Alert - Sizzla Kalonji

Ya mon ghetto youth ya have to learn how to write

Ya have to learn how to a read

But watch and a watch a wut me eyes dem a nah fright

Hey ya, tell dem be careful

Show love and always be faithful

Blow up di enemy cause dem hateful

Tell dem be careful

Show love and always be faithful

Dutty Babylon dem ungrateful

Hey, stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ya turf

Protect yaself and know what life really worth

Ya, stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ye

No mek no enemy touch ye

Hear me now, hear me now

Cause ye dat, yo, ye da children must not sleep nah slumber

Selassie flash him lightnin' and 'im a roll dem thunder

Well di gun wa mi da bust don’t carry nah serial number

Better fer swipe, death to di traitor and di teeth a plunder

Yo stand up strong, mi nah go bow propaganda

Yo death to di enemy, a break dem asunder

And if dem diss mi slight dem finna be stretch wit da lumber

Yo Ethiopia bobo man a crumble ya ah

Stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ya turf

Protect your life and know what life really worth, ah

Red alert, stay alert, no more gal de pon me turf

Wuk it up fi git up and splurt

Hail Emperor Selassie I a just a judgment be clearin'

Some a dem too hard di, yes dem hard a hearin'

Mi boy nah get it yet because dem fring go fearin'

Ya no bear man 'im come and den dem a cheerin'

Dat was den, dis is now, me said it a previous

Yo dem said don’t diss Kalonji me take it serious

Dem like dem screechy in di night, dem too mischievous

Tell dem be good, be right, and stop be evilous, hm

Dey no know nothin 'bout love, dem grievious

Mi burn dem up because dem devious

Den stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ye turf

Wicked haffer git up and splurt

Ya stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ye turf

Hail King Selassie I di first

Tell dem be careful

Show love and always be faithful

Burn di enemy because dem so hateful

Tell dem be careful

Show love and always be faithful

And Babylon dem too ungrateful

Ah yo, big up Marcus Garvey Star Liner

Dey don’t wan a honor

Spread der rot about da go bout wa tip it put in

Some o dem turn out wit liner

Well me, sissy, all di judgment gon sign ya

Yo, ya better behold righteousness with ya eyesight

Stop gwon fool and blind ya, boom

Stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ya turf

Yo protect your life come first

Ya stay alert, stay alert, me tell dem all o dem

Stay alert, stay alert

Ok ah he dat rule our children must nah sleep nah slumber

Selassie flash him lightnin' and him a dem a roll dem thunder

Di gun wha we dey bust don’t carry serial number

Cause di sodomite and batty bwoi get dey teeth a plunder

Yo, stand up strong, we nah go bow propaganda

Yo, we stick to di enemy and break dem asunder

Hail Emperor Selassie — hey di ghetto youth a sport dem woman pant so you get

it under

Ya, stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ye turf

Wicked haffi get up and splurt

Ya, stay alert, stay alert, stay alert, stay alert

Yo, a just a judgment go set, yo

Stay alert, stay alert, no mek di enemy touch ya turf

Yo ya know what life really worth

Ha, stay alert, stay alert, stay alert

And if you diss Selassie I you a gon bunk on di dirt

Yo a burn ya burn dem mek dem call a wit dem crosses ya

Could ya miss Kalonji wit dem Jah crosses nah

Big gun mi buss it and a blast it rah

Nah see tabernacle nah pass it

Stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ya turf

Wicked a gon git up and splurt

Stay alert, stay alert, no mek no enemy touch ya turf

Hail king Selassie I di first

Ok ya, dat was den, dis is now

Me said to dem previous

Dem say dem diss me black nation me take dat serious

Me bomb dem out because me know dem too mischievous

Dem grievious

Yo, we tell dem don’t be evilous

Emperor Selassie I get di praisin'

Blazin', blaze it, blaze it

Ya stay alert -- no mek no enemy touch ye turf

Wicked haffi git up and splurt

Oh stay alert stay alert no mek no…