A faithful promise, yeah, is just a comfort to a fool You gave a great speech, yeah Then you k** them with your promises Sufferation to the max is The only thing that increases How long you gonna hold the veil Over my people?s eyes ? How long you gonna sit over there and tell your bag a bull lies ? Ho Ho Ho Jericho, Jah children went? Ho Ho Ho Jericho, African dissent? It takes a revolution sometimes to mend a solution And it?s my conclusion it is the only solution You sit up in your high rise yeah Inna your jacket and your neck tie You don't care about the sufferer?s cry
It?s time you realize Ho Ho Ho Jericho, Jah children went Ho Ho Ho Jericho, African dissent How long you think you can hold the veil Over the children eyes ? How long can you sit over there and tell them a bag a bull lies ? You sit up in your high rise yeah Inna your jacket and your neck tie You don't care about the sufferer?s cry It?s time you realize Ho Ho Ho Jericho, Jah children went Ho Ho Ho Jericho, African dissent A fateful promise, yeah, is just a comfort to a fool How long you gonna sit over there and tell your bag a bull lies ?