White ants runnin' Black ants crawlin' Yella ants dreamin' Brown ants longin' All those people longin' to be free Uhuru, ant man bee, uhuru ant man bee All the ants in God's garden They can't get along War still runnin' on It's that one lump sugar That they won't leave each other 'lone Why do you have to do this? You've got to let us free Why do you have to do this? You've got to set us free Why do you have to do this? You've got to set us free Why do you have to do this? You've got to set us free Uhuru ant man bee, uhuru ant man bee Now the bee takes his honey Then he sets the flower free But in God's garden only Man 'n the ants They won't set each other be