White ants runnin'
Black ants crawlin'
Yella ants dreamin'
Brown ants longin'
All those people longin' to be free
Uhuru, ant, man, bee, Uhuru, ant, man, bee
All the ants in God's garden, they can't get along
War still runnin' on
It's that one lump of sugar, that they won't leave each other alone
Why do you have to do this, you've got to let us free
Why do you have to do this, you've got to set us free
Why do you have to do this, you've got to set us free
Why do you have to do this, you've got to set us free
Uhuru, ant, man, bee, Uhuru, ant, man, bee
Now, the bee takes his honey, then he sets the flower free
But in God's garden only
Man and the ants, they won't set each other
Black ants crawlin'
Yella ants dreamin'
Brown ants longin'
All those people longin' to be free
Uhuru, ant, man, bee, Uhuru, ant, man, bee
All the ants in God's garden, they can't get along
War still runnin' on
It's that one lump of sugar, that they won't leave each other alone
Why do you have to do this, you've got to let us free
Why do you have to do this, you've got to set us free
Why do you have to do this, you've got to set us free
Why do you have to do this, you've got to set us free
Uhuru, ant, man, bee, Uhuru, ant, man, bee
Now, the bee takes his honey, then he sets the flower free
But in God's garden only
Man and the ants, they won't set each other
Lyrics submitted by distopiandreamguy
Ant Man Bee Lyrics as written by Don Van Vliet
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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My interpretation is that he sees ants squabbling and running over each other constantly (and black ants and red ants don't seem to mix), then he sees man engaged in regular wars, then bees who never seem to fight.