Babylon System

babylon system - bob marley & the wailers
we refuse to be
what you wanted us to be;
we are what we are:
that's the way (way)
it's going to be. if you don't know!
you can't educate i
for no equal opportunity:
(talkin' 'bout my freedom)
talkin' 'bout my freedom,
people freedom (freedom)
and liberty!
yeah, we've been trodding
on the winepress much too long:
rebel, rebel!
yes, we've been trodding
on the winepress much too long:
rebel, rebel!
babylon system is the vampire,
yea! (vampire)
suckin' the children day by day, yeah!
me say: de babylon system is the vampire,
falling empire,
suckin' the blood of the sufferers,
yea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah!
building church and university,
wo-o-ooh, yeah!
deceiving the people continually, yea-ea!
me say them graduatin'
thieves and murderers;
look out now:
they suckin' the blood of the sufferers
(sufferers).
yea-ea-ea! (sufferers)
tell the children the truth;
tell the children the truth;
tell the children the truth right now!
come on and tell
the children the truth;
tell the children the truth;
tell the children the truth;
tell the children the truth;
come on and
tell the children the truth.
'cause 'cause we've been trodding
on ya winepress much too long:
rebel, rebel!
and we've been taken
for granted much too long:
rebel, rebel now!
(trodding on the winepress)
got to rebel, y'all (rebel)!
we've been trodding
on the winepress much too long
ye-e-ah! (rebel)
yea-e-ah! (rebel) yeah! yeah!
from the very day we left the shores
of our father's land (rebel),
we've been trampled on (rebel),
oh now!
(we've been oppressed, yeah!)