Go down dutty Babylon
Dutty Babylon
Go down dutty Babylon
Big up every prisoner
Big up every warder
A outta road me say!

Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny
Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny

Yo, a cell block
Me hold me straight (mhmm)
Pree, me a pree me case (mhmm)
Next court date...
A next year February, that a fuckery!
Me deh 'pon two months remand (mhmm)
30 years me a face (mhmm)
And the police bwoy know inna him heart
A the court time him a waste
'Cause, Jah know
Him no have nothing fi present the judge
Pure arts and craft
Him a go feel like the biggest bumbohole
When me buss it off and laugh!

Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny
Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny

Me haffi big every prisoner, all of dem (mhmm)
Me haffi big up the warder dem
When time me drop at jail house
Dem response fi me till me gone a me yard again
Prison never make fi dog, me friend
Dem make it fi sufferer, me nah pretend
So me cyaan say, "me nah go a jail again"
Wha' you say? Me no waan go a jail again
Nah build no school fi we full dem
Bare man pack up inna bull pen
Jah, bless the prisoners weh condemned
Weh the jury sentence fi hang

Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny
Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny

Youth, gwaan live
A three year you dem a remand, hold it, set speed
If your gyal call, ask you wha' she fi do?
Say, "Fuck gyal, but no breed!"
Flesh cyaan mad me, me no put me faith inna man
A must Jah
And one day when the warden check the muster
Him a go hear say

Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny
Babylon say, jail for me
Bet the judge set bail for me
Somebody tell the jury, Jah control me destiny