Burnin' And Lootin'

This morning I woke up in a curfew;O God, I was a prisoner, too – yeah!Could not recognize the faces standing over me;They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality. Eh! How many rivers do we have to cross,Before we can talk to the boss? Eh!All that we got, it seems we have lost;We must […]


Hallelujah

Hear the children cryin’,but I know they cry not in vain.Now the times are changin’;love has come to bloom again. Smelling the air when spring comes by raindropsreminds us of youthful days.But now it’s not rain that water the cane crops,but the sweat from man’s brow;the substance from our spine.We gotta keep on living, living […]


One Foundation

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 […]


Pass It 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 […]


Rasta Man Chant

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 […]