[Intro]

Black people, keep your heads up

Emperor Selassie l, bless dem

Burning fire, never yet stop

[Chorus]

Simplicity we use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity we use to survive

Do what you're doing properly, that's the way through life

Simplicity we use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity we use to survive

Children, open up your eyes

[Verse 1]

It's not the one bag of vanity

Nor the animosity

Nor the hypocrisy, nor democracy

It's not the labba labba

Nor the backstabber

Nor the vampire or evilous desires

It's just a meditation of my heart

Pure and conscious thought

Be overstanding and be smart

Listen to the children

Speak the word and shine the light in the dark, yeah

[Chorus]

Simplicity we use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity me use to survive

Do what you're doing properly...that's the way through life

Simplicity I use to survive

Children, open up your eyes

Simplicity me use to survive

Burn pharisees and scribes

[Verse 2]

Oh, yeah

Avoid your wrong law, that fi pause

Praise Ras Tafari and live a worthy cause

Give us all the blessing, give us all reward

To help the poor, I find it easy when dem find it hard

[Chorus]

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity I use to survive

I say, live and love your life

[Verse 3]

Keep doing what you're doing, don't you grumble

Seed what you sow is what you reap, so be humble

Know what you're doing, you never stumble

Burn down Rome, I sight dem crumble

Lead the way, lead the way with the word what l speak

Never must you stray, praise the King in the East

Whoa-uh-l!

Kalonji teach

Zion haffi reach

Whoa yeah

[Chorus]

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity I use to survive

Burn pharisees and scribes

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity I use to survive

Aw! Kalonji tell you...

[Verse 1]

It's not the one bag of vanity

Nor the animosity

Nor the hypocrisy, nor democracy

It's not the labba labba

Nor the backstabber

Nor the vampire or evilous desires

It's just a meditation of my heart

But, it's pure and conscious thought

Be overstanding, I tell you to be smart

Listen to the children when they speak and shine the light in the dark

[Chorus]

Simplicity I use to survive

Many find it difficult because they're ignorant and hype

Simplicity I use to survive

Children, live and love your life, yeah

[Outro]

Oh-whoa-whoa

Oh yeah-yeah-yeah!

Ay-uhuh, ay!

Mmm-mm-mm-mmm

I-ah-I-ah-I, ay-whoa

Fire burn yaow

Simplicity we use to survive

Don't you find it difficult?

Yeah...open up your eyes

Simplicity we use to survive

Live and love your life