Lyrics to "Melanin Man" - Mutabaruka (Shanachie 45013) Melanin Man i am de melanin man a corn from de melanin Ian' i am de melanin man look at mean' you'll understan' i absorb de life i am de darkness in your nite de way i dance u see is just de melanin in me de tings i tink an' feel is de tings they try to steal but look in de sun and u will see u cannot destroy de melanin in me CHORUS: i am de melanin man look at me and u'll understan' i am de melanin man a corn from de melanin Ian' i am time and space i will never be erased de way i sing u see is just de melanin in me wen u look at me an't'ink do i remind u of blood or ink any one you perceive me to be i am indelible an' its de melanin me CHORUS i am de melanin man look at me and u'll understan' i am de melanin man a corn from de melanin Ian' i am de dream u dream i am de reason u scheme de compassion dat u see is because of de melanin in me now de sun is gettin hotter in de sky dont ask me de reason why who will survive who will it be will it be u or de melanin in me CHORUS (repeat) Beware CHORUS: mandela beware mine yuh share out wi share mandela beware over 400 years dem nuh care who gwey pay fi all de black blood shed who gwey pay fi sweto children dead who gwey seh wi nah bargain fi wi freedom freedom now or face de gun mandela beware mine yuh share out wi share mandela beware over 400 years dem nuh care azania arise nomore apartheid lies azania arise black babies cries negotiatin for wats truly belong to u could never be a noble ting to do sittin an'talkin while blacks die everyday goin roun' an' roun' tryin a peaceful way CHORUS azania wen whos enemy whos fren azania plan tek back de Ian' mandela beware there is no fear but fear mandela beware super power nuh care an' de time will come wen blacks will rule but will it be only a talk an' a tool disguised in blackness doin its best apartheid disguised in afr kan blackness CHORUS a.n.c. p.a.c. u both have de key azan a azania azania must be free CHORUS de power del u seek will noy be affain by chatter power will not be given to u on a platter negotiatin for whats truly belong to u could never be a noble ting to do CHORUS azania arise nomore black blood to shed azania arise let de aged be protected azania arise no more black blood to shed azania arise let de hungry be fed Garvey CHORUS: garvey garvey rise agen teck wi from dis evil den garvey garvey rescue wi from disyah ideology marcus garvey risin from earth like moses pick from birth corn children say it loud mek dem know wi still black an' proud i'm black and i'm proud (repeat) afrikan leaders just wait garvey action wi can duplicate black pride im did preach to de young we must teach put garvey in wi reality mek wi check im philosophy talkin bout afrikan dignity inna disyah insanity talkin bout our history dat begin before slavery corn children say it loud mek dem know wi still black an' proud from egypt to timbucktu from morrocco to south afrika too we walk proud over de Ian' out of afrika it all began garvey taught race first afrikan slavery was not a curse we can accomplish w'at we will great afrika was great we are still corn children say it loud mek dem know wi still black and proud CHORUS if u don't know where u are comin from u wont know where u are goin a people without a knowledge of their past is like a tree vvithout roots afrika for afrikans those at home an'those abroad if you have no confidence in yourself u are twice defeated in de race of life but with confidence u have won even before u have started corn children say it loud mek dem know wi still black and proud Killin everyone remembers their past buildin monuments museums writin books so that their children children will never forget we must all learn from de past so as not to repeat those tings that have kept us back for over 500 years mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk bout de killin de killin dat dem neva mention killin was their intention blood suede shoes hands dipped in blood blood runnin from flesh sun mek wi talk bout de bottom a de sea escapin from slavery millions tryin to be free prefedn death yet no mention de plantation fitin for liberation no mention cause killin was their intention so mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk bout de killin de killin dat dem neva mention killin was their intention dyin at their will in de name of jesus they kill still wi deyah but who care no mention cause killin is their intention dfe lynchin in de south w'en wi open wi mouth many did die fi de few who live so mek wi talk mek wi talk mekwitalk mekwitalk mekwi talk mck wi talk bout de killin de killin dat dem neva mention killin was their intention thousands of ethiopians sprayed with poison mossulini army sanctioned by de pope still wi cope south afrika children lay dead gun shots to their head famine on de Ian' a plan act of god dem mussie mad suh mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk bout de killins de killins dat dem neva mention killin was their intention environmental pollution created by their so called solution aids we all agree is no mystery lab test escape wat a mess suh mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk bout de killin de killin dat dem neva mention killin was their intention ova all de earth life nuh ave nuh worth but we survive de crimes still deyah inna these times blood sued shoes hands dipped in blood blood runnin from flesh suh mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk mek wi talk bout de killin de killin dat dem neva mention killin was their intention (Repeat) EVERONE REMEMBERS THEIR PAST BUILDIN MONUMENTS MUSEUMS WRITIN BOOKS SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN CHILDREN WILL NEVER FORGET WE MUST ALL LEARN FROM DE PAST SO AS NOT TO REPEAT THOSE TINGS THAT HAVE KEPT US BACK FOR OVER 500 YEARS Bone Lie Mengistu yuh lie with yuh rumour yuh causin pure strife CHORUS: bone lie bone lie what dis yuh tellin i an' i bone lie bone lie yuh trick yuh dog but yuh cant trick i is not de first dem want wi doubt wat wi faith is all about is not de first dem want wi sing wi song by de rivers of babylon now dem corn agen wolves in de lion den want to discredit i an' i wid dem big bag a bone lie Chorus 1935 to 1975 dem seh rasta yuh god dead some get bummy an' shave dem head but all who stan' we must si de promise lan' faith is de substance of things hope for an'de evidence of tings not seen patience can sometimes hurt yuh but its still a virtue Chorus: though it may seem like some gone astray rasta will still rise a next day though it may seem too great a task our love for Selassie I will never mask he who laugh last laugh de best de race is not for de swift but who can endure de test yuh k 11 i today yuh cant kill i tomorrow today you laugh tomorrow your sorrow no matter what you say rasta deyah ti stay Chorus have faith my idren and sistren have faith afrika awaits its creators have faith my idren and sistren have faith afrika awaits its liberators. Miss Lou miss lou miss lou wi love yuh fi true wi love how yuh chat som'nuhlovedat missiou miss lou miss lou yuh heavy fi true mi seh wi love wey yuh seh wen yuh seh wey yuh seh miss lou a years now wi si wey yuh do fi poetry here in a Jamaica usin our patwa mi knoo nanny a hero fi true but me tink yuh a hero too mi watch de children a dance an sing an'yuh teach dem haw fi play ring ding miss lou miss lou miss lou wi love yuh fi true wi love how yuh chat some nub love dat miss lou miss lou miss lou yuh heavy fi true mi seh wi love wey yuh seh wen yuh seh wey yuh seh miss lou miss lou yuh mek dem know dat is from de base tings jamaica grow dem use fi seh wi mus speak an' twang but yuh mek wi proud seh wi a afrikan now wi si dem a teach in schools dat jamaica patwa is not fi fool wen yuh chat it soun' suh sweet an' all a Jamaica jus a skin dem teeth miss lou miss lou miss lou wi love yuh fi true wi love,how yuh chat a patwa dat miss lou miss lou yuh heavy fi true mi seh wi love wey yuh sch wen yuh seh wey yuh seh miss lou mi know nanny a hero fi true but me tink yuh a hero too wi watch de children a dance an sing an yuh teach dem how fi play ring ding miss lou miss lou wi love yuh fi true wi love how yuh chat some nub love dat miss lou miss lou miss lou yuh heavy fi true Lamentation how solitary lies the nation once so full of people once great among nations now become a widow once great among nation now put to force tabour bitterly she weeps in the night tears run down her cheeks she as no one to bring her comfort among all that love her all her friends turn traitor and become her enemy for everything you see in me oh jah jah i praise thee for I fe and happiness and the will to be free oh jah jah i praice thee and when the sun rest in the west hope that we have done our best guide us through another day oh jah to you i pray times are achangin the world needs rearrangin life continue after you and me play your part let man be free save your people and bless your own guide them jah carry them home one thing i ask one thing i seek give us strength help the weak oh jah jah to you i pray guide us through another uay for life and happiness and the will to be free oh jah jah i praise thee i will sing a new song to you oh jah poetry to the music of the drum and bass oh jah you who gave victory to kings rescue me snatch me from the power of foreign foes who every word is false and all their oath are purgery for every thing you see in me oh jah jah i praise thee for life and happiness and the will to be free oh jah jah i praise thee (Repeat) and when the sun rest in the west hope that we have done our best guide us through another day oh jah to you i pray times are a changin the world needs rearrangin life continues after you and me play your part let man be free oh jah jah to you i pray guide us through another day for life and happiness and the will to be free oh jah jah i praise thee Columbus Ghost i am Christopher columbus just call me cris i am de who did miss the land india i thought i'd discover that which was never how clever of me to see the land beyond i came to tame and claim in the name of spain i am cris dont dis my his-story i inspired hawkins livingston musolini botha bush i exterminated perpetuated hatered against redmen yellowmen with blackmen i make no friend i attack arawak cut off their head wrote instead that the caribs ate them like bread i never told you this before but my chief navigator was a MOOR you know the moors they discovered spain those blacks who came from the afrikan terrain the idea that the world was round i got from these same b acks in some little spanish town now you may ask what was blacks doin there but they ruled us for over 700 years they made a great mistake then instead of enslavin us they made us their friend some survived stayed alive fought the invasion european division english agression the fight between europe and european expansion i wrote your history for you did not tell you true not all blackmen came as slaves listen you will know the truth in the waves that brought the ships lips lie to keep intact oppression of black skin a sin a myth i am cris the church perch on the opportunity to spread the religion of the dead through misconception the assumption that this world was new the wind blew us to save the earth from beast like men friend i am not blot out the spot that claim they are men like us i am Christopher columbus i gave europe pwer over all the earth 500 years of your blood sweat and tears now you celebrate recreate your death let the glasses touch with the blood of your fathers and mothers give a toast HOST my arrival your dyin my survival the land is sti I mine the pope is still the divine yes drink your own blood call it wine nothin in the pages of my history will blot out your misery you shall celebrate my victory your children praise me i am their only history i am Christopher columbus i died but you made me live give me the sea once more let me discover you again the stain my fathers sons rule fool you celebrate my comin i will not go not from your mind restore me for all to see keepers of life shepherds of my people lead them to the altar of lies your ancestors cries will not be heard word after word pages of history written the victims are once more bitten 1492 to you the beginnin of western world democracy 1492 to me the beginnin of white supremacy PEOPLE'S COURT II whiter than snow whiter than snow lord wash me and make me whiter than snow all rise judge 1000 years presidin your honor we have here mr. religious belief and his hench man mr. denomenation MR.RELIGIOUS BELIEF MR.RELIGIOUS PLEASE TAKE THE STAND i am noticin that there is a new prosecuter here yes your honor after the last trial the other prosecuter had to resign you honor i think both of the gentlemen should take the stand at the same time considerin the magnitude of charges against them mr. religious belief and mr. denomination i see where you also have been promisin black people but you are even worst than the politicians you promise them good livin after they die yes you say their reward will be in heaven it would appear to me that both of you have been to heaven already and have gotten yours the charges are too numerous to mention here for over 500 years you have been wanted from ever since you sent your relative here yes i am talkin about the same Christopher cum-bus-us your honor the name is Christopher columbus hush up columbus cum-bus-us it dont matter he did come trick us it was you who went to the amerikas and afrika with your doctrine of civilian the savages you taught black people to pray with their eyes closed when they open them you had their land and they had the bible with bible and gun you robbed raped murdered our fore parents in the name of jesus you have divided black people in to groups causin them to distrust each other the first charge is for misleadin black people into their color blind blindness you have black people worshipin everything white as good white jesus white winged angels white christmus even the songs talk aobut "whiter than snow i long to be' the bible did say 'though your sins be like scarlet they shall be as white as snow" so you tryin to tell me that if my sins are white instead of scarlet god will accept my sins and by the way michael angelo paintin of his uncle for years black people keep reverin this picture as the true picture of christ all your religious holidays originate in europe everything in heaven is white everything in hell is black is a lucky thing Jamaicans start to visit hell and really see for themselves you honor if i may be allowed to speak our divine and beloved pope... shut up dope or pope i will not allow you to ask any questions here i have never heard any one askin you any questions in one of your church services you are also charged for collectin money under false pretense you keep sayin the church have no money yet every little openlend have a tent for a few months then a massive buildin later did not your bible say that your body is the temple of god your honor mr. denomination has been collectin money from people say n that he can get them into miami via the bahamas through the guise of Christian crusades through such a scheme people have been jailed sir tryin to reach miami what i thought you would be tryin to get them to heaven via your church you are also charged for misinterpretation you have twisted the bible to suit white supremacy you have taken stories and quotes from other books much older than the bible and made them into myths have you ever read the egyptian book of the dead the what? it is because of you why the d.j.s have no respect for our black women you have painted a picture of women as the originator of sin you have made women look inferior in all your religious books you have been preachin a sexist doctrine to our people from eve til now you have b amed women for the downfall of the world you blame delilah for samson stupidity you have even placed sin on sex sayin mary was a virgin all her life with these images what do you expect from our people you even have the earth as only 6000 years old maybe the history of europe is only 6000 years but black people was here long before long long before you honor hush up did'nt i tell you not to interrrupt you shall get an extra 1000 years for contempt of court your honor there is a certain denomination that have been given legal status here that said denomination have been preachin for years that black people cannot enter heaven yet their recruiters travel around on bicycles two by two tryin to win souls i have heard of this i hear that they call themself church of the latter day saints of jesus christ or morons the word is mormons your honor you have to understand that things change... hush up understand black people have been understand for centuries these morons or mormons as you call them should never be allowed into a country that is predominantly black to preach aboutgod you have been collaboratin with the politicians to trick black people you have branded voodoo and obeah and all afrikan oriented tradition as paganism yet you have the people goin to church trying to drink the blood of jesus and eat his flesh and i did hear you teachin them to pray and i quote "lead us not into temptation" when since the lord lead people into temptation that you should be askin him not to do it that was a slight misinterpretation remember the baker remember the one who was swaggin hearts remember the one who was usin his mouth to orally-rob-earth all of these was collectin souls under false pretense mr. religious belief and mr. denomination i hereby sentence you both to 1 000 years for swindlin poor people by way of radio and t.v. i also give you 1000 years for each year that black people have been sufferin since columbus came here now take them away Haiti haiti yuh goin an'no one seem to care haiti yuh goin neighbours beware de poverty an' death that haunts everyday de boat dat leave to de u.s.a. yuh payin for de afrikaness yuh still keep yuh payin payin boukman is not a sleep u gave us haiti de strength to fite black people in de Caribbean i say unite brake de chains dat keep us apart haiti suffers because it made a start haiti haiti yuh'ave de will haiti haiti afrika cal s u still too black too strong you'll 'ave to pay blacker than nite never see n de day but too black is always de reason for your pain but your fire for freedom will not be in vain haiti haiti yuh goin an' no ore seem to care haiti now but neighbours beware de blood sweat an' tears del is shedtoday will be a guide for afdka an' afrikans along de way cuba beware jamaika beware trinidad beware grenada beware Caribbean beware beware beware care no fear care no fear Caribbean beware beware beware break de chains del keep us apart haiti suffers because it made a start but too black is no reason for pain de blood for freedom will always stain haiti haiti yuh'ave de will haiti haiti afrika calls u still Caribbean leaders wet are u goin to do today its haiti tomorrow is u today its haiti tomorrow its u Haiti ou prale et peson pa mele se haiti cougna an, mais voisins rete sou pinga nou sang, sie (sueur), ak lam nape, krie jodian ap toujou guide I'afrique ak afrikains cuba rete sou pinga ou jamaique rete sou pinga ou trinidad rete sou pinga ou grenade rete sou pinga ou caraibes rete sou pinga n(ou) carafbes rete sou pinga n(ou) casse chaines kape separe nou haiti ou ape soufh pou tet ou sd prd mie mais tro nod pa raison pou nou soufd mak sang libete ap toujou rete haiti haiti ou gain volonte haiti haiti l'afrique ape rele ou toujou lide caraibes, sa nap fe? jodi a se haiti, demain se nou mem jodi a se haiti, demain se nou mem demain se nou mem demain se nou mem demain se nou mem... myrtha desulme Dance lets dance just dance just dance lets dance to de riddim of de drum lets dance just dance just dance lets dance till day break come lets keep de music sweet lets stomp to de afrikan beat lets dance just dance just dance lets dance to de griot rhyme lets dance just dance just dance lets keep de riddim in time cause out of de music comes de tinkin of de mind an'de people move on leavin nothin behind de laughter an' pain become as one like de action of our ancestors risin from de Ian' lets dance just dance just dance lets dance to a spiritual bliss lets dance just dance just dance lets dance till all hearts kiss lets free our mind an' soul from ships with dungeons an' hole lets dance just dance just dance dance to de stories told lets dance just dance just dance of afrikans so bold de twist an' de turn of de bodies so wet de scars del we try hard to forget to de heights we go in de melody ofsongs lets dance movin on to de journey solong lets dance just dance just dance lets dance soul to soul lets dance just dance just dance stronger stronger bolder bold lets keep de music sweet lets stomp to de afrikan beat lets dance just dance just dance lets dance to de riddim of de drum lets dance just dance just dance lets dance till day break come Musicians: Guitar. Leebert "Gibby" Morrison, Earl "Chinna" Smith Drum Programme.- Wilburn "Squiddly"Cole - Drum: Desi Jones Bass: Christopher Meredith Keyboards: Franklin "Bubbler" Waul, Anthony Brissett, Handel Tucker Percussions: Harry Powell - Saxaphone: Dean Frazer Keyboard Programming and Arrangement on "KILLIN': Handel Tucker "BEWARE" - Musicians: Sly and Robbie and The Firehouse Crew Vocals: Mutabaruka, Cocoa Tea "BONE LIE" - Musicians: Danny Brownie Vocals: Mutabaruka, Freddie McGregor, Cocoa Tea, Dennis Brown "GARVEY"- Additonal Voices: Princess Addisa, Princess Tsobbe, Ishama Hope "HAITI" - Additional Voice: Myrtha Desulme "PEOPLE'S COURT 11" - Additional Voices: Leggo, Muniar Zacca, Tynsi