Sooner or later someone going have to pay You take I on your trip On your stinky slave ship Some of us survive While others take their lives I say Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh The jews making claims for their Holocaust The Indian a claim fe the land that they lost What about the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria ? And de Africans slaves that you raid from Africa What about the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria ? And the gold and the diamonds you rob from Africa That's why I say Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh You take away me roots You take away me culture Fly down like a scavenger Acting like a vulture, oh yeah ! The jews making claims for their Holocaust The Indian a claim fe the land that they lost What about the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria ? And the gold and the diamonds you rob from Africa What about the Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria ? And de Africans slaves that you raid from Africa That's why I say Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh You take away me roots You take away me culture Fly down like a scavenger Acting like a vulture, oh yeah ! You so gravilicious, malicious and covetious And with you dirty greed Greater than you need You so gravilicious, malicious and covetious And with your dirty greed Greater than you need, oh yeah ! Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh Time to pay the piper Mr. Rip and Run Off A long time you and your guy dem Dem a grab and a laugh