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 […]


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Jump Nyabinghi

(Hallelu-Jah!)(Hallelu-Jah!) Love to see when ya move in the rhythm;I love to see, when you’re dancin’ from within!It gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness,Everyone doin’ and they’re doing their bestHuh, it remind I of the days in Jericho,When we troddin’ down Jericho walls:These are the days when we’ll […]


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Babylon System

We refuse to beWhat you wanted us to be;We are what we are:That’s the way (way) it’s going to be. You don’t know!You can’t educate IFor no equal opportunity:(Talkin’ ’bout my freedom) Talkin’ ’bout my freedom,People freedom (freedom) and liberty!Yeah, we’ve been trodding on the winepress much too long:Rebel, rebel!Yes, […]


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Stir It Up

Stir it up; little darlin’, stir it up. Come on, baby.Come on and stir it up: little darlin’, stir it up. O-oh! It’s been a long, long time, yeah!(stir it, stir it, stir it together)Since I got you on my mind. (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Oh-oh!Now you are here (stir it, stir it, […]


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Midnight Ravers

Do-do-do. Do-do-do. Do-do-do.(You can’t tell the woman from the man)No, I say you can’t, ’cause they’re dressed in the same pollution;(dressed in the same pollution)Their mind is confused with confusionWith their problems since they’ve no solution:They become the midnight ravers. Someone say:(Please, don’t let me down!)Oh, please, don’t let me […]


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Bend Down Low

Bend down low, let me tell you what I know now;Bend down low, let me tell you what I know.Oh! Fisherman row to reap what you sow now;Oh, tell you all I know (Oo-oh!),you’ve got to let me go now (Oo-oh!),And all you’ve got to do:(Bend down low) Oh yeah! […]


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Night Shift

The sun shall not smite I by day,Nor the moon by night;And everything that I doShall be upfull and right.And if it’s all night,It got to be all right!If it’s all night,Got to be all right! Your mamma won’t lose this one;You’re the lucky one under the sun.If you make […]


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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 […]


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Mix Up, Mix Up

Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, yeah! Well, it’s not easy,It’s not easySpeak the truth, come on, speak. Eh, now!It ever cause it what it will:He who hide the wrong he didSurely did the wrong thing still. Get in the studio of –Studio of time and experienceHere we experience the […]


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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 […]


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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 […]


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Rebel Music (3 O’clock Roadblock)

I, rebel musicI, rebel musicWhy can’t we roam this open countryOh why can’t we be what we want to beWe want to be free 3 o’clock – roadblock, curfewAnd I’ve got to throw awayYes I’ve got to throw awayYes I’ve got to throw awayMy little herb stalk I, rebel musicI, […]


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I Know

Wo, man, deh you are! When the race gets hard to run,It means you just can’t take the pace.When it’s time to have your fun,You find the tears run on down through your face,Then you stop and think a little:Are you the victim of the system?Anyday now they gon’ let […]


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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 […]


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Exodus

Exodus: Movement of Jah people! Oh-oh-oh, yea-eah! Men and people will fight ya down Tell me whyWhen ya see Jah light. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-haLet me tell you if you’re not wrong; Then, why?Everything is all right.So we gonna walk, all right, through de roads of creationWe the generation Tell me whyTrod through […]


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