| Kill, cramp and paralyse
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| All downpressers, aggressors and transgressors
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| I and I a Rasta children
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| I and I a Rasta children
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| I and I come from Zion
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| I and I come from Zion
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| Living down here in Babylon
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| Enduring the strife and tribulation
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| I and I no check for vanity
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| I and I a deal with humanity
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| Enduring the strife and tribulation
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| With Jah, guidance and protection
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| To lead the children out of Babylon
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| To the promised land, Mount Zion
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| Mount Zion! | 
| Mount Zion!
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| For Zion high is the place for I
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| For I and I to dwell
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| Fire, fire, fire a go burn Babylon
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| For this is a living hell
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| So gather the babe and suckling
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| To reach to the promised land, yeah
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| Far, far away, far, far away. | 
| Far, far away, far, far away
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| For I and I a Rasta children
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| I and I a Rasta children
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| We come from Zion
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| We come from Zion
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| Living down here in Babylon
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| Enduring the strives and tribulation
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| I and I no check for vanity
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| I and I a deal with humanity
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| Enduring the strives and tribulation
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| With Jah, guidance and protection
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| To lead the children out of Babylon
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| To the promised land, Mount Zion
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| Mount Zion, yeah, Mount Zion oh-oh. | 
| oh yeah, yeah!
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| Zion high, Zion high
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| Zion high is the place for I, I say
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| Said I and I a Rasta children
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| I and I a Rasta children
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| We come from Zion
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| We come from Zion
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| Living down here in Babylon
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| Enduring the strife and tribulation
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| I and I no check for vanity
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| I and I a deal with humanity
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| Enduring the strife and tribulation
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| With Jah, guidance and protection
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| To lead the children out of Babylon
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| To the promised land, Mount Zion
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| Mount Zion, yeah. | 
| Mount Zion |