We have to forward home Babylon couldn't be our home It must be somewhere else We have to forward ourselves Cause, we can't get no clothes to wear We can't get no food to eat We can't get a job to get bread That's why we have to We got to forward home, if we have to crawl We got to forward home, if we have to run There'll be no sadness, only gladness When we reach the Promised Land We got to leave this land Find ourselves amongst our people We all got to be free Cause, we can't get no clothes to wear We can't get no food to eat We can't get a job to get bread That's why we have to We got to forward home, if we have to crawl We got to forward home, if we have to run We got to forward home, if we have to crawl We got to forward home, if we have to run (We got to) Forward, forward, yeah Yeah, my people Forward out of Babylon Yeah Cause, we can't get no clothes to wear We can't get no food to eat We can't get a job to get bread That's why we have to We got to forward home, if we have to crawl We got to forward home, if we have to run We got to forward home There'll be no sadness, only gladness In the Promised Land We got to We got to leave this life Find ourselves amongst our people We all got to be free Cause, we can't get no clothes to wear We can't get no food to eat We can't get a job to get bread That's why we have to We got to forward home, if we have to crawl We got to forward home, if we have to run We got to forward home, if we have to crawl We got to forward home..