You dont need to be strong To feel you've strengthen You dont need to act smart To feel more clever You dont need to live in the dark You dont need You dont need to judge us wrong To feel that you've been straightened To know what is right, you've got to be wrong, first man To be able to rise, you've got too fall To know how it taste, you've got to try, first man To know how to standpredominent, you've gotta be the uttermost Be the uttermost... You dont have to be white to be a christian You dont need to be black to be a rasta I'm not saying "this is who i am" Cause i'm still working on that matter Just tryin to be a righteous man And seek the truth that you are after Dont need to be born in african land To feel our roots it's where it all began Dont need to be bornin jamaican island To play reggea music and be a rastaman