Time is slippin' away
And I and I no reach high oh yeah

Fe we time, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fe we time, children, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time

A time fe sufferer's drive big car
A time fe sufferer's live it up
A time fe sufferer's drive big car
A time fe sufferer's live it up

Fe we time, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fe we time, children, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time

Now that rasta ???
Time fe rasta ???
Now that dreadlocks ???
Time fe dreadlocks ???

Because
Fe we time, oh lord, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fe we time, children, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time

Four hundred years of colonialism
And I and I no get high oh yeah
I and I no reach high oh yeah
'Cause too much ism and skism, children
Too much ism and skism
Too much ism and skism, taking over
Too much ism and skism

A so we stay
A so we go

A so we stay
A so we go

A so we stay
A so we go

A so we stay
A so we go

Fe we time, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time
Fe we time, children, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time

A time fe sufferer's drive big car
A time fe sufferer's live it up
A time fe sufferer's drive big car
A time fe sufferer's live it up

Fe we time, oh lord, fe we time
Stop the ism and skism
Fe we time, children, fe we time
It's a sufferer's time

Fe we time, children, fe we time
Stop the ism and skism
Fe we time, oh lord, fe we time
Dis a sufferer's time