Dread, Natty Dread now, (Natty Dread)
  Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread)
  Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon: (Natty Dread)
  A dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread)
  Eh! Children get your culture (Natty Dreadlock)
  And don't stay there and gesture, a-ah, (Natty Dreadlock)
  Or the battle will be hotter (Natty Dreadlock)
  And you won't get no supper. (Natty Dreadlock)
    Natty Dread, Natty Dread, now; (Natty Dread)
  A dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread)
  Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon - (Natty Dread)
  Roots Natty, Roots Natty! (Natty Dread)
    Then I walk up the first street, (Natty Dreadlock)
  And then I walk up the second street to see. (Natty Dreadlock)
  Then I trod on through third street, (Natty Dreadlock)
  And then I talk to some Dread on fourth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
  Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street, (Natty Dreadlock)
  And then I skip one fence to sixth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
  I've got to reach seventh street: (Natty Dreadlock)
  Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I (Natty Dread)
  Natty dread, Natty Dread, now, (Natty Dread)
  Roots Natty Congo I. (Natty Dread)
    Oh, Natty, Natty,
  Natty 21,000 miles away from home, yeah!
  Oh, Natty, Natty,
  And that's a long way
  For Natty to be from home.
    Don't care what the world seh; (Natty Dread)
  I'n'I couldn't never go astray. (Natty Dread)
  Just like a bright and sunny day: (Natty Dread)
  Oh, we're gonna have things our way. (Natty Dread)
  Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock, (Natty Dreadlock)
  Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dreadlock)
  Don't care what the world seh; (Natty Dreadlock)
  I'n'I gonna have things our way. (Natty Dreadlock)
  If a egg Natty in a the red - (Natty Dreadlock)
  If a egg Natty in a the red. (Natty Dreadlock)
  Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock. [fadeout]