intro:
ah yaw, we haffi stay united,
and stop all di fighting and stop all di fighting

together we can build something beautiful
tell me why that men tek mankind fi fool
our world coulda be so wonderful
but dem nuh realize that together
we can build something beautiful
something beautiful
something beautiful
something beautiful
something that dem
never realized,
that together we can build
something beautiful

just di other day
mi realized that was something missin
no one united everyone fighting
inna this world that we ah livin in
selassie I is forgiving in
even so we cyaan go and a diss him
if him disapeared you woulda miss him
and i'm sure that he believes

together we can build something beautiful
tell me why that men tek mankind fi fool
our world coulda be so wonderful
but dem nuh realize that together
we can build something beautiful
something beautiful
something beautiful
something beautiful
something that dem
never realized,
that together we can build
something beautiful

why people want more than they can take
mek war instead of love is a big mistake
in vain dem invoke di all mighty's name
and everyting yeah remains the same
tell me why people never change
this world haffi rearanged
still dem a act so strange
and everyting yeah remains the same but but but...

...together we can build something beautiful
tell me why that men tek mankind fi fool
our world coulda be so wonderful
but dem nuh realize that together
we can build something beautiful
something beautiful
something beautiful
something beautiful
something that dem
never realized,
that together we can build
something beautiful