Lyrics: Freedom Time/Jailhouse, Old Wailers' Ska got the news from the whispering trees, this is the time when man must be freed, no more burning in vain, all we lose we'll have to gain, get ready children please, didn't i build the cabin, didn't i plant the corn, didn't my people keep holy, slave to this country, my sermon it was billed for freedom, the good lord said son you're a free man, i'm gonna talk that freedom talk, let me see you walk that freedom walk, when yah gets ready, children please, a tell yah, got the news from a whispering tree ... jailhouse keeps empty [rudie gets healt'y] baton sticks get shorter [rudie gets taller] can't fight against the youth now coz they so wrong [yout' a good good rudie] can't fight against the youth now coz 'e is strong [yout' a good good rudie] prediction, them people are going wild [Dem a rude rude people] dem peegoo a goin' wil' [Dem a rude rude people] shake 'er one time for me sir [she a rude rude people] shake 'er one time for me sir [she a rude rude people] the message, we gonna rule this land can't fight against prediction, [wise wise rudie] what has been hid from the wise and the polluted is how me feel ...