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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Performer
Max Romeo
Performer
Sly Dunbar
Drums
Robbie Shakespeare
Electric Bass Guitar
Mikey Chung
Guitar
Robbie Lyn
Keyboards
Carol Dexter
Background Vocals
Althea Layne-Hamilton
Background Vocals
Lisa Davis
Background Vocals
Petit Condé
Guitar
Mamah Diabaté
Lute
Madou Sidiki Diabate
Harp
Zoumana Terata
Violin
Daniel Coulibaly
Guitar
Adama Diarra
Tambourine
Yacouba Sissoko
Drums
Baba Diabaté
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Max Romeo
Songwriter
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Composer
Tiken Jah Fakoly
Translation
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jonathan Hugh Quarmby
Producer
Lyrics
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
One day you are dreadlocks (well dread)
Next day you are ballin (cliche')
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Are you a commercialized
Grabbing at the cash-backs?
This is a time of decision
Tell me, what is your plan? yeah
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Straight is the road that leads to destruction
Ooh yeah
The road to righteousness is narrow
Ah let me tell you say
Indictive feelings enter feeling
The truth is a fact, tell me
Are you a con man, or are you a dreadlocks, eh?
One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
The road is rough and the hill is steep
Ah let me tell you say
The mountain is high and the valley is deep
Oh yeah oh yeah
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Ah let me tell you say
Ah let me tell you say
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Ah let me tell you say
One step forward, two steps backward
Down in a Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward
Down in a Babylon
Straight is the road that leads to destruction
Ah hear me when I say
The road to righteousness is narrow
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Indictive feelings enter feeling
The truth is a fact, tell me
Are you a con man, or are you a dreadlocks, oh?
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward (go deh)
Down in a Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward (go deh)
Down in a Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Ooh yeah ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
Ooh yeah ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
Writer(s): Lee Perry
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