| Song | Babylon System |
| Artist | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| Album | Survival |
| We refuse to be | |
| What you wanted us to be; | |
| We are what we are： | |
| That's the way (way) it's going to be. you don't know! | |
| You can't educate i | |
| For no equal opportunity: | |
| (talkin' 'bout my freedom) talkin' 'bout my freedom, | |
| People freedom (freedom) and liberty! | |
| Yeah, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel! | |
| Yes, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel! | |
| Babylon system is the vampire, yea! (vampire) | |
| Suckin' the children day by day, yeah! | |
| Me say: de babylon system is the vampire, falling empire, | |
| Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah! | |
| Building church and university, wo-o-ooh, yeah! - | |
| Deceiving the people continually, yea-ea! | |
| Me say them graduatin' thieves and murderers; | |
| Look out now: they suckin' the blood of the sufferers (sufferers). | |
| Yea-ea-ea! (sufferers) | |
| Tell the children the truth; | |
| Tell the children the truth; | |
| Tell the children the truth right now! | |
| Come on and tell the children the truth; | |
| Tell the children the truth; | |
| Tell the children the truth; | |
| Tell the children the truth; | |
| Come on and tell the children the truth. | |
| 'cause - 'cause we've been trodding on ya winepress much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel! | |
| And we've been taken for granted much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel now! | |
| (trodding on the winepress) trodding on the winepress (rebel): | |
| Got to rebel, y'all (rebel)! | |
| We've been trodding on the winepress much too long - ye-e-ah! (rebel) | |
| Yea-e-ah! (rebel) yeah! yeah! | |
| From the very day we left the shores (trodding on the winepress) | |
| Of our father's land (rebel), | |
| We've been trampled on (rebel), | |
| Oh now! (we've been oppressed, yeah!) lord, lord, go to ... | |
| [*sleeve notes continue: | |
| Now we know everything we got to rebel | |
| Somebody got to pay for the work | |
| We've done, rebel.] |
| We refuse to be | |
| What you wanted us to be | |
| We are what we are: | |
| That' s the way way it' s going to be. you don' t know! | |
| You can' t educate i | |
| For no equal opportunity: | |
| talkin' ' bout my freedom talkin' ' bout my freedom, | |
| People freedom freedom and liberty! | |
| Yeah, we' ve been trodding on the winepress much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel! | |
| Yes, we' ve been trodding on the winepress much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel! | |
| Babylon system is the vampire, yea! vampire | |
| Suckin' the children day by day, yeah! | |
| Me say: de babylon system is the vampire, falling empire, | |
| Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yeaeaeaeaeah! | |
| Building church and university, wooooh, yeah! | |
| Deceiving the people continually, yeaea! | |
| Me say them graduatin' thieves and murderers | |
| Look out now: they suckin' the blood of the sufferers sufferers. | |
| Yeaeaea! sufferers | |
| Tell the children the truth | |
| Tell the children the truth | |
| Tell the children the truth right now! | |
| Come on and tell the children the truth | |
| Tell the children the truth | |
| Tell the children the truth | |
| Tell the children the truth | |
| Come on and tell the children the truth. | |
| ' cause ' cause we' ve been trodding on ya winepress much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel! | |
| And we' ve been taken for granted much too long: | |
| Rebel, rebel now! | |
| trodding on the winepress trodding on the winepress rebel: | |
| Got to rebel, y' all rebel! | |
| We' ve been trodding on the winepress much too long yeeah! rebel | |
| Yeaeah! rebel yeah! yeah! | |
| From the very day we left the shores trodding on the winepress | |
| Of our father' s land rebel, | |
| We' ve been trampled on rebel, | |
| Oh now! we' ve been oppressed, yeah! lord, lord, go to ... | |
| sleeve notes continue: | |
| Now we know everything we got to rebel | |
| Somebody got to pay for the work | |
| We' ve done, rebel. |