The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing
Music is my ammunition; I fire down Babylon!

The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing
Music is my ammunition; fire down Babylon!

Imprisonment, poverty and Babylon's system
We've been suffering all this time (all this time)
I and I keep on chanting down 'Till our children will face
The front of that line

The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
(Through the wind)
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!

The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!

Peace and dignity are not very far out of our reach
It just comes down (just comes down)
To what I and I choose to teach

Truth and honesty will free our hearts
And free our minds (free our minds)
So then our children can live together as one
'Till the end of time

The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!

The songs of my ancestors still ricochet through the wind
(Through the wind)
And the smoke is rising through the words I and I sing

Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon!
Music is my ammunition; I fire down Babylon!
Music is my ammunition; I fire down Babylon!
Music is my ammunition, lord; I fire down Babylon