1. |
Thanks and Praises
04:05
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oh I give thanks an praises
to jah jah jah
and I live in the graces
of jah jah jah
I lift up my voice and sing of his majesty
under the banner of ites, gold and green
trouble passes me
and I give thanks an praises...
the constant war of spiritual wickedness
sometimes gets the best of me
so I send my prayer, spirit of the living god
fall fresh on me
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2. |
I AM
03:39
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I am all that I am
I am all that I am
I sleep in the rock, I dream in the plant
I stir in the animal, and I awake in man
I know therefore I am all that I am
I know therefore I am all that I am
I don't need you to acknowledge me
I won't be your novelty
you didn't find me in poverty
I was stolen from my sovereignty
I know therefore I am all that I am...
my story is a mystery
his story's only history
but before your jesus, I am
before Muhammad, I am
before moses, I am
before Krishna, I am
before Buddha, I am
black as the tents of Kedar, I am
and I know therefore I am all that I am...
I am peace, peace is all I am
I am joy, joy is all I am
I am health, health is all I am
I am wealth, wealthy I am
I am beauty, beautiful I am
I am harmony, harmonious I am
I am balance, balance I am
I am love, love is all I am
and I know therefore I am all that I am
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3. |
Humble
03:38
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On the humble, make your whole empire crumble
On the humble, mi an de wicked gwaan rumble
On the humble, real bad boys move in silence
Nah whisper, nah mumble, mek dem bumba hol tumble on the humble
No need for arrogance
Meek, the earth is my inheritance
I speak, and get lifted by what's spoken
Crowd soaked in baptism, spirits broken
Souls mended, learned to take light and bend it
To cut stone and build pyramids for my kindred
Anything I say I defend it, yin an yang blended
The breath of change is long winded
Books recommended, thought sharp an splendid
Every light that shine gotta face dark to end it
The eyes are the windows to the soul, some are tinted
Sometimes lifelines on highways are segmented
The physical body is on lease or it's rented
You get a contract but it nah get extended
At times the agreement is verbal an nah printed
You realize you said it but never really meant it
Never the less, you gotta live to represent it
Or resent it and spend your days tormented
When you get the call, you fumble
Turnover, the lamb of the field is the lion of the jungle
On the humble, I'm a vessel, heaven sent it
This food for thought leaves your diet supplemented
Reality suspended, expelled by the superintendent
African descendant, John is astringent
I strengthen rather or not locks lengthen
I still plant the seeds for the thoughts that you're thinking
I got the sun, I got the water, if you're fertile
We'll grow and run the human race like that turtle
On the humble, make your whole empire crumble
On the humble, mi an de wicked ago rumble
On the humble, real bad boys move in silence
Nah whisper, nah mumble, mek dem bumba hol tumble on the humble
Truth be told, god is a woman
My vibe is so strong that you can hear me humming
Your collective subconscious had me summoned
To those who've been waiting I'm that good thing comin
Mi deh ya, mek emcee bow fi prayer
Yuh see mi, southern sound system soothsayer
And overnight you were overcome by this oversight
It's overdue, not over you but over mics
Over the years of expansion and contraction
At this moment supreme reaction becomes action
Push rappers into my gravitational pull
Exercise an appetite that's insatiable
It's a subsisting, self fueling desire
Ignited and back burners become brush fire
In the jungle, where the lion roared when he rumbled
Turnover, now Babylon system gwaan tumble
On the humble...
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4. |
Island Gurl Sweet
03:06
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Island gurl sweet, more than the beauty of the week
She simply ah de beauty yuh nuh see it
Island gurl sweet, haffi find mi one fi keep
Mi seh all black woman is elite
Island gurl sweet, how dem style an fashion unique
She simply ah de measure an de peak
Island gurl sweet, haffi find mi one fi keep
Mi seh African gyal dem elite
Island gurl sweet like breeze offa beach
Sometimes I feel like she's outta mi reach
True she well round an that stay under siege
An build up her wall weh no brudda ah breach
She seh all an each, mi honorable speech
Mek her know seh I n I a man ah prestige
Still she a leave hol heap a broken heart piece
An start her likkle wine up now mi in too deep
Island gurl sweet, how dem style an fashion unique
Mi seh dem ah de measure an de peak
Island gurl sweet, haffi find mi one fi keep
Mi seh all black woman is elite
Island gurl sweet, anytime mi see dem outta street
Haffi pull up meet an greet
Island gurl sweet, haffi find mi one fi keep
Mi seh African woman!
Look pon Vivian, she born a Caribbean
Grow a US an she bad as oblivion
Her mama a Indian, puppa Trinidadian
How she wine, yuh know seh a champion
Mi call pon Karli, that one deh a yardie
Love how she gwaan so, mek mi ball lawd ah mercy
She cut up mi kutchie an wash all mi natty
Cook mi steam fish, rice an calaloo patty
Island dawta dem sweet, hehehey, I think about her every day
Island gurl sweet, aye I, gotta have her in my life
Hey, she sweet as ice tea in the south an sun brewed
Sometimes the sweetness ah bitter when she agwaan rude
Hol heap a attitude, she start kiss her teeth
She cuss mi out but in the accent it's still sweet
Then later on give her the meter half of the night
Like Beres say love is sweeter after the fight
She got a heavenly body, she attracting the light
Of the sun, putting vitamin d back in her life
She love the way the sun rise an perform
An gwaan with heat up in her belly belly warm
She cum like a storm cah mi wicked from mi born
An she know mi deh from Texas so she want the longhorn
When we dweet, oh she say it sweet
Eyes roll back in her head, she curl up she feet
Island gurl sweet, more than the beauty of the week
She simply ah de beauty, yuh nuh seet
Island gurl sweet....
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5. |
So Far Gone
03:43
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So Far Gone
I cannot explain what you've done to me
I can only say you are the one for me
So let's burn this fear that makes you run from me
Because when I'm with you, I'm in god's company
I'm so far gone, so far gone
Can't return but can't move on
I'm so far gone, so far gone
I can't let go, but can't hold on
You pulled me in, held by your gravity
You are the yin that cools my yang, the better half of me
I need your love to fill this cavity
With all that's righteous your highness, my majesty
I am so far gone, so far gone
Can't return but can't move on...
Before I ever got her she was far gone
Far from reality, left me far from
Far from my sanity drinking dark rum
Life inna calamity the outcome
How come you seem so far away
How far are you really if we're in the same place
Are you galaxies away? And if that is the case
Then what only separates is opportunity and space
I've done some things, I'm not proud to say
But I swear I'll change if I'm allowed to stay
I need the sun to chase this cloud away
'Cause the sun doesn't shine no more without you bae, hey
I'm so far gone....
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6. |
Trying To Tell You
04:23
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This ain't no ordinary feeling
It's an extraordinary feeling
Every time I'm around you I feel my heart jump through the ceiling
When you smile I'm grounded
Completely floored, astounded
You got my love surrounded
Thats what I've been trying to tell you
You keep the I inspired (that's what I've been trying to tell you)
I wanna stand in love I-nited (that's what I've been trying to tell you)
This time around its different (...trying to tell you)
With you it's pure upliftment
With you it's pure upliftment, a kiss an
We're both set adrift on a swift wind of bliss an
Whenever you're near me there's a shift in
Energy, darling just your presence is a gift an
Synergy, sending me harmony over this end
Ben acqui, sugar you're my high don't let my spliff end
Mi sistren, soul rebel, black power fist an lion paw
Live your life according to a higher law
My fire log set ablaze simply by our dialogue
That's what I've been trying to tell you
You keep the I inspired (...trying to tell you)
I wanna stand in love I-nited (...trying to tell you)
This time around is different (...trying to tell you)
With you it's pure upliftment
With you it's pure upliftment, a different
Feeling I'm free falling off a cliff an
No ifs, ands, buts or maybes you're the one I'm with an
I know the 4 elements, you gotta be the 5th an
For instance, our chemistry even far inna distance
Your every move's a ministry, move me with no resistance
Empress your essence fill up the room like incense
You're royalty, even if you're just boiling tea
The loyalty and love for your king indeed is spoiling me
That's what I've been trying to tell you
You keep the I inspired (...trying to tell you)
I wanna stand in love I-nited (...trying to tell you)
This time around is different (...trying to tell you)
With you it's pure upliftment, hey
This ain't no ordinary feeling
It's an extraordinary feeling
Every time I'm around you I feel my heart jump through the ceiling
When you smile I'm grounded
Completely floored, astounded
Girl you got my love surrounded
That's what I've been trying to tell you
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7. |
Her Camera, My Guitar
03:45
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Her Camera, My Guitar
Her and her camera, me and my guitar
Attracting butterflies in the park
I wonder how she views me through her lens
And since it's not objective, does it see the love I'm in?
Her and her camera, me and my guitar
I wanna see what develops in the dark
We don't need a flash, she has a natural light
And in her light, every side is my best side
Focus on me, focus on me, focus on me
Her and her camera, me and my guitar
I hope she doesn't zoom me out, but I'll love her from afar
And when her black & whites age into sepia
In loving color I'll be keepin' her, high definition keepin' her
Her and her camera, me and my guitar
Capturing stillness in motion, like she's captured my heart
Should I say something or let her observe
Cause when she sees my picture, she'll know it in a thousand words
Focus on me, focus on me, focus on me
I sent a prayer out on the wind & it returned as her, returned as her
I sent a prayer out on the wind & it returned as her, returned as her
Her and her camera, me and my guitar
Focus on me, I can't help but to focus on har
Focus on her, focus on her, focus on her
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8. |
Love Revolution
04:33
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Love Revolution
If I give you reason to doubt my love
I'm sure we can reason it out, my love
Fear causes confusion
So don't jump to conclusions
We're inna love revolution
A love revelation
Yes I n I n U, a love celebration
If I left room for reason to doubt in your mind
I'm sure we can reason it out in Jah time
I'm not inna hurry, I'm in no rush
We can take on the whole world, just the two of us
Inna love revolution
A love revelation
Yes I n I n U, a love celebration
Yeh, I've been through nuff war to find the peace to love you
Ma day nah start til I greet an hug you
I feel the earth shake when mi reach fi touch you
Mek mi tek all de stars, place 'em each above you
When they ask of angels, mi ago teach 'em of you
To show I honor you an I apprecia-love you
Straight...yay, I'm your soldier
Inna love revolution
A love revelation
Yes I n I n U, a love celebration
If there's ever a season of doubt in our lives
I'm sure we can reason it out, alright
With truth as our sword an love as our shield
Hatred an fear will die pon de battlefield
Inna love revolution
A love revelation
Yes I n I n U, a love celebration
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9. |
Forward
03:40
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Forward
I take up the staff of Moses, and the shield of David
On the wisdom of Solomon, I n I meditated
They threw me in the lion's den, but lion dem and de I ah friend
We trod through the battle field with vict'ry as swift as the wind
Up ye mighty race and forward!
Rise Jah Jah children and forward! Forward! Forward!
Up ye mighty race and forward!
Rise conscious beings and forward! Forward! Forward!
I stand firm like Mount Kiliman, I hold the fyah of the sun
I let the Nyabinghi bring me, I am the drum
I gather the storms of the sea and lightning from the sky
You see the forces of nature rush to defend I n I
Up ye mighty race....
There was nothing before now... I stand before you in your foreground,
And foreshadow the light that travels before sound
I was born proud to be born brown
It seems they built the champion up just to be torn down
But from the dust of the battlefield arises the one
To slew dem! with a sword about the size of the sun
He in debt cause he borrowed time from tomorrow
Drinks the wine of redemption, but eats the bread of sorrow
The people are the champion, but feel god forsaken
God sleeps in you, it's up to you when god awakens
So call out to him, or call out to her,
Or call out to them, then burn frank and myrrh
There's strength in the struggle, though you nah sure
You can't run from the truth just because it's obscure
You are the way and meant to be greater than Yashu'a
Sly the demon and leave the battlefield smelling like majmu'a
Up ye mighty race ...
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10. |
FreeDominion
04:28
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I want freedom, free dominion
I want freedom, free dominion
Free up my ego from your approval
Free up my space, waste removal
Free up my time, more for me
Free up my mind, let being be
I want freedom, free dominion
In my kingdom, my king's dominion
I want freedom, free dominion
In the queendom, queen's dominion
The preacher and scholar says we're not in physical bondage
But the mentality of lack leads to spiritual carnage
So rise! From your spiritual slumber
I said rise! And be apart of the number
That stands for freedom...
Free from all your judgements, free from your opinions
Free from all the millions and millions of evil minions
I'm using my free-will to not choose a slave religion
That hides behind the facade of a god that kills women and children
That died for freedom...
They greet you with obstacles at your front door
They keep our minds in shackles with psychological locks galore
The sheep skin wearing jackals try to keep the lion tamed
But like the running back breaks the tackles, we're gonna break the chains
In the name of freedom...
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11. |
I n I
04:06
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I, InI
Is no mystery god in the sky
For the I, InI is in I
So if mine eye be but still
I can manifest what I will
And it shall be done, for the I
Is in I
So when I talk to I self it's prayer
Seh when I chat to I self, that's prayer
For the I, InI is in I
I, InI
Doesn't look on low and judge from high
For I love in I does not judge the I
Well scarcity, that's a lie
InI-verse is abundant, infinite supply
For in the I, there is no lack in I
So when I talk to I idren, that's prayer
Say when I chat to I sistren, it's prayer
For the I, InI is in I
Oh mi seh I, InI
Is a natural mystic none can deny
For all living things, land, sea and sky
Hail the I
So when I talk to the wind that's prayer
And when I chat to the trees that's prayer
Say when I dance in the rain that's prayer
Every time I sing my song it's prayer
For the I, InI is in I
And all living things, land, sea and sky
Hail the I!
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12. |
Take Care
05:06
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The things we focus on
We give life to
So never mind those
Who choose to fight you
Hold in your heart forgiveness
And it will follow you
They say what goes around
Will always come around
And your words have power
As sure as they have sound
So speak in kindness
And that will follow you
Take care...
The smile of another
Can uplift a down pressed man
Live for others, and you will live again
Give and be grateful
And it will follow you
A thought is the seed we sow
From our thoughts we will reap
The life you're willing to let go
Will be the same life that you keep
Be still in your peace
And it will follow you
Take care...
Everybody everywhere
Says that life just isn't fair
It's gone awry, they're unaware
Of the thoughts that got them there
See we all have something to share
That's unique to us and makes us rare
We can change the world if we only dare
To take care
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13. |
Quiet Time
03:55
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Quiet time, evening shade
Work is done, money's made
Pot ah cook ital food
Quiet time, mellow mood
And I want to share quiet time with you
I want to share quiet time with you
Quiet time, she reads a book
Anything she wants to say to me
She does it in a look
Quiet time, we're in our thoughts
And I'm thankful, oh yeh
For the quiet time we've got
And I want to share quiet time with you
I want to share quiet time with yo
It's not an awkward silence but a sacred space
It's a private and a peaceful place
The calm of consciousness in the cool o'day
When city's sound surround, in the still I stay
Quiet time, meditation
Time to raise, raise my vibration
I tune out to tune in so I can hear
It's amazing how the quiet
Can be so loud and clear
And I want to share quiet time with you
I want to share quiet time with you
I want to share quiet time....with you
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