Keep on holdin strong, stand firm

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain ya

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain ya

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain-ah

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain

Haile I the law, keep I still the same

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain

Genealogical my strain, got to hold my strain

Got to carry my weight, got to carry my weight

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain

Empower inna the veins, got to hold my strain

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain

Ganja crystal light up the way, got to hold my strain

Each and every day, got to hold my strain

Bills don't stop I say, got to hold my strain

Got to keep my strain, oh yeah

Oh yes, to hold my strain

Got to hold my strain, praise Selassie name

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain

Blood of ancient conqueror, run inna me vein

Got to hold my strain, got to hold my strain

Know thyself was written, implement the same

My strain, got to hold my strain

Got to hold my strain, (got to hold) my strain

My strain, I've got to hold my strain

Regardless to who is marching fast, in the fastest lane

Got to hold (my strain), got to hold my strain

Got to hold my strain, (got to hold my strain) yeah

Each and every day, got to hold my strain

Got to be the same, got to be the same

Principles the same, (got to be the same) yeah

Got to hold a strain, Rastafari way

Got to hold a strength, (oh) yeah

Ask them who is the eldest, Ethiopia they must say

All nations the same, got to hold a strain

Got to hold a strain, got to hold my strain

Got to hold my strain, (got to hold my strain) oh yeah

Conquering and to conquer, got to hold my strain

The lion of the tribe of Judah, conquer!