Sweet Jamaica is now on the move
Help me with my song and mek di people dem come sing along
Take up yuh cutla** yuh shovel and yuh hoe
Take up yuh books den people let us go
Call up the yout man grand and let us show
Sweet Jamaica you really want to know
If dem a dread locks run dem mek dem come
If dem a bald head run dem mek dem come
If dem a screw face run dem mek dem come
Run dem run dem run dem mek dem come
Rain a fall but di dutty tough
Pull up yuh sleeve man nuh tell me bout nuh hard work
Come on son just leave daddy
Lef di man come dig grung with me
Today we sow tomorrow we reap
Den everything will be sweet, sweet, sweet
Corn and yam bananas too and our livestock won't be few
If dem a dread lock run dem mek dem come
If dem a bald head run dem mek dem come
If dem a screw face run dem mek dem com
Run dem, run dem run dem mek dem come
Run ms. milly don't act silly
Go call you son, the one name willy
We want to work a little faster
We gonna dance all about little later
Stripes and all and high boots too
Don't worry granny i've got one for you
Granpa joseph still run come
Here is high boot go have some fun
Dis yah hard life last us long
Let's be merry the work is done
If dem a dread lock run dem mek dem come
If dem a bald head run dem mek dem come
If dem a screw face run dem mek dem com
Run dem, run dem run dem mek dem come