Written by Mark A. Perry
Aka Omar Perry

Intro :
Dem nah go see we when we a come
So Come bingy youth come mek we
go trample dem dun

Chorus :
When I and I rise again
Say we a rise out a de slum
Tell Babylon me say lord dem days done
watch dem system a melt like butter against sun
Now they can't hold us down
When I and I rise again
Say we a rise out a de pit
Tell dem no more we nah go take them shhhhh
Say long long time a we dem a target
Dem wrong doing say dem nah admit

Verse 1 :
Say like the Phoenix say I and I a rise from the ash
say tell Babylon a rasta youth dem can't stop
dem could a set up road block or dem city get lock
dem could a never stop this a purity attack
no make dem crush you no make dem lock you in a cell block
wah break you spirit fi you feel like a trash
nah teach you the truth dem wah you stray from the flock
me say now a full time fe we go launch we attack

it's a warning and a yes a so me see it
it's a warning say fe we life it no come cheap
it's a warning yuh sit dun deh and a play like you dumb
listen to the words off a me tongue

Chorus :
When I and I rise again
Say we a rise out a de slum
Tell Babylon me say lord dem days done
watch dem system a melt like butter against sun
Now they can't hold us down
When I and I rise again
Say we a rise out a de pit
Tell dem no more we nah go take them shhhhh
Say long long time a we dem a target
Dem wrong doing say dem nah admit

Verse 2 :
Say youth man we get to be wiser
we have fi come together be some dub organizer
have fi step forward and go take the first prize
yow tell babylon me say we nah compromise
but some a dem no know how we manage
yow never go no high school nor no collage
the only thing we can rely pan a street knowledge
I and I a king no bedda take we fe no savage

Chorus :
When I and I rise again
Say we a rise out a de slum
Tell Babylon me say lord dem days done
watch dem system a melt like butter against sun
Now they can't hold us down
When I and I rise again
Say we a rise out a de pit
Tell dem no more we nah go take them shhhhh
Say long long time a we dem a target
Dem wrong doing say dem nah admit

Verse 3 :
pay tribute to all falling soldier
we are not alone we nah go over road
you better draw fe you shield and go draw fe you sword
never you carry babylon heavy load
we have come together and go stand as one
we have fe unite and go have the same plan
we have fe centralize nah bow to no clan
we have fe make dem aware and know where we stand

it's a warning and a yes a so me see it
it's a warning say fe we life it no come cheap
it's a warning yuh sit dun deh and a play like you dumb
listen to the words off a me tongue

Chorus :
When I and I rise again
When I and I rise again