Dread, natty dread now Dreadlock congo bongo I Natty dreadlock in a babylon A dreadlock congo bongo I Children get your culture and don't stay there and gesture Oh the battle will be hotter And you won't get no supper Natty dread, natty dread now A dreadlock congo bongo I Natty dreadlock in a babylon Roots natty roots natty Then I walk up the first street And then I walked up the second street to see Then I trod on thru third street And then I talk to some dread on fourth street Natty dreadlock in a fifth street And then I skip one fence to sixth street I've got to reach seventh street Natty dreadlock congo bongo I Natty dread, natty dread now Roots natty congo I Oh, natty, natty Natty 3,000 miles away from home Oh, natty,natty And that's a long way for natty to be from home, Don't care what the world seh I and I couldn't never go astray Just like a bright and sunny day Oh we're gonna have things our way Natty draed, natty dreadlock Dreadlock congo, bongo I Don't care what the world seh I and I gonna have things our way If a egg natty in a the red