Trodding (Levi Ijahman)

Mind how you're trodding In and out of foreign Babylon system is watching you Mind how you mix and mingle In a foreign land. Where there is smoke There is fire. To the heart of Africa I salute old slavery victories My fore fathers Were prisoners in those days In pains, shackles in chains One meal to keep us alive Rowing ship ahoy row Cargoes for the Caribbean Carry us far beyond the horizon Negroes slaves for sale Tradings going on From Africa to Jamaica. Mind how you're trodding In and out of foreign Babylon system is watching you Mind how you mix and mingle In a foreign land. Where there is smoke There is fire. Babylon tried religion Christians' games fading Telling of their God They plant in the sky Babylon tricks never work They turn now to drugs and guns Giving in to the children of tomorrow Cargoes for the Caribbean Carry us far beyond the horizon Negroes slave for sale Trading going on From Africa to Jamaica Mind how you're trodding In and out of foreign Babylon system is watching you Mind how you mix and mingle In a foreign land. Where there is smoke There is fire.