Standard (EADGBE)
Chorus 1
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Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
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Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.
Verse 1
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Keep your culture; don't be a-fraid of the vulture.
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Grow your dreadlock; don't be a-fraid of the wolf-pack.
Chorus 2
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Rastaman, live up; Binghi-man don't give up.
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Congoman, live up, yeah, Bongoman, don't give up.
Verse 2
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David slew Goliath with a sling and a stone;
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Samson slew The Philistines with a donkey jawbone.
Chorus 3
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Iyaman, live up; Rastaman, don't give up!
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Binghi-man, live up; Congoman, don't give up.
Verse 3
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Trodding through creation, in an Irie meditation;
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Seen many visions, in-a this yah Armagiddyon.
Chorus 4
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Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
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Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.
Verse 4
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Saw it in the beginning; so shall it be in this iwa;
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And they fallen in confusion, well-a just a step from Babel Tower.
Chorus 5
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Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
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Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.
Verse 5
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Grow your dreadlock; don't be a-fraid of the wolf-pack.
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A-tell you, one man a-walkin' and a billion man a-sparkin'.
Chorus 6
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Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
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Congoman, live up, yeah, don't give up, don't give up, don't give up!
(Fade)
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