You should never keep any envy Against your brother, sister Or even your greatest enemy And if you do it Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me, oh no Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me, at all Though I might be from worlds of poor Back arise in poverty Jah Jah let me rule my destiny 'Cause I've never yet dipped my hand in iniquity Don't blame it on me Don't try to belittle me So a one thing get so easy And these are the words of prophecy What will be, is got to be Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me I'm not of that quality Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me, oh no Poverty, cause people to live in misery Sometime let them forget dem history Tell them equal rights and justice stand for one and all And I will never ever like to see my brethren fall There's a long book of life And it's wide open And whosoever name is not written there Whosoever name is not written there Sorry for you, oh oh I Sorry for you, oh I Don't blame it on me Don't try to belittle me So a one thing get so easy And these are the words of prophecy What will be, is got to be Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me I'm not of that quality Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me, oh no Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me, oh no Don't blame it on me Don't blame it on me