Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 

And when soldiers came 
Them say them come to make us tame 
And from that day until now on 
We were jeered and laughed to scorn 

Things used to be ire (before the soldiers came) 
Things used to be nice, so nice now 
Things used to be ire 
Things used to be nice, so nice 

Our country them did enter, yeah 
Troops trodding left right and centre 
Everywhere 
One moment at peace with Nature 
Now victims of a massacre 
We got our spears 
We got our shields 
But their guns were greater 
Prepare for a slaughter 

Give I back I witch doctor 
Give I back I Black Ruler 
Me no want no dictator 
Me no want no tyrant on yah 

Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 

Way down in Africa 
Where the backra still rules day after day 
The Black Man is suffering now far more 
Than when he was a slave 
Is there a need for war? 
No. 
Peace my bredren - here them bawl 
Bodies in mutilated condition 
Faces scarred beyond recognition 
Is this what civilization means to me? 
Then without it I prefer to be 
So... 

Give I back I witch doctor 
Give I back I Black Ruler 
Me no want no dictator 
Me no want no tyrant on yah 

Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 
Dutallee! 
Dutailee!