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Born & Raised (+)
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Horizon
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Morning Star
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Hail H.I.M.
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Name of One
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Spirit Mission
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Agony of Betrayal
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credits
released 11 November 2011
All tracks produced by Akwerius and Circadian Riddims
Except:
+ produced by Ark I Tek
~ produced by Raygun
* performed with Bala (drums), Randy (bass) and Nick (guitar)
All tracks produced by Akwerius and Circadian Riddims
Except:
+ produced by Ark I Tek
~ produced by Raygun
* performed with Bala (drums), Randy (bass) and Nick (guitar)
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- Track Name: Born & Raised (+)
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born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of mi ancestahs
born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of di ancestahs
pull up your ego from di fraudulent one
watch fi di places way di funny smile run
nuf wan fi dwell up inna plantation
lose dem selves in anger procrastination
man
born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of mi ancestors
said i was born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of mi ancestors
origins emblematic
seeded from the compass majestic
traveling di world
foreigner domestic
many tricks dem wan fi treat all di nations quick
born n raised
rooted like the baobab trees
floatin on the wings, on the wings of the breeze
rasta chant, over waves inna seas
remember fi hail up his majesty please
yo
born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of mi ancestahs
born n raised inna Africa
yo it ah di land of di ancestahs
di evolution is won
jah revelation is come
fret not yourself and no bother bust dem gun
red fi di fire green leaves fi inspire gold
like the country dat dem once stole
yo we roll
born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of di ancestahs
born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of mi ancestahs
born n raised inna Africa
it ah di land of di ancestahs
born n raised inna Africa
born n raised - Track Name: Horizon
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jah is my light
jah is my strength
oh yeah
rise
open your eyes
see the sun shine upon the horizon
don't kill the light
your heart is a precious price
it shines upon the horizon
yes
rise
open your eyes
see the sun shine upon the horizon
don't kill the light
your heart is a precious price
it shines upon the horizon
the temperature is on the rise
feel it
the sun releasing energy so hot
it's burning everything below the skies
the pupils in my eyes
recording the whole display
men once made of flesh and bones is now turned to clay
all this to say
that things are changing
stars and planets rearranging
along a new axis
a new order of things where fact is
subject to fiction
and men re-enact the acts
that led to Christ's crucifixion
a brotherhood of fishermen
feeding on scorn
hatred and bickering
have been around since i was born
but now they're taking over the skies
like a storm
open your eyes
and realize the evil taking form
like the military factions
the cemetery's the only place
where souls could ever gain satisfaction
living life
on a downward course
like gravity's attraction
we're all subject to the force
of the contraptions they're using
losing grip on our institutions
when family and state become
big markets of illusion
it's time to face our self-delusions
the world could never be a better place
until the people's improving
so
rise
open your eyes
see the sun shine upon the horizon
don't kill the light
your heart is a precious price
it shines upon the horizon
yes
rise
open your eyes
see the sun shine upon the horizon
don't kill the light
your heart is a precious price
it shines upon the horizon
we're walking in the shadows of a galaxy
hearts corroded by apathy
and minds locked with the fat chains of apathy
where normality is anomaly
and morality a formality to secure a good economy
so
give me a reason, show me a vision
my eyes cannot see passed the last limits of the sea
horizon
a flat line
like mankind's destiny
what is me?
the seed that became a tree
the slave that became free
the i that became a we
so can we defy prophecy?
or is this heresy?
to me word is power
singing is therapy
so i keep mine eyes focused pon horizon,
seen
well,
we on the rising
from the dark and the deep
yes i
open up dem eyes dem
it must start with the meek
oh
dem ah realizing
that we are but the sheep
oh
heading for horizon
horizon
horizon
yea
rise
open your eyes
see the sun shine upon the horizon
don't kill the light
your heart is a precious price
shines upon the horizon
yes
rise
open your eyes
see the sun shine upon the horizon
don't kill the light
your heart is a precious price
shines upon the horizon
yea - Track Name: Morning Star
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shining
shine like the morning star
so beautyful u r
i've seen it from afar
(repeat x3)
keep shining like the morning star
keep shining like the morning star
they say jah on par with they firing gun
climax sensation elevation
magnum classification
H.I.M. the One birthing a nation
generation are kings of playstation
sending out this message to the one
who controls the sphere
annihilate greed and fear
eyes staring at me
like the meteor
near to the spirit door
open up and explore
cancel the war
man-less planes on seashores
prophecies they don't believe in like less is more
yo, but who the ones holding it down to the floor?
energies transmitting through the microphone chords?
analog signal bringing in the blizzard storm
time wizards, stars or planets we visit
pull up the truth that you try to resist
and breathe
like fresh air
don't live without a care
keep shining like the morning star
shine like the morning star
so beautyful u r
i've seen it from afar
(repeat x3)
cali the wild west
smoke trees and have sex
but then what comes next?
lonely tears on mattresses
my address is
the 144 grand
black bird soar like the sunrise can
hey yo it's fun having mens that can stand by your side
but out here
better watch on all sides
funny smiles slide in
where we reside in
never seen a man grin
hear the spirit from within
Selassie I guide
the rule and the age
constellations in the skies shine with blue rays
who's paid off the working man slaving
they sell technology to increase the labor force
international relations still show no favor
every south to every north become a constant savior
look within yourself and see God at work
every day trod Jah earth
give thanks and praise first
shine like the morning star
so beautyful u r
i've seen it from afar
yea
(repeat x3)
shine like the morning star
keep shining like the morning star
they say jah on par with they firing gun
climax sensation elevation
magnum classification
H.I.M. the One birthing a nation
generation are kings of playstation
sending out this message to the one
who controls the sphere
annihilate greed and fear
eyes staring at me
like the meteor
near to the spirit door
open up and explore
cancel the war
man-less planes on seashores
prophecies they don't believe in like less is more
yo, but who the ones holding it down to the floor?
energies transmitting through the microphone chords?
analog signal bringing in the blizzard storm
time wizards, stars or planets we visit
pull up the truth that you try to resist
and breathe
like fresh air
don't live without a care
keep shining like the morning star
shine like the morning star
shine like the morning star
keep shining like the,
shining like a star - Track Name: Song of Praise (ft. Nga Han)
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Nga Han:
song of praise
song of light
song of praise
song of light
magnified in the heights
clarify your crystal sight
identify Selassie
in H.I.M. is Christ Israelite
in H.I.M. is light infinite
song of praise
song of light
song of praise
song of light
kwe:
we give thanks for the most high creation
dem want destroy generate abomination
don't turn your back on this generation
a song of praise is a song for the nation
i tell dem about the state of the situation
dem nuh believe only seek argumentation
want fi frustrate our path of education
but jah show us the way through meditation
guidance from the star constellation
ignorance always ignore the preparation
life is worth more than trials and tribulation
love is one law according to communication
listen to the birds when dem singing
away from the city breeding suffering
bon all dem crave and the mockering
lion inna temple gentle psalms H.I.M. ah uttering
alpha n omega he's the ancient of days
glory and majesty, praise his excellent ways
children of Israel the time is at hand
escape from sinking sand
and step in H.I.M. command
the law shall not be a prank onto the youth
teach dem the truth instead of guns fi shoot
every seed planted in time shall bear fruit
dig down to the root and find Jah power absolute
oh yes
we give thanks for the most high creation
dem want destroy generate abomination
don't turn your back on this generation
a song of praise is a song for the nation - Track Name: Hail H.I.M.
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Hmm Hmm
Yea Oy
Jesse was the father of David
Ecclesiastes says all is vanity
Inna di book of life wisdom and truth is plenty
While Babylon city streets remain empty, oy
Chorus
Hail the King of Kings (x3)
Hail H.I.M.
Salem is peace Melchizidek King of Righteousness
Lord's mighty scepter kept the enemy's head a footstep
Host over the holy mountain from the womb priest manifest
Hail, Hail H.I.M.
Chorus
Hail the King of Kings (x3)
Hail H.I.M.
Hmm Hmmm Hmm
Yeah
Hmm Yeah Hmmm Yeah
Hail the King of Kings (x3)
Hal H.I.M.
I heard the sound of the seven trumpets
Ring before the angels wept smoke arose from the bottomless
And two thirds of the heavens was left
As the one who loosed the seals crying out in the wilderness
Oy
Hail the King of Kings (x3)
Hal H.I.M.
Hmm Hmm Hmmm
Hmmm Yeah
Hmmmm Ehh Yeaah - Track Name: Name of One
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In the name of,
In the name of,
In the name of One
Isaiah spoke the truth unto the nations
Not in no abracadabra type incantation
This is the first and the last invocation
Gathering all Jah people for repatriation
Some saying it's too early, call it hesitation
Dem are the same ones overlooking the preparations
From the North unto the East South and West,
He is the One
The 5th son born in Africa's equator under sun
Marching with the living gives footstep momentum
Shelter could not hide dem ego from the blast of canon
The I man seen and known since from creation
Forwarding the motion to every distant station
The book of Revelation reveal kingdom dimensions
Always sighting intention no bother lose your direction
In the name of,
in the name of,
in the name of One
As the serpent the dragon mislead the population
Still ah seeking Rastafari fi join dem congregation
Iya speak of what I've seen, unknown tribulation
His Majesty is the head crown of this generation
While dem specialize in debate, word argumentation
Collision in satellite obstruct communication
This ah the future of dem planetary interaction
Soldiers in battalion asking Jah for redemption
The beat is the drum no bother spread no confusion
Hiding the fact that this is still a revolution
While dem systematically searching for a solution
And hurting dem own blood with betrayal ammunition
in the name of,
in the name of,
in the name of One
(repeat)
Too many African lives have been lost in the ocean
The middle passage did upset black and white relation
Now it is up to I&I to reach final destination
Babylon still ah fight against, camouflaging inflation
At the top of the mount I have seen a revelation
As the book of Enoch did speak of angels in this location
Nephilim dem imitating with transformation
Metaphorically the fire burn away any transgression
Technology dem invent is an instrument fi dissension
Academics hiding the truth ever since di inception
Lava rock root foundation dem nevah mention
It's only a question of alma matter representation
Ascending to the most high point of creation
Universally seeking the source of any sensation
As the once barren trees bring forth fruit in dem due season
Sons and daughters of men assembling inna this region
in the name of,
in the name of,
in the name of One
(repeat) - Track Name: Spirit Mission
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Spirit mission
Spirit mission
Spirit mission
Well
Everyday is I man mission
So music is I man ambition
Boarding pass to reach the destination
Escape dem vultures and dem ammunition
Well done
Oh, Everyday is I man mission
So music is I man ambition
Boarding pass to reach repatriation
Escape dem sistem free di generation
Well mi see it
Look at the situation
How dem want fi keep
I&I lost in translation
Emancipation
from the media station
Ah that dem want fi haffi teach the nation
Find a way fi reach the destination
No stop 'til Zion
Original man chant down Babylon
oy
Fi elevation
Nuff wars haffi gwan
Nuff fruits dem want reep
Seed dem nevah want plant
Oh everyday is I man mission
So music is I man ambition
Boarding pass to reach repatriation
Escape dem vultures and dem ammunition
Oi Oi
Oh everyday is I man mission
So music is I man ambition
Boarding pass to reach the destination
the destination, oi
Time fi roots and culture fi tek ovah da stand
We done seen and head but cyan just agree with dem plan
Nowadays dem technology analogy di key fi answer
Like the puzzle laser, cancer
Nurses and doctors or healers who got your tongue?
Oy, Oy, Oy
Like di apostle I'm in
Another state where the mind blend, Oy
So Everyday is I man mission
So music is I man ambition, Oy
Boarding pass to reach the destination
Escape dem vultures and dem ammunition
Oi Oi
Everyday is I man mission
So music is I man ambition
Boarding pass to reach repatriation
repatriation free di generation
Oy, the agony of betrayal
Like a ghost inna shell
Man ah living as stranger
Inna strange land
See dem propaganda plan
ah get di upper hand
Land dem ah conflict fi it
Sending soldiers of war fi confiscate it
You nuh hear dem say a boy shot inna di district
Mi celibate
Oy
Everyday is I man mission
So music is I man ambition
Boarding pass to reach repatriation - Track Name: Agony of Betrayal
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the agony of betrayal
it's like a ghost inna di shell
the agony of betrayal
many stories they don't tell
jah i shall never be a traitor
lucifer this verse ah end you like terminator
hmm give thanks and praise to the creator
jah warrior no beg no one for favor, oh
inna
this agony of betrayal
it's like a ghost inna di shell
the agony of betrayal
many stories they don't tell
man ah living stranger inna dis strange land
i see dem propaganda plan
who ah get di upper hand
land deem ah conflict fi it
sending soldiers of war fi come and confiscate it
you nuh hear dem say a boy shot inna di district
fi a bag of clip
a folly
inna this agony of betrayal
it's like a ghost inna di shell
in this agony of betrayal
many stories they don't tell
trod and i shall never be a traitor
lucifer this verse ah conqurt you like terminator
hmm give thanks and praise to the creator
jah warrior no beg no man for favor, oh
in this sistem,
corruption dem teach children
like the fire hand we put it pon
put it pon dem
inna this agony of betrayal
it's like a ghost inna di shell
in this agony of betrayal
many stories they don't tell
so fret not thyself of evil doers you know
for they shall soon be cut off like grass
the highest throne
the highest region
in the highest zone
in the upper room
waters rise soon
in the highest throne
in the highest region
in the highest zone
in the upper moon
waters rise soon
waters rise soon
waters rise soon - Track Name: Amen Ra (ft. Freestyle & Higha Medz)
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kwe:
give thanks to the most high
for the gift of life
and all the blessings thereof
when mi recall that jah mi savior
it put a smile pon mi face
when mi coming down with bad behavior
jah took the frown from mi face
writing lines even before the rime was invented
until africa is represented
history's been documented, ahh ah
when mi recall that jah mi savior
it put a smile pon mi face
when mi coming down with bad behavior
jah took the frown from mi face
they got you suckered if you believe in it
from the white house onto the senate
from the beginning until this very minute
they pushing all the powers to the limit
and of course, yo
more power is bringing more chores
more poors dem sending to fight in more wars
when mi recall that jah mi savior
it put a smile pon mi face
and when mi coming down with bad behavior
jah took the frown from mi face
see the real murderers deh ya inna di city
pushing dem buttons off-shore
more poors dem sending to fight in more wars
more wars
ahh
when mi recall that jah mi savior
it put a smile pon mi face
when mi coming down with bad behavior
jah took the frown from mi face
Amen Ra
freestyle:
well, rememba freestyle dem tell yuh said dem ah get serious inna this, hear mi now
mi nuh even
mi nuh even
mi nuh even
nuh want fi touch di road no
mi nuh even
mi nuh even
nuh want fi buss mi tune so
ah bear gun ah bust down dey inna di ghetto
drop di bass go so
mi nuh even wanna chant and sing
mi nuh even wanna trod through the ghetto and thing
because ah bear people ah dead
even baby ah get gunshot inna...
mi nuh even wanna chant and sing
mi nuh even wanna trod through the ghetto and thing
because ah bear people ah dead
even baby ah get shot inna hear mi now
well look how di thing ah get steep
and di thing ah get choppy
man ah bust gun everyday
dem trigger happy
shooting babies and old ladies
look how di gangsta life is getting sloppy
mi cyan trod dem road ah cuz the break ah get choppy
mama sadder now mama unhappy
wonder what ah gwan ghetto youth ah rise di shotty
hey
dem nuh care dem ah shoot
mi nuh even wanna chant and sing
mi nuh even wanna trod through the ghetto and thing
because ah bear people ah dead
even baby ah get gunshot inna head
mi nuh even wanna chant and sing
mi nuh even wanna trod through the ghetto and thing
because the youth dem nuh hold no medz
ah bear gunshot mi hear rockin a head
higha medz:
they wanna see mi outta road yea
caught in the storm
outta road look shelter
outta road and a staff
but when we out there we overloaded with charm
mi evah lookin to mi dollar cuz mi youth him just born
and him love food like him father so things haffi gwan
fi da youth ya cuz da youth ya is a serious man
fi da youth ya cuz da youth dem nevah grudge anyone
fi dem house nor dem car nor dem van nor land
and man a reader so no preacher cyan sell mi no psalm
righteous living but mi nevah inna religious qualms
mind free so they wanna lock mi up behind bars - Track Name: Age of Aquarius (ft. Bamski) ~
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kwe:
look at the times man
look at the age man
it's fucking bleek
this morning at six o'clock i was awakened by a thought
a questioning of all the things that i've been thought
the world is a field my life is a sport
too many ambitions kill my confidence
that's why i get caught
by the claws of indecision
lost in search for vision
am i living somebody else's dream?
nightmares got me screaming and i wake up soaked in sweat
praying my truest sentiments i never forget
neglecting self to satisfy ego
can you really claim to be sinless and blame other people?
looking at this life, still ruled by the capital
when searching for light, i never look in a cathedral
cuz
time is just passing us by
and people don't seem to recognize why
we living in the age of aquarius
mother nature's furious
most lost the battle before gods
manufactured in a pyramid of illusion and fraud
i try hard to express all the sadness in my heart
cursed with madness birthed in these overground parks
poetry be the cure for misery
ask valerie the mystery of the street corner that swallowed me
a tale of fiction realer than life i'm living
the self is a territory i gotta find dominion
in the land of the unforgiven
blasphemously living
walk like minions and talk like the politician
missing all
busy searching for millions
tricking ourselves
believing the pyramid's worth building
but yo
i must confess as guilty as the next
lost between crossroads of this self and the next
stand perplexed by it all
too many indecisions cause my intellect to rise and fall
rise and fall
time is just passing us by
and people don't seem to recognize why
we living in the age of aquarius
mother nature's furious
(repeat)
bamski:
they say love is blind
same time hard to find
one in a million
and catching that one of a kind
something divine
not just was heard through the grapevine
but in tune and in line with the universe
rare as a unicorn
deformed feelings of being reborn
torn between physical bliss and spiritual scorn
never getting tired of the dawn
always looking forward to the dusk
it seems like i've been up for light-years
without a bag up under my eyes
watching the sun rise and drop without a cloud in the skies
time passes but you don't know if it's fast as the rabbits or slow as molasses
if i could turn back time and empty these caskets
would souls still take their existence for granted?
everybody's arguing but who listens to the damn planet? to the planet?
we all run around in a panic manic and depressed
victims of stress neglect our health, mentality, diet and rest
been trying my best
my best wasn't good enough
then i realized that my best was her
cuz i locked in a vault with limited thought
timid and caught 'til somehow the chains came off
now i see what everybody else was seeing in me
here to change the world and raise the kids, Bamski - Track Name: Children of the Storm (*)
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all praises to the most high
yeah, uhh
yeah, yea now
jah jah see dem ah come
but i&i a conqueror
jah jah see dem ah come
but i&i a conqueror
they are coming to accuse i
of what i have nevah done
they are coming to hold i down
of what? i know not about.
jah jah see dem ah come
but i&i a conqueror
jah jah see dem ah come, well now
but i&i a conqueror
we are the sons and daughters of the storm
backs arched like swollen sails
swallowing the wind of no return
we are the sailors of harmony torn
spinning for eternity while libertyʼs torches burn
and this is our psalm
and this is our song
to appease Natureʼs woes we do not belong
to those who calmly press their palm
against those lips that speak right from wrong
for he who knows the secret to the ocean
can no longer stand ashore
similar to waves, perpetual motion
must be his doom forever more
to travel to and travel fro
a martyr to the rhythm of life below
his path is drawn like a circle
around the edges of this inferno
and so he returns every day with the light
after offering tired soul to the night
and though his body bears not strength nor might
these words do carry worlds in sight
a pupil to the motion he recites the waves
returning to the oceans wisdom that they gave
of land, sea and earth he shall not be enslaved
like men who take birth inside of the grave
children of the storm
hearts un-torn
children of the storm
souls reborn
yea yea uhh
yea yea uhh
jah jah see dem ah come
but i&i a conqueror
jah jah see dem ah come
but i&i a conqueror
entering a wintry tomb
and become priest to a higher moon
marching with the curse of tradition in my eye
and the hearse of dead promise on my back
I enter through a crack in the sky
to spy on Paradise
from the carcass of the wind
a new melody is sung
and readily
from within
another self
flung
children of the storm
