Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
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 ballin (cliche')
Onward, forward, don’t step backward
Step out of Babylon
Onward, forward, don’t step backward
Step out of Babylon
Are you [bad word] 
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 [bad word] 
Ooh yeah
The road to righteousness is narrow
Ah let me tell you say
Indictive feelings enter feeling
The [bad word] 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
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
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
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Ah let me tell you say
Ah let me tell you say
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Ah let me tell you say
One step forward, two steps backward
Down in a Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward
Down in a Babylon
Straight is the road that leads to [bad word] 
Ah hear me when I say
The road to righteousness is narrow
Ooh yeah ooh yeah
Indictive feelings enter feeling
The [bad word] is a fact, tell me
Are you a con man, or are you a dreadlocks, oh?
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 (go deh)
Down in a Babylon
One step forward, two steps backward (go deh)
Down in a Babylon
Onward, forward, don’t step backward
Step out of Babylon
Ooh yeah ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na
Ooh yeah ooh yeah ooh yeah
Na na na na na na