NYAHBINGHI CHANTS
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HAILE SELASSIE TODAY EVERYDAY FARIVER

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All chants are from 
"Chants from the Ivine Order of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I the first"
compiled by Ras Ivi Tafari (Nyahbinghi Order)
in Honour of the Centenary of H.I.M.
(published April 1993)
more chants will be added

Roll River Jordan - Roll River Jordan - Roll River Jordan Roll
For I must trod home to Zion in this time
Fe go hear River Jordan roll.

JAH Rastafari sent I here
Among the Heathen them to warn
Congo Man say four and twenty Ingels
Sight up around JAH throne
JAH JAH help I n I from wrong
that I must trod Mount Zion I
Congo Man "yes" I must be there
Binghi Man to hear River Jordan roll.

Over hills and valleys, over rocks and mountains
Over hills and valleys I n I chanting for JAH Rastafari

Rise and shine, Ithiopian rise and shine
Rise and shine, Ithiopian rise and shine
I n I never get weary
I n I never get weary
I n I never get weary
I n I chanting for JAH Rastafari

Only JAH JAH love - Only JAH JAH love
Only JAH JAH love shall stand this day
For not a Pope nor Paul could a stand this Judgement
Only JAH JAH love shall stand
(rep 1st verse)
In Mount Zion I only JAH JAH love.

I n I trodding  home to Zion I
I n I trodding home to Zion I
For I care not what killer Babylon do or what they say of I
I n I willing to chant for JAH Rastafari
To set Ithiopia free
I n I Blood and Fire Ingels I a trodding home to Zion I 

I n I will not - I n I will not
I n I will not let JAH go from I n I
I n I a chant up JAH Ises till the break of day
I n I will not let JAH go

Congo Man will not (as above) I n I will not......

Wonder why the Whiteboy dem no go wey,
For we wah go home a yard (rep)
Rastafari a go burn dem out, Burn dem out
Burn dem out a Ithiopia Land.

I say go way Babylonian (rep)
Babylonian you must get a great shook of lightening
Babylonian you must get a great shook of thunder
Babylonian you must get a great shook a earthquake
On a this fine day.

There is no good down here ina a Babylon
No good down here
There is no good down here in a Babylon
No good down here
InI leaving in the land of the sinking sand
There is no good down here
InI say "goodbye to sorrow"
"Goodbye to pain" (rep)
InI leaving in the land of the sinking sand
There is no good down here.

Write I Name

(chorus) JAH write I name, JAH write I name in a Zion I (rep)

I want to rest I finger on JAH Golden Pen
JAH Golden Pen, JAH JAH Golden Pen
I want to rest I finger on JAH Golden Pen
To write I name in a Zion I

chorus

I want to rest I finger on JAH Golden Ark
JAH JAH Golden Ark, JAH JAH Golden Ark
I want to rest I finger on JAH Golden Ark (rep)
To write I name in a Zion I

Mystery Babylon the GREAT WHORE have to move
Mystery Babylon the GREAT WHORE have to move
Mystery Babylon the GREAT WHORE
Yes the WHORE of Babylon
Mystery Babylon the GREAT WHORE have to move

When I trod home (Congo Man) When I trod home
InI will chant for JAH when I trod home
Chanting glory Halleujah Hail Rastafari
When I trod home.

JAH is for I - Binghi Man say - JAH is for I
JAH is for I who can be against I
Who, who, who tell I who
So tell I who can be against I against I.

Babylon you gone down (rep)
Mystery Babylon gone - Babylon gone
Babylon gone and you throne gone down
Upon JAH mountain in Zion
Rastafari chant - Babylon you gone
Babylon you gone down

There is no night in Zion, there is no night there
Glory Hallelujah there is no night there
JAH Rastafari is I light and InI no need no candle light
Glory Hallelujah there is no night there

The Kings Hi-way o'yes the Kings Hi-way
Congo Man say turn aside from everything that lead you astray
Yes JAH Rastafari is I light
InI a trodding in JAH light
InI a trodding in the footsteps
of the Kings Hi-way

Open the gates mek we repatriate (rep)
JAH JAH open the gates mek we repatriate
Oh JAH Rastafari, Oh Selah

Our forefathers were taken away (rep)
Our forefathers were taken away
Oh JAH Rastafari, Oh Selah

InI must go home a Ithiopia land (rep)
InI must go home a Ithiopia land
Oh JAH Rastafari, Oh Selah

JAH JAH see wha Babylon a do we down ya (rep)
JAH JAH see wha Babylon a do we down ya
Oh Rastafari, Oh Selah

Babylon ge we basket fe go carry water (rep)
Babylon ge we basket fe go carry water
Oh Rastafari, Oh Selah

Mystery Babylon is a wicked boy (rep)
Babylon is a wicked boy
Oh Rastafari, Oh Selah

The Lion of Judah break every chain (rep)
The Lion of Judah break every chain
Oh Rastafari, Oh Selah

Emperor Haile Selassie is I JAH and King
Haile Selassie is I JAH  and King
Haile Selassie is I JAH and King
Oh JAH Rastafari, Oh Selah

InI trod away home to Zion, trod away home (rep)
One bright morning when the work is over
I will trod away home.

For you no hear the voice of the Rastaman say
Babylon you throne gone down, gone down
Babylon you throne gone down.

For John saw the Angels with the Seven Seals chanting
Babylon you throne gone down, gone down
Babylon you throne gone down.

Every time I fee JAH Irit move up in I heart
I chant (rep)
Upon the mountain Rastafari trod
Upon the mountain Fire and Brimstone
For every tie I feel JAH Irit move up in I heart
I chant (rep)
I take a look around I, if I was right
And I ask Rastafari to be I guide