Got to build our love on one foundation;Got to build our love on one foundation;Got to build our love on one foundation. There will never be – yeah! – no love at all;There will never be no love at all. Got to put aside them segregation, yeah!Got to put aside them organization;Got to put aside […]
Feel it in the one dropWell, I still find time to rapWe’re making the one stopThe generation gapSo feel this drumbeatAs it beats within playing a rhythmResisting against the system Ooh-we I know Jah would never let us downPull your rights from wrongI know Jah would never let us downOh no! Oh no! They made […]
400 years (400 years, 400 years. Wo-o-o-o)And it’s the same –The same (wo-o-o-o) philosophyI’ve said it’s four hundred years;(400 years, 400 years. Wo-o-o-o, wo-o-o-o)Look, how long (wo-o-o-o)And the people they (wo-o-o-o) still can’t see.Why do they fight against the poor youth of today?And without these youths, they would be gone –All gone astray Come on, […]
What your hands do,It’s your own eyes that’ve seen.So won’t you judge your actionsTo make sure the results are clean? It’s your own conscienceThat is gonna remind youThat it’s your heart and nobody else’sThat is gonna judge. Be not selfish in your doings:Pass it on. (Pass it on, children)Help your brothers (help them) in their […]
Yeah! Oh, yeah! Now!Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)And rock was my pillow, too; (doo-oo-oo-oo-oo!)Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)And rock was my pillow, too. Yeah! I’m saying: talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues),talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues);They say your feet is just too big for your shoes. (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo)Talkin’ blues […]
In this life, in this life, in this life,In this, oh sweet life:We’re (we’re coming in from the cold);We’re coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in),coming in (coming in), coming in (coming in),Coming in from the cold. It’s you – it’s you – it’s you I’m talkin’ to –Well, you (it’s you) – you […]
Ah! Ya too rudeOh what a rat raceOh what a rat raceThis is the rat race Some a lawful, some a bastard, some a jacketOh what a rat race, rat race Some a gorgan, some a hooligan, some a guine-gogIn this rat race, yeah!Rat raceI’m singingWhen the cats awayThe mice will playPolitical voilence fill ya […]
(Wake up and -)(Wake up and -)(Wake up and -) Wake up and turn I loose,For the rain is fallin’! Got to have kaya now (kaya, kaya),Got to have kaya now (kaya, kaya)Got to have kaya now (kaya, kaya),For the rain is fallin’! We-e-e-e-e-ell, I feel so high, I even touch the skyAbove the fallin’ […]
Rastaman, live up!Bongoman, don’t give up!Congoman, live up, yeah!Binghi-man don’t give up!Keep your culture:Don’t be afraid of the vulture!Grow your dreadlock:Don’t be afraid of the wolf-pack! Rastaman, live up!Binghi-man, don’t give up!Congoman, live up, yeah!Bongoman, don’t give up! David slew Goliath with a sling and a stone;Samson slew the Philistines with a donkey jawbone:Iyaman, live […]
Hear the words of the Rastaman say:"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;Babylon, you throne gone down." Said I hear the words of the Iyaman say:"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;Babylon, you throne gone down."—[Short instrumental break]—And I hear the angel with the seven seals say:"Babylon throne gone down, gone down;Babylon throne gone down."—[Short […]