[Chrous: Chronicle & Chronixx] Tell the people uptown And the one dem downtown The general come round String up your big bad sound Natty never come down (never) Ah no me alone (nah mi alone) Burning like a fire The general come round
[Verse 1: Chronixx] Like father like son the general ah pass through Give me little space make me dolly past you And mi nuh 'fraid fi come grab the mic and slew 'Cah me steamin' up like a ital stew General you wah see ah general here now First class deejay me well phenomenal And me ram up any dance with microphone inna mi hand But if ah real general Selassie ah di only one Haile Selassie I, conquering lion Ah from the land of King Solomon Reign and rule over Ethiopian Reign the believing of the ark of covenant More than the dwellings of Jacob and Abraham So the lord God loveth holy mount Zion From Queen of Sheba comes David second Go notify the Vatican and tell the people
[Chorus: Chronicle & Chronixx] Tell the people uptown (people uptown) And the one dem downtown (and the one dem downton) The general come round (the general come round) String up your big bad sound (string up your big bad sound) Natty never come down (natty never come down anno me alone) Ah no me alone Burning like a fire The general come round
[Verse 2: Chronixx] The general come round Come round, come round, come round Nuh make me wait when mi come fi mi crown The city hot like a Kingston town Zion ah burn like a sun come down Trumpet loud like ah Stone Love sound Tongue confess, every knee bow down Tell every king weh ah claim dem ah king fi leave di compound when dem buck up on me Haffi make way fi Selassie pickney Zion and the terrible they coming with me Everything we do ah fi di king glory Everywhere miwego Jah Jah deh pon di journey When ah war time we sling ever ready So by time you look we done everything already Who slew the giant them mi daddy Come the general fi say dont move, ease
[Chorus: Chronicle & Chronixx] Tell the people uptown (people uptown) And the one dem downtown (and the one dem downton) The general come round (the general come round) String up your big bad sound (string up your big bad sound) Natty never come down (natty never come down anno me alone) Ah no me alone Burning like a fire The general come round
[Bridge: Chronixx] Mi and mi poppa like David and Jesse Mi and mi daddy Solomon and Menelik Mi got di bing inna mi right hand, river stone inna mi left Philistine nuh come in but the natty never fret Mi ever ready covenant mi never leff Tell Goliath say ah riot when mi step When mi dip and mi come and then mi cuff him then mi queff him Him ah dizzy and ah stagger pon di ground then mi leff Good lord, Jah know General deh ya you ain't gotta wait no more Good lord, Jah know General deh ya you ain't gotta wait no more (x2)