Rude boys, be wise. War mongers... Cool down with all the war and strife Oneness. Unity. Take heed! [Throughout the song: Tribal war We don’t want no more of that Tell them like it is Tribal war I know that be a debase Tell them like it is] Honour you, we a trod You get that? Cry tears! Why? Remove the blindfold Primitive days end We have done it already and we won’t do it again Just to hurt your own brother And your life was spent Turning the wheels of evil Put an end to the trend What is done cannot be undone Amen, Amen Blood a run, mother dying Starving children What you say when me out star When me leave gate, Some a bawl, some a holler, for me nah kill dem Because of tribal war See the fifty-fifty dem War and oppression Tear can’t reach dem What’s the solution for the matter All war have fi end Remember that Buju Banton say so Hear dat [Tell them like it is] Why can’t we say peace? And no bother wit de war? Too much blood a run We can’t take it none at all Politicians, showing dominion, No form an example fi the people cope on Influencing the youth With money and dem weapon Why so greedy and blind to the situation on election there comes politics fiction and man a rival, and I see it’s tribal see a come, see a holla it like a cannonball our voice of the earth throughout the dancehall And we must educate the youth, tell them truth stop fight and loot, it cause too much dispute So much things to say, let’s celebrate today I tell you this, watch this, have mercy election or not, we no haffi fire shot cause remember that the most of us colour is black like sardine pon the slave ship the whole of we did pack and till the whole of we end up on Jamrock You better promote life and demote death Yuh can’t big up the killing and yuh can’t blow breath Honour these words and no disrespect, Cause anything you work for man a that you goin get [Tribal war...] Man say put it to a pause until your ready to fight for a cuase that’s not needed my friend put that to an end let love abide [Tell them like it is] say from the day that me born, me never see me need for strike if me need to do that man it with my voice so mash up the gun and dash up the bomb and dance through the night full time now we start to unite cause this is something that we must practice fight for equal rights and justice right now we need to try set some new trend cause the tribalism it must come to an end listen... take heed my brother, take heed don’t follow that greed fight for your wants and fight for your need and remember to sow good seed cause what you sow is that you reap A no bother set up whole leap a fire pon ya head, hear sah Tell them like it is Tell them like it is Tell them like it is