Black people keep your heads up!
Emperor Selassie l bless them!
Burning fire never yet stop!

Simplicity, we use to survive,
Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype.
Simplicity, we use to survive,
Do what you doing properly, that's the way through life.
Simplicity, we use to survive,
Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hard.
Simplicity, we use to survive,
Children, open up your eyes.

Is not the one bag of vanity,
Nor the animosity,
Nor the hypocrisy ,nor democracy.
Is not the labba-labba,
Nor the back-stabber,
Nor the vampire evilous desire.
Is just a, meditation of my heart,
Pure and conscious thought,
Be overstanding and be smart,
Listen to the children speak the word and shine the light in the dark, yah.

Simplicity, me use to survive,
Many find it difficult because they ignorant and die.
Simplicity, me use to survive,
Do what you doing properly.. that's the way through life.
Simplicity, I use to survive,
Children, open up your eyes.
Simplicity, me use to survive,
Burn Pharisees and Scribes.

Oohh, yeah,
Ah find yuh wrong bro, dat fi pause,
Praise Rastafari and give a worthy cause,
Give us all the blessing, give us all reward,
To help the poor ah find it easy when them find it hard.

Simplicity, I use to survive,
Many find it difficult because they ignorant and die.
Simplicity I, use to survive,
I say live and love yuh life.

Keep doing what you doing, don't you grumble,
Seed what you sow is what yuh reap, so be humble.
Know what yuh doing, yuh never stumble,
Burn down Rome, I sight dem crumble,
Lead the way, lead the way with the word what I speak,
Never must you stray, hail the King in the East,
Whoa-uh-l!
Kalonji teach,
Zion haffi reach,
Whoa yeah!

Simplicity, l use to survive,
Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype.
Simplicity, l use to survive,
Burn Pharisees and Scribes.
Simplicity, l use to survive,
Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype.
Simplicity, l use to survive,
Aw! Kalonji tell yuh.

Is not the one bag of vanity,
Nor the animosity,
Nor the hypocrisy ,nor democracy.
Is not the labba-labba,
Nor the back-stabber,
Nor the vampire evilous desire.
Is just a, meditation of my heart,
Pure and conscious thought,
Be overstanding and tell you be smart,
Listen to the children speak the word and shine the light in the dark.

Simplicity, l use to survive,
Many find it difficult because they ignorant and hype.
Simplicity, l use to survive,
Children, live and love yuh life, yeah.
Oh-whoa-whoa..
Oh yeah-yeah-yeah!
Ay-uhuh,ay!
Mmm-mm-mm-mmm..
I-ah-I-ah-I, ay-whoa,
Fire burn yahh-ow.

Simplicity, we use to survive,
Don't you find it difficult.
Yeah, open up your eyes.
Simplicity, we use to survive,
Live and love yuh life.