Root, natty, roots Dread, kinky, dread I and I are the roots Some are leaf (shoo-be-doo) Some are branches (shoo-be-doo) I and I are the roots Some are dry wood (shoo-be-doo) For the fire (shoo-be-doo) Whyo, look at that They need a dry wood (shoo-be-doo) To cook their raw food (shoo-be-doo) Whyo, look at that...
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New wave, new craze New wave, new craze New wave, new craze New wave, new craze Let me tell you We're going to the party And I hope you are hearty So please don't be naughty For it's a punky reggae party New wave, new craze New wave, new craze New wave, new craze New...
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Easy skanking (skankin' it easy) Easy skanking (skankin' it slow) Easy skanking (skankin' it easy) Easy skanking (skankin' it slow) Excuse me while I light my spliff; (spliff) Good God, I gotta take a lift: (lift) From reality I just can't drift; (drift) That's why I am staying with this riff. (riff) Take it easy...
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Wake up and Wake up and Wake up and turn I loose For the rain is falling Got to have kaya now Got to have kaya now Got to have kaya now For the rain is falling I'm so high, I even touch the sky Above the falling rain I feel so good in my...
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I wanna love you And treat you right I wanna love you Every day and every night We'll be together With a roof right over our heads We'll share the shelter Of my single bed We'll share the same room, yeah For Jah provide the bread Is this love? Is this love? Is this love?...
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(Do do do do-do do do! Do do do do-do do do! I rebel music I rebel music.) Why can't we roam (oh-oh-oh-oh) this open country? (open country) Oh, why can't we be what we wanna be? (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) We want to be free. (wanna be free) 3 o'clock roadblock - curfew And I've got to...
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So Jah seh Not one of my seeds Shall sit in the sidewalk And beg bread (No, they can't and you know that they won't!) And verily, verily, I'm saying unto thee, I Inite oneself and love Imanity 'Cause puss and dog they get together What's wrong with loving one another? Puss and dog they...
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Dread, Natty Dread now (Natty Dread) Dreadlock Congo Bongo I (Natty Dread) Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon (Natty Dread) A dreadlock Congo Bongo I (Natty Dread) Eh! Children get your culture (Natty Dreadlock) And don't stay there and jester, a-ah, (Natty Dreadlock) Or the battle will be hotter (Natty Dreadlock) And you won't get no...
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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 (Ooh-oh!) You've got to let me go now (Ooh-oh!) And all you've got to do: (Bend down low) Oh...
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Yeah! Oh, yeah! Now! Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night) And rock was my pillow, too; (doo-oo-oo-oo-oo!) Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night) And rock was my pillow, too. Yeah! I'm saying, talkin' blues (talkin' blues) Talkin' blues (talkin' blues) They say your feet is just too...
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