Natty Dread a Ruler

Nacka na, nacka na, kadama way
Gadama way
Down I, Selassie I, a Ashanti I, Rastafari
Sound's call "Natty Dread are the ruler" (Yeah)
An' ballhead are the fooler

Say, natty dread are the ruler (Huh)
Say, the natty dread are the ruler
Dread are the ruler, natty dread are the ruler
Say, nacka na, nacka na, nacka na, nacka na
Natty dread are the ruler
Dread are the ruler, him dread are the ruler

Man, mi said, him dread in Jamaica
Dread are the ruler, if him dread in a Holland
Dread are the ruler, if him dread in a England
Dread are the ruler, if him dread in a Canada
Dread are the ruler, if him dread in America (Huh)
Dread are the ruler, anywhere him dread, him are the ruler

You don't have to born a dread
But you have some dread out there weh just
Fall an' hit poke an' run serious stroke

Dread are the ruler, dread are the ruler
Dread are the ruler, dread are the ruler

Tell you 'bout the sound a call "Ruler of a Pooler"
Tell you 'bout the sound, a dis ya one are well cooler (Huh)
Dread are the ruler, sound's call "Natty Dread are the ruler"
An' we no come here because we are no fool, ya (Huh)

Dread are the ruler, dread are the ruler
Him dread are the ruler, dread are the ruler
Every dread are the ruler

Every natty-natty-natty, Congo natty, dread a natty
Down I, a Bashanti I, Selassie I, Rastafari
Sound of creation, and daughters of Zion
Zion I, Zion I (Oh)

Natty dread are the ruler, ruler of a Pooler
Dread are the ruler, so the natty dread are the ruler
Natto piyah, Congo I, a Bashanti I, a down I (Huh)
Are the ruler, so the natty dread are the ruler (Huh)
Oh, dread are the ruler (Huh)

Man, if him dread, him are England
Him are the ruler, if him dread in a Brixton
Him are the ruler, if him dread in a Canada
Him are the ruler, if him dread in Bermuda (Huh)
Him are the ruler, dread in America
Him are the ruler, if him dread in a Africa
Him are the ruler, sound's call "Natty Dread are the ruler"

Said, a natty dread are the ruler (Huh)
Said, di natty dread are the ruler
Man, mi said, di natty dread are the ruler
Dread are the ruler, dread are the ruler
Ruler of a Pooler, dread are the ruler
Natty dread are no fool, ya, dread are the ruler
Dread are the ruler, dread are the ruler
Dread are the ruler, dread are the ruler
Ruler of a Pooler, natty dread no fool ya
Sound of that we tell you 'bout the
Sound a call "Dread are the ruler" (Huh)
That we tell you each an' everyone to come on
Down an' settle down an' really hear the sound
An' di natty dread are the-