I say the battle goes on well yeah I say the battle goes on oh yeah I say the battle goes on well yeah Say life nowadays is getting rougher To survive in this time, man you haffe tougher Life nowadays is getting much rougher, It seems the more you try nuff times it's the more you suffer, Well finding a job it ain't easy, its so hard Nuff people have the content fe collect welfare in dem yard And many discouraged seems like they're getting nowhere Thinking about where they are and the struggle to get there But you haffe hold on, hold onto your faith my bredren Hold on to your strength my sisdren For this is only the beginning The beginning of the ending, Say the battle goes on between good and evil The battle goes on between good and evil, Lord and what a whole heap a trouble, No make Rastafari catch you a stumble Makes no sense to fumble, ain't no time fe grumble, Well nuff, nuff mother and dem pickney can't get a where fe live Baby father still can't get a work, so there's not much to give Say stress and depression, come like a permanent state Hard drugs and alcohol dem only means of escape So many of my bredrens dem sitting in a jail cell, Victims of a racial profile, now dem living in a hell, And many wondering what the future holds, Cause when they take a look, Lord it looks so cold But you haffe hold on, hold on to your faith my bredren, Hold on to your strength my sisdren, for this is only the beginning, The beginning of the ending, So the battle goes on between good and evil The battle goes on between good and evil, Lord and what a whole heap a trouble, No make Rastafari catch you a stumble Makes no sense to fumble, ain't no time fe grumble Well nuff, nuff mother and dem pickney can't get a where fe live Baby father still can't get a work, so there's not much to give Say stress and depression, come like a permanent state Hard drugs and alcohol dem only means of escape, escape So many of my bredrens dem sitting in a jail cell, Victims of a racial profile, now dem living in a hell, And many wondering what the future holds, Cause when they take a look, Lord it looks so cold But you haffe hold on, hold on to your faith my bredren, Hold on to your strength my sisdren, for this is only the beginning, The beginning of the ending, So the battle goes on between good and evil The battle goes on between good and evil, Lord and what a whole heap a trouble, No make Rastafari catch you a stumble Ain't no time fe fumble, makes no sense to grumble Able forces are mobilized, talk bout dem a globalize Inna dem new world order, poor man living getting harder and harder poor man living getting harder and harder poor man living getting harder and harder In dem ya perilous times, man you haffe make up your mind Look unto the East, or accept the mark of the beast Black people, better you look unto the East or accept the mark of the beast Without that there'll be no buy and sell, in dem there down coming living hell There'll be no buy and sell, in dem there down coming living hell Woulda make you come like nothing, with just a press of a button Take way your food and you house, with just a click of a mouse, yeah