Irie Meditation
Ooooh Oooooh
Wisdom is better than silver and gold
Half of the story has never been told
Work from you’re young and then you’ll rest when you’re old
Focus and reach for your goals
Watch what you do and the things that you say
The house on the hill will never decay
Don’t see the roots and think dem cliché
Watch your brother’s back same way
No matter what the situation
Stand firm and hold an irie vibration
Don’t mix up in all the frustration
Show them that love is the solution
No matter what the situation
Stand firm and hold an irie vibration
Don’t mix up in all the frustration
Show them that love is your religion
Reggae Soul
When the music drops…
Turn it up fi me!
Cuz the vibe is right
And I’m loving the feeling
Everybody jus a dance wid dem hands to the ceiling
All the pain weh yuh a feel
Di music a di healing
Don’t need no strife and war
All we need is love from all
Not a crime if yuh paper small
It pennywise – it nuh cost at all
It’s moving it’s grooving Oh
Reggae, Reggae soul
It’s grooving it’s moving through you
Reggae, Reggae soul
Pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up
Di music dat yuh playing
Reggae, Reggae soul
Pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up
Di music dat yuh playing
Reggae, Reggae soul
Perfect harmony’s where we heading
Natural vibes will reach once yuh get in
…di party. Under 16 over all 40 – everybody is here!
Warm up first, vinyl pon di speakers
Drums crash, bass a kick den the keys come in
Guits ‘chekkin’ away
And den we rockin’ away
Party nah done till police come
It’s moving it’s grooving Oh
Reggae, Reggae soul
It’s grooving it’s moving through you
Reggae, Reggae soul
Pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up
Di music dat yuh playing
Reggae, Reggae soul
Pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up
Di music dat yuh playing
Reggae, Reggae soul
Reggae memba when dem did enslave yuh
Dem did a try eliminate yuh
But now dem want fi imitate yuh wid dem nasty behaviour
Wah dem a sing bout a Jamaica?
Don’t mek Babylon desecrate yuh
And dem say who nuh hear will feel
Dem lose the blessing of the Sun
Suh me nah guh mek dem tief di reggae music from Jam dung
It ah we culture
Turn up the one drop around yuh
And mek the messages surround yuh
It’s moving it’s grooving Oh
Reggae, Reggae soul
It’s grooving it’s moving through you
Reggae, Reggae soul
Pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up
Di music dat yuh playing
Reggae, Reggae soul
Pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up, pull-up
Di music dat yuh playing
Reggae, Reggae soul
Natural Collie
Been down in the valley
Smoking natural collie
Getting inspiration
Spreading it through the nation
Spreading it
Cause that’s my work
Yes, I’m spreading it
Cause there’s nothing else to do
People… Look around you
Can’t you see we’re living in poverty
This pain is too much for me
Oh Jah, oh Jah, oh Jah
Save the people
Free them from captivity
This pain is much to be
Oh Jah, oh Jah, oh Jah
To enter Jah Jah kingdom
You’ve got to be full of wisdom
Knowledge and overstanding
Giving you my command
Jah commands you
To do his work
And if you don’t
You’ll raise up stones
People… Look around you
Can’t you see we’re living in poverty
This pain is too much for me
Oh Jah, oh Jah, oh Jah
Save the people
Free them from captivity
This pain is much to be
Oh Jah, oh Jah, oh Jah
Roots Girl Skankin
Inna de dance under a halo of smoke
Inna me Gideon boots
Di Rebel Empress Flow
Roots dawta bringing a message fi yuh, say:
“Real Empress deh round di Warriors too!”
Pon a mission sweat a drip dung mi brow
Onward to Zion Jah Jah children fi know oh
Reggae music a di key to the soul come fe reorganize how di system a go
It just a roots girl skankin’
(Roots girl skank kinky reggae)
Sound system spankin’, real reggae shufflin
(Ah shuffle kinky reggae)
An we a real top rankin!
(When we a skank kinky reggae)
Heights we holdin’ – no loose talkin’
(Ah jus a roots girl skankin’)
Roots girl skankin-in-in-in
Roots girl skankin-in-in-in
We rock and we skip and we skank to di beat
We clean like a whistle when we touch in the street
An African from me crown to me feet
Troddin’ back to the homeland, a full time we dweet
Nah go down, nah go round, nah retreat
Mama Omega – no dem can’t defeat we!
Because we have we sword and we shield
Dat a King Rastafari- di I Trinity
Ah jus a…
It just a roots girl skankin’
(Roots girl skank kinky reggae)
Sound system spankin’, real reggae shufflin
(Ah shuffle kinky reggae)
An we a real top rankin!
(When we a skank kinky reggae)
Heights we holdin’ – no loose talkin’
(Ah jus a roots girl skankin’)
Roots girl skankin-in-in-in
Roots girl skankin-in-in-in
Jah Loves
Jah loves you man
Don’t you know Jah needs you, woman
And to know the things you did, to Him
It makes you want to die
The greatest love
I have ever learned
Is to love and be loved in return
Jah loves in return
Why hate your brother-man?
Do the things to please Jah, woman
Do the right and not the wrong
And be strong, for you surely gonna die
The greatest love
I have ever learned
Is to love and be loved in return
Jah loves in return
(musical instrumentation)
Jah loves you man
Don’t you know Jah needs you, woman
And to know the things you did, to Him
It makes you want to die
The greatest love
I have ever learned
Is to love and be loved in return
Jah loves in return
Why hate your brother-man?
Do the things to please Jah, woman
Do the right and not the wrong
And be strong, for you surely gonna die
The greatest love
I have ever learned
Is to love and be loved in return
Is to love and be loved in return
Is to love and be loved in return
Jah loves in return
Sugar and Spice
On the way home to see you, babe
No, I could never stay away for another day
Been too long since I held your hand
No – there could be no other man, no other man
Been living on the road without you, babe
Me and my suitcases, just rolling through
Been counting down the days, the hours, babe
Until I can see your eyes, my sugar and spice
Oh, I’ll be coming home to you my baby
You’re my sugar and spice – Sugar and Spice
Sweet love is what you’re giving to me baby
You are my sugar and spice – Sugar and Spice
Oh oh oh
Sexy little message, yuh a beg me come through
Loving weh me have yuh say yuh miss it till yuh blue
Oh boy, me cyaah get me mind off you!
I’ll be waiting for that sweet rubba dubbing with you all night through
No matter how far we are – our love still keeps us close
Cuz you’re the one I love the most
Oh, I’ll be coming home to you my baby
You’re my sugar and spice – Sugar and Spice
Sweet love is what you’re giving to me baby
You are my sugar and spice – Sugar and Spice
Oh oh oh
Kingdom Rise and Kingdom Fall
Yeah! Whoa yeah, now, now!
Economics, has got them in desperation
(Dis ya modern famine)
And poverty is causing
Dangerous political tension
(Dis ya modern famine)
Depression is down in the land
(Dis ya modern famine)
And inflation, is holding down
Strong, strong, strong
(Kingdom rise an’ kingdom fall)
Whoa yeah, now, now!
(Babylon back is against the wall)
Babylon trying to find a solution!
(Kingdom rise an’ kingdom fall)
Whoa yeah, now, now!
(Babylon back is against the wall)
Yeah!
False rulers, we know them
(Dis ya modern famine)
Speaking about human rights
(Dis ya modern famine)
Yet they deal with pure dishonesty
(Dis ya modern famine)
And the people, they still can’t walk
The streets as they like
(Kingdom rise an’ kingdom fall)
Whoa yeah, now, now!
(Babylon back is against the wall)
Babylon trying to find a solution!
(Kingdom rise an’ kingdom fall)
Yeah! Whoa yeah, now, now!
(Babylon back is against the wall)
Oh yeah, oh yeah!
Fail in Love
Today, I didn’t want to get out of bed
Morning blues got some shit running through my head
I’m either stuck, turning back or I missed my turn
And my heart is caving in, I can feel the burn
Our eyes had seen it clear as day but you didn’t wanna face it
And I went out of my way, because I didn’t wanna break it cause I
Didn’t wanna fail in love
No I, Didn’t wanna fail in love
With you
Oh what a shame, Baby what a predicament
Tell me how did we get here, how much more must we pretend
And all these things I wished we could work through
But now my mind is going crazy cuz I can’t live without you
Our eyes had seen it clear as day but you didn’t wanna face it
And I went out of my way, because I didn’t wanna break it cause I
Didn’t wanna fail in love
No I, Didn’t wanna fail in love
With you
Chant Their Names
Chant their names, chant their names
Chant their names, chant their names
What will you say for yourself?
Let me hear it in your own words, Mr. Officer?
What did you do to the black man?
Tell me what did you infer?
Did you see him as a downright criminal?
Tell me who him gonna hurt,
Tell me who are you protecting
Tell me who you really serve
What if you got a ticket like Sandra Bland?
Do you ever party like Oscar Grant?
What about Philando Castile?
Or Eric Garner?
What if you couldn’t breathe?
Do you have a hoodie like Trayvon?
Or ever walk from the store like Mike Brown?
Ever drop asleep like Aiyanna?
And di tears still a cry fi Breonna!
Chant their names, chant their names
Wont see another black martyr sent to an early grave
Give us some answers right now
You’ve got to change this somehow
How many lives will be taken?
How many tears will we cry?
For you to see the sad reality upon our picket signs
400-nuff years of slavery and we’re not free just yet
Bun systemic brutality
Chant their names so we wont forget
What kind of injustice reach, Georgie wah day?
Same kinda ting did reach Freddie Gray?
Do you have a cellphone like Stephon?
Or play a little music like Jordan?
Can’t even jog round di town like Ahmaud
A suh me know say the system a fraud – designed to keep the black man down.
Guilty with no proof a jus a bag run around
Chant their names, chant their names
Wont see another black martyr sent to an early grave
Give us some answers right now
You’ve got to change this somehow
Chant their names, chant their names
Chant their names, chant their names
Encore: Don’t Let Me Down
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.
Nobody ever loved me like he does,
Oh, he does, yeah, he does.
And if somebody loved me like he do me,
Oh, he do me, yes, he does.
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.
I’m in love for the first time.
Don’t you know it’s gonna last.
It’s a love that lasts forever,
It’s a love that had no past.
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.
And from the first time that he really done me,
Oh, he done me, he done me good.
I guess nobody ever really done me,
Oh, he done me, he done me good.
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.
Don’t let me down, don’t let me down.