The rivers running long and the waters are deep
There is a great divide with the children on the street
Rasta awake 'cause a no time fe sleep
Say no bother retreat steady vigil you fe keep
Rasta awake, Lord a no time fe sleep

Earth is your school steady vigil you fe keep
Listen to the reading and then watch for the sign
Storms a pass through 'pon your frontline
Unu keeping to the border with you head to the grind
Don't let mischief turn into crime
Every time them gwan an dig them hole them dig deeper
Every valley every crevasse Lord them still greet you
Fingers ina the north ina the middle and the south
Them still try to push you 'bout

The rivers running long and the waters are deep
There is a great divide with the children on the street
Rasta awake 'cause a no time fe sleep
Say no bother retreat steady vigil you fe keep
Rasta awake, Lord a no time fe sleep
Earth is your school steady vigil you fe keep

Climbing ever steady Rastafari ha fe climb
An a nough things ha fe stay behind
Many prophet come and gone you know they said so many times
It's best if you take you time
So many youth-man still gwan a cemetery
Every time you look around another one drop a street
Nobody know who do it it coming like them try compete

The rivers running long and the waters are deep

There is a great divide with the children on the street
Rasta awake 'cause a no time fe sleep
Say no bother retreat steady vigil you fe keep
Rasta awake, Lord a no time fe sleep
Say no bother retreat steady vigil you fe keep

Me say listen to the reading and then watch for the sign
Storms a pass through p'on your frontline
Unu keeping to the border with you head to the grind
Don't let mischief turn into crime
Every time them gwan an dig them hole them dig deeper
Every valley every crevasse Lord them still greet you
Fingers ina the north ina the middle and the south
Them still try fe push you 'bout

The rivers running long and waters are deep
There is a great divide, with the children on the street
Rasta awake, Lord a no time fe sleep
Say no bother retreat, steady vigil you fe keep
Rasta awake, Lord a no time fe sleep
Say no bother retreat, steady vigil you fe keep

The rivers running long and the waters are deep
There is a great divide with the children on the street
Rasta awake 'cause a no time fe sleep
Say no bother retreat steady vigil you fe keep
Rasta awake, Lord a no time fe sleep
Earth is your school steady vigil you fe keep