JAH Rastafari with fear
Serve God with fear,

Rejoice and tremble
Be happy and afraid,

Kiss InI the Son and lest he be angered
Embrace the Son, or he will be angry,

And perish from his ways
And die away from his teachings,

When his wrath is kindled but a little
When he is only a little angry,

And so blessed be all
So blessed are all,

Blesseth he everyone as I would say
Blessed are all that are blessed, as I say

And so blessed be all they
So blessed are those,

Who put their trust
Who trust

In the true and living God JAH Rastafari
In the real and living God of Rastafarianism,

Then this man shall be like the holy mountains of Zion
Then this person will be like the sacred mountains of Zion,

That cannot be removed but abideth for ever
That cannot be taken away and lasts forever,

And so the mountains round about I-rusalem
And so the mountains around Jerusalem,

And so the LORD God JAH Rastafari
And so God of Rastafarianism,

Is running about his people as I would say
Is taking care of his people, as I put it

The lot of the wicked shall not rest upon this righteous
The fate of the wicked will not fall on the righteous,

Unless this individual righteous put forth his hands unto iniquity
Unless this righteous person does something wrong,

So do good O LORD God JAH Rastafari
So, do good God of Rastafarianism,

Unto them that are good
To those who are good,

And unto those that are upright in their hearts
To those who are pure in heart,

For such a one as turn unto his crooked way, you don't say
For he who turns to evil, as you know,

The LORD God JAH Rastafari shall not turn his back
God of Rastafarianism will not turn away,

To give a count to the right of his people
To give an account of his people

A when he come he mek me tell you 'bout the song
When God comes, he will tell you about the song

He call a, about a song we call a Satta Amasagana
He talks about a song called 'Satta Amasagana',

Amasagana, Seh, you nah pon yah but ya wan yah
Amasagana! You're not here, but you want to be here,

You know Satta mek you pon yah
You know Satta makes you be here,

You know Satta mek you wan yah
You know Satta makes you want to be here,

That's if your mama never borne here
If your mother didn't give birth to you here,

And if your papa never borne here
And if your father didn't give birth to you here,

You are African, as I would say
You are African, as I say

Down inna Africa, as I would tell you
In Africa, as I tell you,

Seh Afri... Seh Afri... Africa!
Say Africa! Say Africa! Africa!

Satta, Satta, Satta Amasagana
Satta, Satta, Satta Amasagana!

You gotta work the show and all the line-up
You have to work the show and the line-up,

But you gotta work right through the song
But you have to keep working through the song,

And call ya Satta Amasagana, masagana
And call out 'Satta Amasagana', 'Amasagana'

Gotta work the show and all the line-up
Need to work the show and the line-up,

Gotta work right through the song
Have to keep working through the song,

And call out Satta Amasagana
And shout 'Satta Amasagana'

Irie! Give thanks. Irie...
Everything is alright! Give thanks. Everything is alright...