Junior Murvin, Dillinger - Roots Train (12'’ Discomix) lyrics

Roots train number one is coming
Reggae train number one is coming
Roots train number one is coming
Reggae train number one is coming

Train number one is coming
Carrying all righteous people
If you want to get onboard the train
You got to be righteous, yu got to be clean
In thought, word and deed
To get onboard the train
To get onboard the train
To get onboard the train

Roots train number one is coming
Reggae train number one is coming

Got to get onboard, got to get onboard
Got to get onboard
Going to a land, going to a land
Where everything is grеat

Roots train number one is coming
Reggaе train number one is coming scatting

Got to get onboard, got to get onboard
Got to get onboard
Going to a land, going to a land
Where everything is great

Roots train number one is coming
Reggae train number one is coming
Roots train number one is coming
Reggae train number one is coming scatting

Got to get onboard, got to get onboard
Got to get onboard
Going to a land, going to a land
Where everything is great

Roots train, coming reggae train, is coming
Roots train, coming reggae train, is coming
Scatting

Roots train number one is coming
Reggae train number one is coming

For mi say, Babylon is falling
Tell you, Ethiopia is calling
Man, mi said dat Babylon is falling
Tell you, Ethiopia is calling (Ya hear me)
Say, roots, natty roots, man
Make mi tell you di truth
Roots, natty roots, man
Make mi tell you di truth
Man, you no hear weh di Babylon say
Man, him say "No smoke no ganja down there"
Man, you no hear weh di Babylon say
Man, him say "No smoke no ganja down there"
Natty no matter what dem do
Natty no matter what dem say
Say, natty smoke him ganja down there
Tell you, natty smoke him ganja down there

Come, we have fi step it out a Babylon
Natty dread
Because you have fi smoke di lamb's bread

Say, di lamb's bread are
Weh di dread-dem want
Man, di lamb's bread are
Weh di dread-dem plant
Say dat dem smoke a little spliff
An' then dem talk get swift
Di lamb's bread are weh di dread-dem want
Say dat dem smoke a little pipe
An' then dem feel alright
Di lamb's bread are weh di dread-dem want
If Babylon legalize it
Di natty dread will provide it
If Babylon legalize it
Natty dread will provide it an'
Shall surely advertise it
An' if Babylon surely appreciate it
I know dat natty dread can cultivate it
Lamb's bread are weh di dread-dem want
Man, di lamb's bread are
Weh di dread-dem want (Ya hear, Rasta)
Roots, natty roots, man
Make mi tell you di truth
Roots, natty roots, man
Make mi tell you di truth
Say, you no hear weh di Babylon say
Man, him say "No smoke no ganja down there"
But, no matter what dem do
Natty no matter what dem say
Him still a smoke di ganja down there

Even a rizla
Natty must have in a him jacket, I would say

No matter what dem do an'
Then no matter what dem
Say, natty smoke him ganja down there
Di lamb's bread are weh di dread-dem want
Man, di lamb's bread are
Weh di dread-dem want
Say dat you smoke two spliff an'
Then your talk get swift
Di lamb's bread are weh di dread-dem want
Man, if you smoke two pipe
An' you feel alright
Di lamb's bread are weh di dread-dem plant

Tell you, natty lick it in him chalwa
Tell you, natty roll it in him rizla
Say, natty lick it in him chalwa
Say, natty roll it in him rizla (yeah)
Di lamb's bread are weh di dread-dem want
Di other day I was happy to
Pass through Saint Ann's Bay