1. MEK WE DWEET (LET'S DO IT) (4:20) MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET FOR JAH. JAH RASTAFARI. DO THE ROOTS AND CULTURE. MEK WE DWEET. AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET. MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET. MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET. MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET EVERY NATION HAVE TO DWEET, EVERY NATION HAVE TO DWEET. EVERY NATION HAVE TO DWEET, EVERY NATION HAVE TO DWEET. MEK DEM DWEET MEK DEM DWEET MEK DEM DWEET, MEK DEM DWEET. MEK DEM DWEET FOR JAH. JAH RASTAFARI. DO THE ROOTS AND CULTURE. MEK WE DWEET DWEET FOR JAH, JAH RASTAfARI. DO THE ROOTS AND CULTURE. MEK WE DWEET DWEET FOR JAH, JAH RASTAFARI. DO THE ROOTS AND CULTURE. A MEK WE DWEET, A MEK WE DWEET, A MEK WE DWEET, A MEK WE DWEET. IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET, AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET. IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET, AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET. A MEK WE DWEET, A MEK WE DWEET, A MEK WE DWEET, A MEK WE DWEET. A MEK WE DWEET FOR JAH, JAH RASTAFARI, MEK WE DWEET...RASTAFARI. MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET. RASTAFARI. RASTAFARI.....MEK WE DWEET, MEK WE DWEET. AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET, AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET, AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET, AND IF YOU READY MEK WE DWEET, A MEK WE DWEET A MEK WE DWEET A MEK WE DWEET A MEK WE DWEET DWEET FOR JAH, JAH RASTAFARI. DO THE ROOTS AND CULTURE. A MEK WE DWEET A MEK WE DWEET A MEK WE DWEET AND MEK WE DWEET....RASTAFARI A MEK WE DWEET AND MEK WE DWEET....RASTAFARI AND MEK WE DWEET....RASTAFARI MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET MEK WE DWEET,MEK WE DWEET,MEK WE DWEET,MEK WE DWEET. MEK WE DWEET,MEK WE DWEET,MEK WE DWEET,MEK WE DWEET. (REPEAT MEK WE DWEET TO THE END) 2. CIVILIZATION (4:05) NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION. ALL OVER THIS LAND ALL OUER THIS LAND. SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER NEW CIVILIZATION NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION. ALL OVER THIS LAND, ALL OVER THIS LAND. SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER. SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER. NEW CIVILIZATION. COME MY BROTHER COME HELP ME, COME MY SISTER COME HELP ME. HELP ME SING THIS SONG, SING ALONG, SING ALONG. SING ALONG. SING ALONG. NEW CIVILIZATION. NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION. THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS, THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS, NEVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. NEVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS, THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS, NEVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. NœVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE NOTHER. NEW CIVILIZATION ALL OVER THIS LAND. OH WHAT A DISGRACE, AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE. AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE. OH WHAT A DISGRACE, AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE. AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE. NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION. TALKINC ABOUT RACIST, TAKING ABOUT A RASIST. COME MY BROTHER COME HELP ME, COME MY BROTHER COME HELP ME, HELP ME SINC THIS SONC. HElP ME SING THIS SONG. SING ALONG, SINC ALONG, SING ALONG, SING ALONG. NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION ALL OVER THIS LAND. LET THE MUSIC PLAY, LET THE MUSIC PLAY. REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY, REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY, LET IT PLAY, LET IT PLAY, LET IT PLAY OVER THIS LAND. LET THE MUSIC PLAY, LET THE MUSIC PLAY. REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY, REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY. ALL OVER THIS LAND. NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION. 3. GARVEY (4:10) I HAVE A VISION, I HAVE A VISION I HAVE A VISION ABOUT MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY. I HAVE A VISION I HAVE A VISION ABOUT MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY I HAVE A VISION HE WAS A YOUTH LIKE ANY OTHER YOUTH. I HAVE A VISION HE WAS A SPEAKER, HE SPEAK UNIVERSALLY. I HAVE A VISION. UP YOU MIGHTY RACE YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL I HAVE A VISION. UP YOU MIGHTY RACE, YOU MIGHTY RACE YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL. I HAVE A VISION. I HAVE A VISION. I HAVE A VISION. I HAVE A VISION ABOUT MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY. I HAVE A VISION. YES HIS MAJESTY, YES HIS MAJESTY EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE. EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE. I HAVE A VISION, I HAVE A VISION. I HAVE A VISION ABOUT MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY I HAVE VISIONN ABOUT MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY. I HAVE A VISION. HE WAS A YOUTH LIKE ANY OTHER YOUTH. I HAVE A VISION. HE WAS A SPEAKER HE SPEAKS UNIVERSALLY. I HAVE A VISION. UP YOU MIGHTY RACE YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL. I HAVE A VISION. UP YOU MIGHTY RACE, UP YOU MIGHTY RACE, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL, I HAVE A VISION. YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL, I HAVE A VISION. I HAVE VISION ABOUT MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY. I HAVE A VISION. UP YOU MIGHTY RACE, UP YOU MIGHTY RACE, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL. YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WILL. 4. THE ELEPHANTS (3:53) THE ELEPHANTS, THE ELEPHANTS. I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY. I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY. AND THEY WERE DEFENDING EACH OTHER. AND THEY WERE DEFENDING EACH OTHER. WHY CAN'T EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH AFRICA, OH STAND UP AS ONE. WHY CAN'T EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH AFRICA, OH STAND UP AS ONE. SIDE UP, SIDE UP AFRICA, SIDE UP BY SIDE. MOVE UP, MOVE UP AFRICA, MOVE UP, MOVE UP AS ONE. I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY. THE ELEPHANTS THE MOVE AS ONE. THE ELEPHANTS THE MOVE AS ONE. SO AFRICA SHOULD LIVE AS ONE, SO AFRICA SHOULD LIVE AS ONE. I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY SIDE UP, SIDE UP AFRICA, SIDE UP SIDE BY SIDE SIDE UP, SIDE UP AFRICA, SIDE UP SIDE BY SIDE MOVE UP, MOVE UP AFRICA, MOVE UP, MOVE UP AS ONE. MOVE UP, MOVE UP AFRICA, MOVE UP, MOVE UP AS ONE. I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY,I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY. I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY AND THEY WERE DEFENDING EACH OTHER. AND THEY WERE DEFENDING EACH OTHER. WHY CAN'T EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH AFRICA, WHY CAN T EAST, WEST. NORTH AND SOUTH AFRICA, OH STAND UP AS ONE, OH STAND UP AS ONE. SIDE UP, SIDE UP AFRICA, SIDE UP SIDE BY SIDE. SIDE UP, SIDE UP AFRICA, SIDE UP SIDE BY SIDE. MOVE UP, MOVE UP AFRICA, MOVE UP, MOVE UP AS ONE. MOVE UP, MOVE UP AFRICA, MOVE UP, MOVE UP AS ONE. I SAW THE ELEPHANTS TODAY THE ELEPHANTS, THE ELEPHANTS, THE ELEPHANTS. 5. MY ROOTS (4:20) MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. I'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER, THRU THE WORKS OF JAH, JAH. ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. EUROPE I TRAVEL. ENGLAND I TRAVEL, AMERICA I TRAVEL. I TRAVEL, I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. HOW CAN I FORGET MY ROOTS. HOW CAN I? HOW CAN I FORGET MY ROOTS, HOW CAN I? MY ROOTS, MY ROOTS, MY ROOTS, MY ROOTS. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THRU THE WORKS OF JAH, JAH. ONE THING I KNOW FOR SURE, MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. OH, MY ROOTS. MY HISTORY, TALK ABOUT MY CULTURE, OH YES MY PEOPLE. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS, JAH ROOTS, GOOD ROOTS, STRONG ROOTS. I TRAVEL, I TRAVEL, I TRAVEL, I TRAVEL. MY ROOTS I'LL NEVER FORGET, I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE ROAD I TRAVEL. I REMEMBER MY ROOTS. MY ROOTS. I'LL NEVER FORGET. MY ROOTS. 6. TAKE A LOOK (4:20) WAY OVER IN ETHIOPIA. WHEN MY LITTLE BROTHER WAKE. HE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT, NO CLOTHES TO WEAR, NO PLACE TO GO. WHAT CAN HIS MOTHER SAY? WHAT CAN HIS FATHER DO? WHAT CAN HIS MOTHER SAY? WHAT CAN HIS FATHER DO? TAKE A LOOK AT AFRICA, TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. OOH WHAT A STRUGGLE. SUFFERATION. STARVATION. COME IN LIBERATION. WHAT CAN HIS MOTHER SAY? WHAT CAN HIS FATHER DO? WHAT CAN HIS MOTHER SAY? WHAT CAN HIS FATHER DO? TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. TAKE A LOOK IN SOUTH AFRICA, YES AMERICA. TALK TO MANDELA. COME IN ENGLAND. COME IN ENGLAND. SAY WHAT YOU CAN, WHAT YOU CAN. SAY WHAT YOU CAN WHAT YOU CAN, TO NELSON MANDELA. TO NELSON MANDELA TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. WAY OVER IN ETHIOPIA, WHEN MY LITTLE BROTHER WAKE, HE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT, HE HAVE NO CLOTHES TO WEAR, HE HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. WHAT CAN HIS MOTHER SAY? WHAT CAN HIS FATHER DO? WHAT CAN HIS MOTHER SAY? WHAT CAN HIS FATHER DO? TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. TAKE A LOOK IN A AFRICA. 7. RECALL SOME GREAT MEN (4:10) LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, RECALL THEM, RECALL THEM. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS, RECALL PAUL BOGEL. RECALL MARCUS GARVEY. RECALL NELSON MANDELA, MANDELA. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. RECALL THEM, RECALL THEM. RECALL MALCOM X. RECALL MARTIN LUTHER KING. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. RECALL THEM, RECALL THEM. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN, WHO VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. RECALL PAUL BOGEL. RECALL MARCUS GARVEY. RECALL NELSON MANDELA. LET'S RECALL SOME GREAT MEN. WHO'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OUR RIGHTS. 8. ONE PEOPLE (4:08) WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM ORIGINAL? YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM ORIGINAL? IN THE NAME OF JAH, JAH. IN THE NAME OF JAH, JAH. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE SHOULD OWN EACH OTHER TOGETHER. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE SHOULD OWN EACH OTHER TOGETHER. NO MORE DISOWNING EACH OTHER, NO MORE DISOWNING EACH OTHER. WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM ORIGINAL? YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM ORIGINAL? AFRICA, YES AFRICA, AFRICA YES AFRICA. IN THE NAME OF JAH, JAH. IN THE NAME OF JAH, JAH. WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. WEST INDIANS, BLACK AMERICANS. YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM ORIGINAL? YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM ORICINAL? AFRICA, YES AFRICA, AFRICA, YES, AFRICA. 9. AFRICAN WOMAN (4:16) DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. OH AFRICAN WOMAN, STRONG WOMAN. DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT MMMM AFRICAN WOMAN. EVERY NATION OF THIS WORLD SHOULD DO WHAT THEY CAN, FOR THIS AFRICAN WOMAN. EVERY NATION OF THIS WORLD SHOULD DO WHAT THEY CAN, FOR THIS AFRICAN WOMAN. DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. MMM AFRICAN WOMAN, MMM STRONG WOMAN. MMM AFRICAN WOMAN, MMM STRONG WOMAN. DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY, BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. DID YOU EVER SEE AN AFRICAN WOMAN NIPPLES RUN DRY BECAUSE SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. MM THIS AFRICAN WOMAN. SHE HAVE NO FOOD TO EAT. MMM THIS AFRICAN WOMAN. 10. MEK WE DWEET IN DUB (4:26) All songs written by Winston Rodney and (C) 1990 Buming Spear Publishing (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by pemission. Burning Spear WINSTON RODNEY: Vocals, Repeater, Bass Drum Burning Band PAUL BECKFORD: Bass NELSON MILLER: Drums, (d Drums) LENFORD RICHARDS: Lead Guitar, Piano, Funde LINVALL JARRETT: Rhythm Guitar ALVIN HAUGHTON: Percussion Burning Brass CHARLES DICKEY: Trombone (Great Men- Garvey) JAMES SMITH: Trumpet (Great Men- Garvey) DAVID ROBINSON: Sax (Great Men- Garvey) Additonal Musicians ROBBIE LYN: Synthesizers, Piano Rass Brass DEAN FRASER: Saxes NAMBO ROBINSON: Trombone CHICO CHIN: Trumpet Produced by WINSTON RODNEY & NELSON MILLER Executive Producers BURNING MUSIC PRODUCTIONS Recorded at Tuff Gong Studios, Kingston, Jamaica Engineers: GARY SUTHERLAND TONY KELLY MERVYN WILLIAMS Assistant Engineer: GARTH Mixed at Sigma Sound, Inc., N.Y.C. Engineers: MICHEL SAUVAGE, MERVYN WILLIAMS Assistant Engineer: DANNY MORMANDO Mastered at Masterdisk by TONY DAWSEY