Oh if I knew yesterday what I know now
Things would be different
Today would be excellent of courseThey took us away from our homeland
They took us away from our homeland
And we are slaving down here in Babylon
And we are slaving down here in BabylonThey are waiting on an opportunity
They are waiting on an opportunity
For the Black Starliner which is to come
For the Black Starliner which is to comeNot long Jah Jah Jah Jah not long
Not long Jah Jah Jah Jah not long
We are waiting on the Black Starliner
And we are still waiting on the Black StarlinerWait on Jah
Wait on His worksI meekly wait and murmur not
I meekly wait and murmur not
For the Black Starliner shall come
For the Black Starliner must comeStill waiting on that opportunity
We are still waiting on the same opportunity
For the Black Starliner which is to come
For the Black Starliner which is to come
Marcus say soOh land of Africa
Holy Mount Africa
We want, we want to go
We want, we want to goSierra Leone and Ghana
Zimbabwe, Ethiopia
We want, we want to go (in a Kenya)
We want, we want to goThey took us away from our homeland
They took us away from our homeland
And we are slaving down here in Babylon
Don't want to be slaving down here in BabylonEthiopia stretch forth her hands
Ghana, say come home brother
We are slaving down here in Babylon
And we are slaving down here in BabylonWe want go eat fufu and palm wine
Eat some nice fish and have nice time
We are slaving down here in Babylon
We are slaving down here in BabylonWant go look nice ladies
Want to see mother with their babies
We are slaving down here in Babylon
This is eternal hell
We are slaving down here in Babylon
Nothing for us
We are slaving down here in Babylon
And it a run red
We are slaving down here in Babylon