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(Source: as heard)
| Oh, whoa, oh-oh. |
| Move out of Babylon, Rastaman, |
| And leave all the wicked man, oh, oh. |
| Move out of Babylon, Rastaman, |
| And leave all the wicked man, oh, oh. |
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| The wicked shall not prosper, oh, oh, |
| Only righteous man shall stand up, |
| So keep on moving, oh, oh, |
| Keep on moving, |
| Rastaman, move on, move on, |
| Rastaman, move on, move on. |
| Oh. |
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| Anything that you can do, |
| Dreadlocks can do it better, |
| So move out, move out, Rastaman, |
| So Move out of Babylon, oh, oh, |
| And leave all the wicked man, |
| All you ye backbiters, |
| Andll you ye backsliders, |
| You shall not enter, oh, oh, |
| You shall not enter |
| In the kingdom of Jah, the Almighty |
| In the kingdom of Jah, the Almighty |
| Oh, oh, oh . |
| Oh, oh, oh. |
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| Move out, move out, Rastaman |
| Move out, move out, Rastaman, oh, oh. |
| Move out of Babylon, Rastaman, |
| And leave all the wicked man. |
| Move out of Babylon, Rastaman, |
| And leave all the wicked man. |
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| The wicked cannot enter, oh, oh, |
| The weathen (?) cannot enter, oh, oh, |
| Surrender your heart, oh, oh, |
| And love your * man, |
| Make your heart be pure and *, |
| Make your heart be pure and *, oh, oh. |
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| Move out of Babylon, oh, oh, |
| And leave all the wicked man, oh, oh. |
| Move out of Babylon, oh, oh, |
| And leave all the wicked man, oh, oh. |
| Move up, move up. |
| Move up, move up. |
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| The wicked shall not prosper. |
| Only righteous man will stand up. |
| All ye backbiters, |
| And all ye backsliders, |
| You shall not enter, |
| You shall not enter, |
| In the kingdom of Jah the Almighty, |
| In the kingdom of Jah the Almighty, |
| Oh, oh, oh. |
| Oh, oh, oh. |
| Oh, oh, oh. |
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Notes
Robbie Shakespeare also played bass on Johnny Clarke's original version, released in 1975.
(Source: Roots Archives)
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