Is it true, is it true,
Is it true what they say about you repeat
Christopher Columbus was a pirate
Sailing around spreading hate
Even though some say he was a hero
Have you asked the native and the Rastaman Jah know now
Even though some say he was a hero
Have you ever asked the natives and the Africans
One you gonna have to pay for blood that you've shed Columbus
One you gonna have to pay for blood that you've shed tell me this now
Is it true, is it true,
Is it true what they say about you repeat
Christopher Columbus was a liar
I hear him say that he discovered America
What about the natives who were down there
And a few black people who were down there
What about the natives who were down there
And the few black people who were down there tell me this now
They just wanted to be the leaders in the house of the rising sun
They just wanted to be the leaders in the house of the rising sun
Tell me this now
Is it true, is it true,
Is it true what they say about you repeat
Children want to know
Said am walking on the same roads our forefathers once walked on
Lord am climbing the same trees our forefathers hang from