Chant Songtext
von Delroy Washington

Let I and I give thanks unto the most high God
Jah Rastafari
Let I and I praise his name
I ting wali
Let Jah arise
Let his love be with I and I everlasting
Jah Rastafari

Jah Rastafari is king over all the earth
Jah is father of all nations
Jah is master of all tongues and languages
Let him be praised
I ting wali
Jah Rastafari is holy in his habitations
Jah loveth the gates of Zion, Africa
More than all the dwelling places of Jacob


Let I and I praise his imperial majesty
Haile Selassie the first of Ethiopia
Who is to I and I a father in captivity
Jah Rastafari
Let I and I magnify his name
I ting wali

When no one could feed I and I thoughts
His imperial majesty
Jah Rastafari came and spoke for I and I
Praise his name
I ting wali
Selassie I
Rastafari

Let the children of Rastafari make a joyful noise unto him
Let them praise him with musical instruments
Let them lift up their voices unto him

I and I pray Jah will make I and I disciplined in his law
Let I and I not stray from Jah way
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the house of the ungodly
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful
But his delight is in the law of the Lord Jah Rastafari
And in his law doth he meditate day and night


He shall be like a tree that is planted by the rivers of water
That bringeth forth its fruit in due season
His leaves shall not wither
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper

The ungodly are not so
But are like the chaff that the wind driveth away
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
In the judgment with the righteous
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
For the Lord Jah Rastafari knows the way of the righteous
But the way of the ungodly shall perish

See yah
Let Jah arise
Let his enemies be scattered
Let all those that hate him flee from before him