Buju Banton - Rastafari lyrics
[Buju Banton - Rastafari lyrics]
Holding firm mankind in a
Firmer meditation - yeah
Who are these people
Who are these people, they question
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo, bongo, redder than red, ey
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo, congo, Lord, red man red
Tell you why, why, why, why, why, why
Jah know heathen blood that will spill
Jah Jah move I away, no man can catch me
Some hungry fi kill, man a better you chill
Not a nah go no funeral, I am nyabinghi
Heed, yet I and I try, no invite me
Let the dead praise the dead
I wanna be lively
Remembering how folks used to be
This life means so much more to me
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo
Bongo, Lord, redder than red, ey
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo, bongo, Lord, red man red
Tell you what
Take a vow of separation
Put no razor upon thy head
Seize not lamentation
Let the dead bury them dead
Sail from creation, ancient bongo man
Take that fire light
Logwood was burning through the night
Man a Rastafari, dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo
Bongo, conquer all dead - say what
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo, congo, Lord, red man red
So let them say... what they
Wanna say... oh Lord
And let them do... what they wanna do
They cannot stop I from loving you
I must be true to myself
The Almighty and you
They can't stop I from putting through
No matter what they do, I'm gonna be true
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo, bongo, red man red
Say what, say what, say what
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo, bongo, Lord, red man red
Jah Jah know heathen blood that will spill
Jah Jah move I away, no man can catch me
Some hungry fi kill, man a better you chill
I, Buju nah go no funeral, I am nyabinghi
Heed, yet I and I try, no invite me
Let the dead praise the dead
Man, I wanna be lively
Remembering how folks used to be
This life means so much more to me
I and I a Rastafari
Dreader than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo
Congo, whoa, conquer all dead - what I say
I-man, I a Rastafari, dreader
Than dread, oh Lord
Nyabinghi congo, bongo, a red man red
Tell dem
Nyabinghi congo, congo, Lord, a red man red
Congo, congo, Lord, a red man red
Congo, congo, whoa, a red man red