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Rise Up

by NASIO FONTAINE

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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! We living in the positive And I know Good will conquer evil Jah is here amidst the battle And I know Love will overcome hatred Oh uh yeah We living in the positive Oh children Let not your hearts be troubled Wipe away your tears and fears Cause I know Love Will conquer evil Who uh yeeaahh! And even through my darkest nights - oy Fear not, Jah is on my side, to protect I And even though the odds Are against I Lord oh Lord, Lord yeeahh! Fear not, though my chances are slim Yet my hopes are so high We living in the positive And I know good will conquer evil Jah is here amidst the battle And I know Love Will overcome hatred, woah uh’yeah! We living in the positive Oh children let not you hearts Be troubled Wipe away your tears and fears Cause I know Love will conquer evil, yeah! Woah uh woah yeeaahh Even when my burden Gets heavy, Too heavy to carry, Lord! Lord! And sorrows become My best friend Pain won’t let me be, oh Lord! Lord! And even when ten thousand foes Set themselves against I and I Fools say that my chances are slim Yet my hopes are so high Living in the positive And I know good Will conquer evil Jah is here amidst the battle And I know Love Will overcome hatred who uh yeah! We living in the positive Oh! Children Let not your hearts be troubled Wipe away your tears and fears Cause I know love Will conquer evil, yeah! Living in the, Living now yeah! And we living in the positive Oh Lord we living, we living, yeah! And we living in the positive From day to day Jah’ll make a way And we living in the positive Struggle hang tuff And things so rough And we living in the positive Keep on, keep on living Livin in the positive Trample down those negatives
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Armed and dangerous Babylon armed so armed and dangerous System armed and dangerous Heads of government armed So armed and dangerous Well, super power armed and ready midget and mx misiles aiming deadly, well From the north to the South, and the East to the West, oh gosh Them getting ready for a shootout contest They wanna see who's the best Armed and dangerous Babylon armed so armed and dangerous and then i see them fighting Armed and dangerous Heads of power them armed So armed and dangerous Well, military demonstrations my gosh Navy and Army just a rehearse invasion well War machine to murder population Chaos and fear the world in tension System invention well Armed and dangerous Devil them armed, so armed and dangerous then I see them fighting Armed and dangerous Heads of power them armed So armed and dangerous, well well well well well Devil them a come with a wicked intension lord Mashing up creation with them wicked invention ohw Them a illegal goons and top notch crimers Bombing and shooting the world all over They fighting for power, well Armed huh and dangerous Governments armed, so armed and dangerous Babylon armed and dangerous Heads of power them armed so armed and dangerous Well, and them a make more war And them a make more war And them a fight some more And them a make more war Well, well, well Hey you mister global sheriff Take down your weapons and cool it cool it
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Rise Up 04:08
Yeah! Rise up ye Mighty people We gonna Rise up uhh We gonna Wise up, yeah! We gonna Wake up Come on! You Mighty people Hey, Rise up people Rise up Don’t make them fool you no more Nuh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Wake up people Wake up come on! Can’t make them fool you more more Nuh, Liberation is a must Yeah! Power to the people Set the captives Free Freedom is a must Come on and up with the people’s movement Liberation is today now. And the people Rise and Say We gonna Rise up come on! We gonna Wise up, uuhh! We gonna Wake uo Rise up Mighty people We gonna Shake up Pah dap, pah, pah, pah, pah, dap, pah Hey! Rise up people Rise up Don’t make them fool you no more No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Wake up people wake up Can’t make them fool you no more Yea! Break the Chains things must be rearranged Up you Mighty race accomplish what you will And the people Rise and Say Politicians must obey We gonna Rise up Come on ye mighty people We gonna Wise up Liberation is a must We gonna wake up huhh, come on, come on We gonna Shake up, Cause you’ve been kept down for so long, yeah, And the people Rebel We’re gonna Win now And the people Rebel Revolution time And the people Rebel, Lord, Lord, Lord Yes the people Rebel, yes and the people rebel Yeah! And the people rebel, Ras Tafari Live
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Crucial 04:38
Raging out of control, world on fire Red hot fire burning, lord, lord Some hoping and praying for things to get better But Rasta know it a go get worse, so much worse Signs of the times are getting clearer, lord, lord And HIS MAJESTY is getting nearer, clearer everyday Things a go crucial Down in a Babylon yeah Things a go brutal now, dog a go nyam dog Things a go brutal down in a Babylon yeah Things a go crucial, now, now, now, lord, lord Crucial, crucial yeah, rop pap, papa nah Crucial, crucial, yeah, oh nan nah, nah, nah Weeping and wailing and more tribulation Threats and more fears and rumors of wars, lord, lord World food shortage and mass starvation, lord oh lord oh Man and man headed to destruction Don’t say me never warn you Things a go brutal unh Down in a Babylon yeah Things a go crucial now, so much a crime and violence Things a go brutal, unh Down in a Babylon yeah Things a go brutal now, now, now, lord, lord know Crucial, crucial, yeah, oh gosh now, Crucial, crucial, yeah, prrr, pap, pap, dop, doh Crucial, crucial, yeah, prr, pap, pap pa dop Crucial, crucial, yeah, oh nuh, nuh, nuh Some hoping and praying for things to get better But Rasta know it a go get worse, so much worse Signs of the times are getting nearer lord oh lord oh And HIS MAJESTY getting nearer, clearer everyday Things a go crucial, uh Down in a Babylon, yeah Things a go crucial now, dog a go nyam dog Things a go crucial Down in a Babylon yeah Things a go crucial, now, now, now, lord, oh lord oh Crucial, crucial, yeah, lord oh lord oh Crucial, crucial yeah, oh nuh nuh Things a go crucial So much a crime and violence Things a go crucial So much a disease and pestilence Things a go crucial It gonna get worse before it gets better Things a go brutal, now, now, now, now, unhh
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Jah I-tinually Bless Africa, Africa Ohhy! Ohhy! Ohhy yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Africa we love, Africa we love We love, love, love, she we love Yes we love ya Africa we love, Africa we love We love, love, love, she we love Africa we love Yes the root of creation Mother of Civiliaztion Yet you’re a victim Of western civilization, deedle, deedle, deedle Your rivers run deep, Your gold is so rich Yet there is suffereation Inna your midst So I got to sing like Jah bless Africa, oh yes! Jah bless Africa, I wanna let them know seh Jah bless Africa, Oh yes! Jah bless Africa Ohhy! Garden of Eden Africa the first Land of a people so terrible From the beginnings I’m gonna tell you, hey Land of I and I fathers Where jah love to be Land of a people So black, so great, So mighty So I got to sing like Jah bless Africa, oh yes! Jah bless Africa, I wanna let them know seh Jah bless Africa, Oh hoi oh! Yes! Jah bless Africa, yeah yeah! Play me right Gonna tell you about it Root of creation Mother of civilization Yet you’re a victim Of western exploitation Mama! Mama know Your rivers run deep Your gold is so rich Yet there is suffereation Inna your midst So I got to sing like Jah bless Africa, oh yes! Jah bless Africa, Haile Selassie ‘I’ know seh Blessed be thou Blessed be thou Africa Seh we love, seh we love, we love you Yes we love you, I know seh we love you
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Truth and truth alone Say the truth will reveal, yeah now, uhhh hmmm You see their faces but you never know their thoughts Every baby knows that talk is cheap, so cheap You see their actions but you never know their reactions Time and time alone will prove the story And every eye will see Truth will reveal The truth will reveal the things that are hidden I say the things that dem hide, deep down inside Truth will reveal The truth will reveal What is inna their hearts A what is inna their hearts, oh yeah Truth and truth alone I say the truth will reveal, yeah now Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Even little truth them try to hide from long time gone But you and I knows that looks are deceiving Remember they say, still waters run deep So watch it how you running steep Time and time alone will prove the story And every eyes will see Truth will reveal The truth will reveal, the things that are hidden I say the things that they hide, deep down inside Truth will reveal The truth will reveal What is inna their hearts A what is inna their hearts, oh yeah Truth and truth alone I say the truth will reveal, yeah now Ohhy, expose them, Expose them Let the truth be revealed, yeah now Nowhere to hide I say the truth will be revealed, yeah now Can’t run to hide, ohhy Expose them We’re gonna take off their masks off their faces Who that is?????
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Jah Glory 04:00
Ohhy how good it is To see jah glory rising Early in the morning So early in the morning How pleasant it is To hear the birds them singing To know another day is dawning Another day is dawning Won’t you now Give thanks and praises For his mercies For jah jah mercies Towards i-manity, yeah, yeah Won’y you now Give thanks and praises For his glory For jah jah glory Toward I-manity, Satta Massagana I’m gonna tell you one more time, yes Behold jah jah is mighty And then his mercies got no end No, no, no, no end Your weeping may endure through the night But then joy cometh in the morning light Won’t you now Give thanks and praises For his glory For Jah ah glory Towards I-manity, yeah, yeah, yeah Won’t you now Give For his mercies For Jah Jah mercies Towards I-manity, lord o lord Praise HIM for the herb that grows And the wind that blows Oh! Give Jah praises I mean you give Jah thanks and praises Ohhy! Praise him in the morning time Praise him in the evening time You hear what I say I mean you give Jah thanks and praise Him Aye. Thank you lord For everything you done for me Thank you for the victory I’m giving thanks and praises I mean you give jah thanks and praises Praise HIM for the birds and the trees And the fish, and the waters of the seas Oh give Jah thanks and praises I mean you give jah thanks and praises In the morning, in the evening, lord Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm Thank you lord for everything you done for me Thank you for the victory I’m giving thanks and praises
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Justice 04:10
This is reggae power Prop-pop-pidle-llp-pap-praop-pol We got to have, we got to have A that the people need, justice And everybody need some justice And we got to have Justice A every people need some justice Lord! Lord! Justice Down in the ghetto we need some justice And we got to have Justice See how the people cry for justice Yeah! Apartheid its got to go We got to give justice A chance to flow now Racism well that can’t last Racial discrimination Is a thing in the past, so! We got to have justice Hear we cry Justice Come on and give the people justice Lord say we got to have Justice By any means there must be justice, Lord! And we need, justice Check how the people Cry for justice, ohha! Yeah! Justice I know the people need some justice Ohhy! Yeah! Let justice flow, we gonna fight To make it so, let justice be Every one can be free Come on let justice run All could stand on common ground I wanna let you know There won’t be no peace Without justice and equality, yeah! Let justice run down as a river Ohh ohhyi yeah! And righteousness as a mighty stream Justice for one And justice for all Too much division Too much a class And too many walls, yeah! We got to have We got to have some justice So I’m a saying Let justice run down as a river Lord please And righteousness as a mighty stream Justice for one And justice for all Too much division Too much-a-class And too many walls, yeah! Justice Every nation need some justice And we got to and we got to have Justice And every people need some justice Lord! Justice Down in the ghetto need some justice Ohh! Ohh! Uhh yeah! Justice See how the people cry for justice Lord! Lord’ We got to have We got to have Justice So, uhh! Woh! Uhh Justice Come on and give the people justice Yeah! Oohy! Justice Down in a Palestine need justice Oh! Hoi! Uhh yeah! Justice Down in a Soweto need justice Lord! Lord! Justice All over Earth people need justice And dem a cry, justice Come on and give the people justice
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Bless her soul, and bless us all Guide and protect her Bless her soul, and bless us all Bless her soul, ohwu She lost track, couldn’t get the monkey off her back, ohhwu, oh no Well she's trapped in her illusions yeae And she's running from her self, running from her self She lost her mind, she's like a prisoner serving time, oh, yeahy Say she wanna find herself, huh But she's running out of time, running out of time, she say What am I gonna do now, where am I gonna hide, then she cried again She say she wanna get out without a doubt But she just can’t find the door ohwu, yeahy She got trapped, couldn’t help herself from off the crap, ohw, oh yeahe Hear she cries in desperation, yeahy Urge is stronger than her will, stronger than her will She lost her soul, living on the corners of the streets, yeah, in defeat Say she wanna make a change, huh But she craves another hit, craves another hit Here she goes again, well she's been messin’ around with the wrong stuff, with the wrong stuff, and she's been hangin’ around at the wrong place, in the wrong time She lost track, couldn’t get the monkey off her back, ohhw, ohw, no, no Well she's trapped in her illusions yeahy, and she's running from herself, running from herself She lost her mind, she's like a prisoner serving time, in her own prisons, ohw See she wanna find herself, but she's running out of time, running out of time, ohh So many good brothers and sisters, who have fallen on the wayside So many good brothers and sisters, who have fallen on the wayside Just can’t find the door, they got to get another hit, ohh Just can’t find the door, help them get up on their feet, aye Just can’t find the door, see she gotta get another hit She just can’t find the door
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When 04:29
Oh nah nah nah nan nap Oh na na na nam nam Oh na na, nam nam ohh, uhh Yeeaahh, yyeeaahh, ohh ohhu ohhwu, Looking out my window And I’m a thinking of tomorrow And I’m a wondering what the future will be Thinking of the children Who are the victims of oppression Beaten down by wars, and eaten up by starvation And I’m saying When will this ugly war be over And the children can go out and play I wanna see When will all oppression will be done And the people will rise up and say Freedom at last, freedom at last, so free Freedom has come, freedom has come, ohh yeahy See I, sitting in seclusion And I’m in my meditation And I can hear the voice of the sufferers cry for justice Uhh, another ugly war is a raging Threats of nuclear war is arising And the world is gripped by fear of mass destruction I’m a saying When will this ugly war be over And the children can go out and play, I wanna see When will all oppression will be done And the people will rise up and say Freedom at last, freedom at last, so free, Freedom has come, freedom has come, Oh yeahy, oh uh yeah, nuh Umhm mm, so much bloodshed and sorrows There is no future for the youths of tomorrow, yeah So many mothers crying Too many funerals, oohh When will it end Saying, when will this ugly war be over And the children can go out and play, I wanna see When will all oppression will be done and the people will rise up and say Freedom must come uuh, uhh, mhn
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Jah Calling 04:35
Oh uh now children, oh children See some truth, oh now, oh, uhh Oh uh now children, oh children Come see some truth, oh now Say I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling And he's calling in the wilderness, lord Say I hear the voice of Jah jay calling And he's calling in the wilderness, oohhy Jah is calling on war mongers Stop your fight and cease your wars For how pleasant it is for InI To dwell in perfect harmony Hatred we must abandon We all know that’s no solution Take heed shepherd is calling now Oh children are you listening Say I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling, huh And he's calling in the wilderness, lord oh lord lord Say I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling And he's calling in the wilderness Tell you what Ras Tafari is a calling From the four corners of the earth Be not stiff necked children Let the truth confound the wise Jealousy is your destruction Only love is the solution Behold Jah Jah is calling now Oh children are you listening Say I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling And he's calling in the wilderness, lord, oh lord, lord Said I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling And he's crying from the wilderness prrr ap pop yeahee Prrr rap pat tap tam Say I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling And he's calling in the wilderness, lord, uhh, lord lord Say I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling And he's calling in the wilderness, oh, yeah Did you hear the voice of Jah Jah calling And he's calling in the wilderness, loud and clear And I hear the voice of Jah Jah calling, ohhw And he's calling in the wilderness
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Spirits! Spirits! Spirits! Oh my African spirits Looking over I You guide and protect I Oh my African Spirits Beg you guide and protect I I beg you protect I, InI Out of the bones Of InI forefathers Ini Arise, I arise Out of the chains And fetters that bound I Well, InI Arise InI Arise, I Arise You’re the same That has been before And you’re the same That shall be again That shall be again Again and Again Oh my African Spirits Looking over I Mama African Spirits You guide and protect I Oh my African Spirits Please my African Spirits Beg you guide and protect I I beg you protect I Oh my African Spirits Beg you guide and protect I Beg you protect I, pretect InI Out of the Ashes Of my Ancestors InI Arise, InI arise, I Arise Out of “Congo Rey”, “Jacko” and “Balla” Well InI arise, InI Arise I beg you protect I Oh mighty thunderable one You are the Core of my Existence Oh yes you are, Ohhy, you same that has been before And you’re the same That shall be again, Well, shall be again Oh my African spirits Looking over I You guide and protect I Oh my African Spirits Yes my African Spirits Beg you guide and protect I Beg you protect I Oh my African spirits Lord my African Spirits Beg you guide and protect I, Beg you protect I, InI, Lord Guide Me on my going outs Uuhh, protect me on my coming ins Lord I pray ohhy, yes I pray Oh! Na, na, na, na, na. Oh you mighty one of the ancient times You’re part of me, like I’m part of you Yes, I’m part of you
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Apple 05:15
Look good Brrrrrrr I, I, I, I, I, I ,I, I, I, Who uhh who I, awoh uhh wohy i Adam and Steve, walking hand in hand Gog and Maggog sodomizing Jah land So many worms eating up your apple Time is running out, soon you’ll be in trouble Though the apple look rosy on the outside Yet Jah know that it’s rotten on the inside Though the apple look rosy on the outside Yet Jah know that it’s rotten on the inside Aye Brr aye, aye Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, see Beauty and the beast sitting on the throne But the city is built upon dead man’s bones, yeah I’ve seen your crimes ano your atrocities Judgment is now that is your reality, yes Though the apple look rosy on the outside Yet Jah know that it’s rotten on the inside Though the apple look rosy on the outside Yet Jah know that it’s rotten on the inside, aye Lies and deceit lurking in the belly of the beast While some living in their lies and illusions Here goes many seeking solutions, my gosh Jah know Jah, jah know now Yet jah know that it rotter on the inside Gog and Maggog, drunken from the cup of rage Devils in disguise truth them trying to hide, aye Though the apple look rosy on the outside Yet Jah know that it’s rotten on the inside Though the apple look rosy on the outside Yet Jah know that it’s rotten on the inside, aye, aye, aye Gog and Maggog, drunken from the cup of rage Devils in disguise truth them trying to hide, aye Babylon the great come stumbling Revelation fulfilled, ha, ha, ha, ha Let me tell you Bam bam ba ba de yah Brrr, aye aye aye Rotten apple look good Don’t you get tempted Oh no no no Rotten apple look good Beware my friend You looking good from afar But you far from looking good Don’t get tempted, Don’t get tempted Don’t get tempted Don’t get get get tempted, aye Don’t you ever take it for food Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t get tempted Or else you’ll get exempted Brr aye aye aye Ha, ha, ha, ha
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Bondage 04:11
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, not today Flesh and bone Oh nah, nah, nah, nah Took I from Africa You got I bounded in your shakles and chains, uh Imposed your philosophies You got I living though illiteracy, my gosh White gods and religions you used To have I and I people confused The truth you try to hold from we Knowing the truth could set I free Chris-thief-a-crumble-us (Christopher Columbus) Hold I inna bondage for so long Yes and you crumble-us Hold I inna bondage for so long You hold I inna bondage for so long You hold I inna bondage for so long You hold I in your bondage And now you making I the hostage We’ve been your victims for so long Pah ba dup tab a deh Africa you robbed and raoed In your evil quest to build your west Bounded us against our will Who refused to be, you tortured and killed Civilized you claimed to be While you feed upon our flesh and bones Truth now every eye can see So you got to set the people free, set them free Yeah Hold I inna bondage for so long Hold I inna bondage for so long You hold I inna bondage for so long You hold I in your bondage And now you making I hostage We’ve been your victims for so long, prrapp pa bad eh Say you hold I, oh Lord yeah And control I, Oh yeah Say you hold I Hold I ina bondage for so long Oh mister purate Hold I inna bondage for so long I wanna tell you Ever since Columbus came Nothing is the same again All them brought is sorrow and pain Ever since Columbus came nothing is the same again All them brought is sorrow and pain And you’ve been holding I And you’ve been scolding I, so long We’ve been victims of your oppression for so long, prrap pa bad eh Through the fear of death The people are subject to bondage Bondage to what? Down with all slavish mentatlity The people must be free You know what I’m talking about Revolution, I mean revolution
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Jah Ras Tafari! Home oh home Oh children home I wanna go home Home Oh home Yes children home I got to go home, yeah! We’ve been trodding From Genesis Right on through Revelation We’ve been a subject To masters whip, so bleak So we wanna go home, yeah! We are a people Enslaved and sold Scattered through the earth Jacob is calling his children Twelve Tribes So we ‘wan’ go home Oh children Home Oh! Home To Zion Home wanna go home Take me there Home oh! Home to Zion Home wanna go home, ye-ah! We’ve been trodding From Genesis Right on through Revelation We’ve been a subject To masters whip, so bleak So we wanna go home, oh! Oh! Oohy! Rueben Simeon Levi Judah and Zebulon Issacher Dan, Gad and Asher Naphtall Joseph and Benjamin, Twelve Tribes, So we wan go home Oh! Children, Home Oh! Home to Zion Home, wanna go home Oh! Children, Home oh! Home! Take me Home Home, wanna go home, ye-ah! Take me home Home oh! Home to Zion Home wanna go home, ye-ah! Oh children, Home Oh! Home Oh children, Home Wanna go home So here I seh, yeah! “Africa for Africans, A home and abroad” So man must go home, ye-ah! Wadadle, wadaddle, wadadle, wadadle Tell me how you feeling, wadadle Tell me how you feeling, wadadle Are you feeling irie, wadadle Are you feeling upful, wadadle Are you feeling irie, wadadle How are you feeling… wadadle…

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