One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon


One day you are dreadlocks (well dread)
Next day you are baldhead (clean shave)
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon


Are you a commercialized
Grabbing at the cash-backs?
This is a time of decision
Tell me, what is your plan? yeah


Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon


Straight is the road that leads to destruction Ooh yeah
The road to righteousness is narrow
Ah let me tell you say


Indictive feelings enter feeling
The truth is a fact, tell me
Are you a con man, or are you a dreadlocks, eh?


One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon


The road is rough and the hill is steep
Ah let me tell you say
The mountain is high and the valley is deep
Oh yeah oh yeah


Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don't step backward
Step out of Babylon


One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward
Down inna Babylon


Straight is the road that leads to destruction
Ah hear me when I say
The road to righteousness is narrow
Ooh yeah ooh yeah


Indictive feelings enter feeling
The truth is a fact, tell me
Are you a con man, or are you a dreadlocks, oh?