People, won't you get ready
Ready for the working day
People, won't you get ready
This is no time to play
Standing on highways and byways
Watching the time rolls away
Standing on byways and highways
All they live long day
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
I wake up early in the morning
I love to see the rising sun
I give thanks and praises to the Almighty
That I can see the sun
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
I wake up early in the morning
I love to see the rising sun
I give thanks and praises to the Almighty
That I can see the sun
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
I've been through towns and people
I've travelled through many, many, many seas
Hoping that one day I'm gonna be free
Gonna be free from all misery
I'm gonna be free from the hands of the wicked
I'm gonna be free from the hands of the devil
I'm gonna be free from all brutality
I'm gonna be free from all calamity
So
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
Get ready everybody
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody
Shake your body line
Rock your rocking time
Shake your body line
Rock your rocking time
Get ready everybody
Rock steady everybody