Won't somebody
Won't somebody
Won't somebody tell me please what's going on

Won't somebody
Won't somebody
Won't somebody tell me please what's going on

With our people
With Jah people
They are playing a dirty trick upon dem

With Jah people
With Jah people
They are trying hard to mislead dem

With our children
With our children
They are trying hard to indoctrinate dem

With our children's
Education
They are trying their best to fool the children dem

Won't somebody
Won't somebody
Won't somebody please tell me what's going on

Somebody
Somebody
Won't somebody tell me please what's going on

Looking around
And I can't understand
I tried to discuss with them

For instance Fort Augustus
I am talking about Alcatraz
They're two prisons of the same kind

One in Jamaica
The other in America
So tell me why really should we see that

Won't somebody
Somebody
Won't somebody tell me please what's going on

Won't somebody
Somebody
Won't somebody tell me about the prisons

Every now and then they take away a man and carry him behind the walls
[Whoa officer]
I just can't understand what's going on
Won't somebody please

Won't somebody
Won't somebody
Won't somebody tell me please what's going on