Mr. Nkruma
[Intro]
Hail mister Nkrumah, di I no hear of di rumor, Rasta
No I-ya, I no check off no rumor
Whether you grown or whether you short, I man sight it up
Dem fiyah in a forty-leg, they are madman
An' dem man want kills the dread, you know I-ya?
So long, mister Nkrumah
Don't check off di rumor, I would say (Huh-huh)
An' no matter what the people of the world may say, I would say
[Chorus]
Dem said-a one forty-leg, said, it kill a bobo dread
But-a rumor dem a spread pon di dread
Man, mi said-a rumor dem a spread pon di dread
Mister Nkrumah no check off di rumor
Mister Nkrumah no check off di rumor
[Verse 1]
Lord, di natty dread well fed (So mi really say)
Natty sleep on di bed
On the very еxpensive spread (So mi rеally say)
Natty dread, him no check off no forty-leg
Natty dread just a use up di [?]
Natty dread well fed (So mi really say)
Say, natty sleep on di bed
On the very expensive spread
[Bridge]
Hands an' heart have got to be pure an' clean
To rally 'round di red, gold an' green
Dream to be should principle of di ites gold an' green
I and I want to trod with a queen
[Chorus]
Nkrumah no check off di rumor
Mister Nkrumah no check off di rumor
[Verse 2]
Lord, di natty dread well fed (So mi really say)
Say, natty sleep on di bed
On the very expensive spread (So mi really say)
Natty dread, him no check off no forty leg
Natty dread just a use up di [?]
Natty dread stand firm an' him fight 'gainst di germ
Him no check off di earth's worm
Say, natty dread stand firm an' him fight 'gainst di germ
Him no check off di earth's worm
[Bridge]
So let your hands an' your heart be pure an' clean
To rally around di red-
Rally 'round di red, gold an' green
Your hands an' heart have to be pure an' clean
Dream to be should principle of di ites gold an' green
Under an' over sixteen up ('Bout the sound, I would say, uh-uh)
[Chorus]
Mister Nkrumah no check off di rumor
Mister Nkrumah no check off di rumor
[Verse 3]
Lord, di natty dread well fed (So mi really say)
Say, natty sleep on di bed
On the very expensive spread (So mi really say)
Natty dread, him no check off no forty leg
Natty dread just a use up di [?]
Natty dread well fed (So mi really say)
[Outro]
Nkrumah no check off di rumor
Mister Nkrumah no check off di rumor