See them coming, plain in clothes, plain in clothes

 Don't give up, don't give up
 The Roman soldiers of Babylon, are here to fight us
 Don't give up, don't give up
 The Roman soldiers of Babylon are right behind us

 Comin' from the north with their pockets full of ammunition
 Tryin' to turn Dreadlocks into politician

 Marcus Garvey did say:
 "Things like this would happen in this day"
 Oh yes!

 So don't give up, don't give up
 The Roman soldiers of Babylon, are here to fight us
 See dem comin'!
 So don't give up, don't give up
 The Roman soldiers of Babylon are here to fight us
 Look out!

 They're in plain clothes!

 They're comin' tryin' to fight Rastafari..
 But they can't defeat the wisdom of Selassie I
 Rastafari! Rastfari will blow, will blow them away
 Rastafari will blow them away