Christopher Columbus - Burning Spear

I and I old I know

I and I old I say

I and I reconsider

I and I see upfully that

Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar

Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar

Yes, Jah

He’s saying that, he is the first one

Who discover Jamaica

I and I say that, what about the Arawak Indians

And the few black man who were around here, before him

The Indians couldn’t hang on no longer

Here comes black man and woman and children

Inna a Jamdown land ya

A whole heap of mix up, mix up

A whole heap a ben up, ben up

We have fi straighten out

Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar

Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar

Yes, Jah

What a long way from home

I and I longing to go home

Within a red, green, and gold robe

Come on Twelve Tribe of Israel

Come on Twelve Tribe of Israel

Out a Jamdown land ya

A whole heap of mix up mix up

A whole heap a ben up, ben up

Come on Twelve Tribe of Israel

Come on Twelve Tribe of Israel

Out a Jamdown land ya

Yes, Jah

Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar

Christopher Columbus is a damn blasted liar

Yes, Jah — he’s a liar

Yes, Jah — he’s a liar

Yes, Jah — he’s a liar

Yes, Jah — Columbus, he’s a liar

Yes, Jah Christopher Columbus is a liar

Yes, Jah.