Jah Yasteseryal Teddy Afro

“Teddy Afro! I charge you with a crime!!!”
Thundered His Honor, the First Instance Kangaroo Judge.
“What is my crime?” asked Teddy with his usual sunny smile,
“Crime?” snorted His marsupial Honor.
“Don’t gotta do no crime!
We’ll just make you do the time.
Make YOU, do the time! The time!! THE TIME!!!
Teddy returned once more to plead his case,
Said he to His Kangarooship:
“Please hear me out, Your Honor, sir”
“You must do me justice! Must do me right!”
“Young man! I’d love to do you justice and right,”
But you can see, I am just a kangaroo judge and not very bright,
I do as I am told, be it wrong or right.
Jah people stood in kangaroo court,
Shouting, “Teddy is innocent, him no do no crime.
“God him witness, Jah is Supreme Power.
“Rulers of Babylon, free Teddy!
“Unchain Teddy today!
“Set Teddy free,
“Let him be.”
But them took Teddy back to the dungeon,
A lice-infested hellhole they call Kality prison.
Them vowed to break Teddy’s spirit and pride,
Them vowed him solitary keep, make him weep, deny him sleep!
But Teddy, him put his faith in Jah.
Him say, “Break my bones, bruise my flesh,
Jah Man’s spirit, Jah Man’s pride will never diminish.”
Teddy, him sat solitary in jail (no bail),
Him sang Bob Marley (Ye Ityopia Anbessa) songs:
“Africans Unite!” “Ethiopians Unite!”
“Them belly full, but we hungry.”
“We gonna chase those crazy,
Chase those crazy bunkheads,
Chase those crazy baldheads out of our town.”
The people cried, “It’s a shame, an outrage!”
Them ask, “Isn’t it odd, isn’t it strange,
“To put a lion in a cage?
“Isn’t it odd, isn’t it strange,
“To see hyenas on the stage?
“Hyenas chain a lion in a cage?”
Them say, “It’s a doggone outrage!”
Teddy Afro! You are our Hero!
My HERO, Teddy Afro!
“You rock so, you rock so, like you never did before.”
Bob Marley, him say:
“Get up, stand up: stand up for your right!”
“Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!”
Teddy: Don’t give up the fight! Don’t give up the fight… Don’t…!
Jah, Yasteseryal!(redemption!)