'Do many people come here?' said the Dread of yesteryear
'and do they like to party?'
'will they come to our jamboree?'
people from miles around, we come to rock your town
it's a holiday, we gonna nice up the place
nice up the place it doesn't matter what your race
nice up the place, it's a holiday
some of dem worship, some of dem curse it
some pa** it by, some of dem try, some of dem buy it
some don't know why (come me say)
some they fake it some they shake it
some pa** it back
to some it's crucial don't be a fool
and nice it like that
what's the price or the fee?
[can you tell me tell me] to eat into the Jamboree
[can you tell me tell me] my brothers and sisters
tell me tell me my brothers and sisters tell me tell me
my brothers and sisters everything is free
are you people free here? in this particular hemisphere
Do you ifight apartheid? that supremacy is world wide
people from miles around I'm not a preacher man
so get on down, it's a holiday we're gonna ince up the place
nice up the place it doesn't matter what your race
some of dem worship, some of dem curse it
some pa** it by, some of dem try, some of dem buy it
some don't know why (come me say)
We're gonna nice up already fired up
rub a dub with a daughter when we turn da ba** u
we're gonna jump up we're gonna throw down
wake up your neighbor gonna smoke it and pa** it round
If you look at me with an evil eye
I'm just a mirror here to show you why
you can't think or you can't feel or understand
the reality of being another man
dem say we a liar
dem say we a crook
if dem ask me say dem wrote the book
dem say we a liar me say dat no right