Why’s this fussing and a-fighting?I wanna know, Lord, I wanna knowWhy’s this bumping and a-boring?I wanna know, Lord, I wanna know now We should really love each other (love each other)In peace and harmony (peace and harmony), oohInstead, we’re fussing and fighting (fussing and fighting)And them workin’ iniquity (… iniquity) […]
Tag Archives: African Herbsman
Stand Alone
There you are, cryin’ againBut your loveliness won’t cover your shameThere you are, you’re takin’ true loveAnd while you’re takin’ true love, you given the blame (How could I …) Could I be so wrongTo think that we could get along?Days I wasted with you, childIf I count there’ll be […]
Sun Is Shining
Sun is shining, the weather is sweetMake you want to move your dancing feetTo the rescue, here I amWant you to know ya, where I stand (Monday morning) here I amWant you to know just if you can(Tuesday evening) where I stand(Wednesday morning) tell myself a new day is rising(Thursday […]
Lively Up Yourself
You’re gonna lively up yourselfAnd don’t be no drag,You lively up yourself cause reggae is another bagYou lively up yourself and don’t say noYou’re gonna lively up yourself cause I said so (Hear what you gonna do)You rock so you rock so like you never did beforeYou dip so you […]
Don’t Rock The Boat
Huh, please don’t you rock my boat‘Cause I don’t want my boat to be rockin’ anyhowPlease don’t you rock my boat, no‘Cause I don’t want my boat to be rockin’ I’m tellin’ you that, oh, ooh-aah, I like it a-like a-thisCan you miss?And you should know, ooh-aah, when I like […]
Brain Washing
Ooh-oohOld Mr. Joe, he build a house awayOn top of some hillOld Mr. Joe knew he had to go, so heHe got right down and wrote bank willHe say now, here’s to mother henAnd her chicken, Lord have mercy nowMaster, will you take a roll in the mudLike you know […]
Put It On
Feel them spirit;Feel them spirit;Feel them spirit.Lord, I thank you;Lord, I thank you. Feel all right now;Feel all right now;Feel all right now. Good Lord, hear me;Good Lord, hear me. I’m not boasting;I’m not boasting;I’m not boasting, yeah!Feel like toasting;Feel like toastingSimply ’cause: I’m gonna put it on;(In the morning)I’m […]
Duppy Conqueror
Yes, me friend,We deh a street again.Yes, me friend, me good friend,Dem say we free again. The bars could not hold me;Force could not control me now.They try to keep me down, yeah!But Jah put I around. Yeah! Yes, I’ve been accused many a timesAnd wrongly abused, now.Oh, but through […]
Small Axe
Why boasteth thyself, O evil men;Playing smart and not being clever, oh no!I say you’re working iniquityTo achieve vanity, yeah, if a-so a-so.But the goodness of Jah – JahIdureth for Iver. If you are the big tree,We are the small axeSharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)Ready to cut you […]
Riding High
You’ve been ridingYou’ve been riding quite a while, child(keep on riding, keep on riding)You’ve been jivingLike a peacock, that’s your style(keep on jiving), ooh (keep on jiving) Now I remember the days in schoolThere wasn’t a time when you didn’t treat me cruelOoh, wait till I get my hooks on […]
Keep On Moving
Lord I got to keep on movingLord I got to get on downLord I’ve got to keep on movingWhere I can’t be found, where I can’t be foundLord they coming after me I’ve been accused on my missionJAH knows you shouldn’t doFor hanging me they were willing yeah! yeah!And that’s […]
Kaya
(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 […]
All In One
Bend down lowLet me tell you what I know nowBend down lowLet me tell you what I know, what I know, what I know Long time, we no have no nice timeDoo-yoo-doo-dun-doo, yeah, think about thatLong, long, long, long time, we no have no nice timeDoo-yoo-doo-dun-doo, yeah, think about that, […]
African Herbsman
All twinklin’ leeCan’t see the right rose when the streams abateThe old slave men might grind slowBut it grinds fine, yeah African herbsman, why linger on?Just concentrate, ’cause heaven lives onGreet-I-eth slave men will look with a scornWith a transplanted heart (yes, how quick they had to part)(… how quick […]