HOUSE OF EXILE Back to Top

Freedom fighter standing on a mountain
In a foreign country
Trying to send a message
To his people, back in the ghetto
He had a home one time
Love of a girl
But he left that behind
Oh yes I can hear him clearly as he whispers in the air
His voice came out loud and clear
All he asked for was a prayer and as he turns to walk away he said

Chorus:
I'm still here in the house of exile
For the love of the nation

Sun went down on the mountain
Birds flew back to their hiding places
Leaving him standing there like a telephone pole
In the still of the night
You and I dream
Dreaming of Romeo & Juliet
All he dreams about is the freedom of the nation
When every man will be equal In the eyes of the law
As he closes his eyes
For the last time he said again

Chorus till fade

IT'S NOT EASY Back to Top

I remember the day I called mama on the telephone
I told her mama I'm getting married
I could hear her voice on the other side of the telephone she was smiling
And she asked me a question that I proudly answered
She said son did you take time to know her
I said mama she's the best
But today it hurts me so
To go back to mama and say mama I
'm getting divorced
Oh I'm getting divorced

This choice I made didn't work out the way I thought it would (x2) it hurts me so mama

mama said to me

Chorus:
It's not easy to understand it son
But I hope you'll make it (x3)
You'll be happy again

I remember in church
When the preacher read the scriptures
You looked so beautiful and innocent
I did not know that behind that beauty
Lies the true colors that will destroy me in the near future

This choice I made didn't work out the way I thought it would be (x2)
Now I'm hurting

I remember when I held you
By the hand preacherman read the scriptures
Putting words in you mouth

Maybe what the preacherman said was not something that was with you
Now I know what they mean when they say

Beautiful woman is another man's plaything
Oh Lord I'm hurting now

this choice I made didn't work out the way I thought it would
Mama said to me

Chorus (till fade) It's not easy...

HOLD ON Back to Top

I knew exactly
What you were going through
It's just that I didn't have the right
To discuss your problems I saw you struggling
For our education I saw you struggling to get us clothes to wear mama
This man you got married to is dead alive
Over the years I asked myself
Many questions Is he my real dad or
Was I adopted mama I know it's difficult for you mama
But hold on I am a little grown up now

Oh Ho

Chorus:
Hold on just a little bit longer now (x4)

You were a laughing stock in the community
The press didn't rest
Makin' news out of you mama
Now is the time to show them that he who laughs last laughs the best, that's the way it is (x2)

Chorus:
Hold on just a little bit longer now

I know it's not easy for you mama but your tears will turn to laughter now that I"m a grown up mama

Chorus till fade

UP WITH HOPE (DOWN WITH DOPE) Back to Top

I have know this preacherman
For a long time, he was a good man
I have known this judge
For a long time, he was a good man
I have known this teacher
For a long time, he was a good man too
But because of the drugs
They've been taking secretly
Them are in loony houses today

We cannot stand aside and look
While the nation is going down the drain (x2)

Up with hope, down with dope (x3)

We cannot stand aside and look
While the nation is going down the drain.
We really, really cannot stand aside and look while the nation is going down the drain
Oh Yo

I am telling you now
Cocaine, no good for you
Liquor, no good for you
You go sniffling them glue
No good for you
They give it to you and say it's the sense of knowledge

But I known I've been around
For a while

I cannot stand aside
And look while the nation (x2)
Is going down the drain
Oh yo yo yo

Chorus till fade:
Up with hope, down with dope

REAP WHAT YOU SOW Back to Top

We hear you crying
So bitterly
Trying to get people to help you ye ye
But nobody will
Your son was brutalizing people everytime.
But you said nothing
Now it's the time to pay the price
It's time to pay ye ye ye ye

Chorus:
You gonna reap just what you sow (x4)

Coming back home
With stolen things
Instead of telling him
How wrong he was
You told him how clever he was
People coming out of burning houses
It's your son Driving stolen cars every time
It's your son,
But you said nothing
But now he's turning against you

Chorus:
You gonna reap just what you sow (x3)

Everybody knows
No jail can keep him
'Cause you rubbing shoulders with the law
But now it's time to pay the price wo... woh
Chorus till fade

CAN'T BLAME YOU Back to Top

Trying so hard not to cry
Since they say man ain't supposed to cry
But these tears keep running from my eyes
I remember the day I came to the city.
My children were crying
My wife was crying
She's gonna lose me
To the girls in the city
To make her feel alright I
said it's impossible
But I was wrong

Chorus:
Can't blame you when you're going
This is something you've got to do
You've got to go ho ho.
You've been keeping me here all these years as your private lover
Letters came from home
But I never answered
'Till today when I got this letter
From my little daughter saying
"Missing you daddy."
It's time to go.

Chorus:
Can't blame you (as above)

See me now, see me no more
I heard that whistle blow
I knew it's time to go
Sitting here in this train
Going so fast past the trees
I'm thinking of words to apologize
'Cause sorry ain't enough

Chorus:
Can't blame you (till fade)

MICKEY MOUSE FREEDOM Back to Top

Put his coat on his shoulders and slowly he walked away
Behind him he could hear
Those innocent voices
Crying out so bitterly saying
We did not start the war But we fighting now
We did not start the fire
But we burning now
They were told many years ago that their country is free
But they didn't understand
That it's not real
They never knew it was a

Chorus:
Mickey Mouse freedom/ independence

Me come ina you country
That is said to be free (x2)
Me sight corruption.
Me sight starvation
Walking like a millionaire 'cause you think you country is free
One thing you don't know is that your country is being remote controlled

Chorus:
Mickey Mouse freedom/ independence (till fade)

CRAZY WORLD Back to Top

So far so good we still living today
But we don't know what tomorrow brings
In this crazy world
People dying like flies every day
You read about it in the news
But you don't believe it
You'll only know about it
When the man in the long black coat
Knocks on your door
'Cause you're his next victim
As you are living in this

Chorus:
Living in, living in this crazy world (x4)

Leaders starting wars every time they want
Some for their rights,
Some for fun and their own glory letting people die for the wrong that they do
Oh it's painful come on now little boy
Say your prayers before you sleep
Little boy went down on his knees
And he said:
"Oh Lord Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take."

'Cause he's living in this crazy world
Oh Lord

Chorus till fade

GROUP AREAS ACT Back to Top

If I'm dreaming don't wake me up if it's a lie don't tell me the truth
Chorus

'Cause what the truth will do, it's gonna hurt my heart
Being in the darkness for so long now
Mr. President, did I hear you well Last night on TV
You said:
The group areas act is going Apartheid is going (x2)

Ina me eye me sight the future so bright
I mean I my eyes
I see the future so bright

When the blackie manna coming together
With the whitey manna (x2)
Whitey manna coming together with the blackman

Chorus:
If I'm dreaming

Gazing at my crystal ball I see the future so bright
The fighting's gonna stop now
We'll forgive and forget I know Mr. President
You can't please everyone
But everybody liked it
When you said

Group areas act is going
Apartheid is going (x2)

Chorus:
If I'm dreaming (till fade)

RUNNING, FALLING Back to Top

Something somewhere
Is calling out your name
In the middle of the night
Your eyes go wide
I see your legs shaking

You don't believe it's happening
Oppressor man ye

Don't tell me you are scared now
It's not the end of your life
But it's the end of your kingdom
It's not the end of your life
But it's the end of your shitty kingdom

Chorus:
Oppressor man you running
Your kingdom is falling (x3)
Yo Yo Yo Yo

You run for your gun
To your surprise it's empty
'Cause we had those bullets
For breakfast Jah children did ye ye ye
Teargas won't make me cry anymore
Your handcuffs won't hurt my arms anymore

It's not the end of your life but it's the end of your kingdom
It's not the end of your life
But it's the end of your shitty kingdom

Chorus:
Oppressor man you running
Your Kingdom's falling (x3)

I won't do to you
What you did to my people ye
Four hundred years ago (x2)
Turning them to slaves
Making them your prisoners

You can run but you can't hide
Your time has come now now now

Chorus till fade:
Oppressor man you running
Your kingdom's falling

FEEL IRIE Back to Top

How long shall you carry
That burden on your shoulders?
How long shall those tears
Keep rolling down
Your beautiful face?
We all have troubles
Now and again, know what I'm saying?

No matter how hard we try,
Trouble will find us one way or another.
People had trouble since the pope
Was an alter boy
People had worries from when the
Dead sea was only critical.
Hear those drums rolling
Listen to those guitars skanking
Yeah... Put a smile on your face
Don't let the troubles get you down,
Let me tell you how we feel...

We feel irie
Do you feel like we do

No man can hide from his fears
Since they are part of him
They'll always know where to find him,
Come on and walk tall and
Keep your head high

I tell you again and again
Put a smile on your face,
Don't let the troubles
Get you down

Chorus till fade

TRINITY Back to Top

I'm sleeping with my one eye open
'Cause I think you gonna come for me
You're sleeping with your gun in hand
'Cause you think I'm gonna make
Me move

I've been chasing white people all my life
You've been chasing black people all
Your life
Now that we know where we went
Wrong, it's time some truth came out here

You going to educate me
About white people
I will educate you about Black people and we'll unite
That's why they call me trinity
And my game is unity

Chorus
Trinity, unity

My brothers have been chasing racists all the time
Your brothers have been chasing freedom fighters all the time
But at the end of the day
We didn't know much about each other yeah

When you saw a black man
You saw a criminal,
When I saw a white man
I saw an oppressor
But now that we know where we went wrong
Let's unite

You will educate me about white people
I will educated you about black people

That is why they call my trinity
Cause my game is unity

Chorus till fade...

SERIOUS REGGAE BUSINESS Back to Top

We've been talking about it
Where it came from
We've been talking about it
How it started
Wait a minute, It doesn't matter now
Where it came from and how it started.

But what matters is...
We have seen it going all over the world
We have seen it chanting Down Babylon
We know where it's been
And we know where it's going oh yeah...
We talking about...

Chorus
Serious reggae business
Serious reggae business
Serious reggae business

Some say it came from Jamaica
Some say it came from Africa
Some say it came from England
Some say it come from I don't know where

But we know where it's been
And we know where it's going
And we know what it's done
Doesn't matter where it comes from
I'm talking about

Chorus till fade...

MY BROTHER, MY ENEMY Back to Top

Your smiling cannot fool me no more
Your sweet talking cannot fool me no more
Cause I know about your cheating
Cause I know about you back biting
And I don't know what you know
And I have never been where you've been
And I certainly don't believe in what you Believe in
And I don't do what you do I'm a living witness, now I know that...

Chorus
Not every black man is my brother
Not every white man is my enemy
I've got no place in your world
And I've never been where you've been

And I don't know what you know
And I have never been where you've been
And I certainly don't believe in what
You believe in
And I don't do what you do

I'm a living witness, now I know that...

Chorus till fade...

RASTA MAN'S PRAYER Back to Top

There comes a time
In everyman's life where he's got to face
The truth no matter what.
We are coming to you father
With our sins and everything
To thank you

Those that smoke marijuana
Wanna thank you father
For making it grow internationally,
They wanna thank you lord
Even though police cut it down,
Sometimes they burn it down
But it grows again
Thank you father

Chorus
We wanna thank you father
For everything you've given us

Nations that oppress other nations
Wanna thank you father
Even though it's painful to be oppressed
But they thank you...
For making them strong

Politicians thank you father
For making them to be able
To lie with a straight face
While the nation cries
They wanna thank you lord

Repeat chorus till fade

PUPPET MASTER Back to Top

Somewhere between heaven and earth
That is where you will find real freedom
We've been waiting for so long For this freedom,
When other freedom fighters
Puppet master
Marching soldier
Fought of the rights of the people,
You fought for the right to
Abuse people
That is why I call you...

Chorus
Puppet master
Marching soldier

I was a little boy
When it happened
But I can still hear
Those killing machines
Roaring like thunder
Roaring like hungry lions

And they don't only hurt us
Physically
And they don't only hurt us
Politically
But they hurt us mentally.

Chorus till fade...

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Back to Top

From where I stand
I can see the world
Getting smaller and smaller
And there'll be no place
For people like you Georgie
Who still live in the past
When you couldn't do things
For yourself, you blamed it on apartheid
You blamed it on the government and everybody
Now is the time to prove yourself
If you think affirmative action
Is the way out... no way... no way.

Constitution can be changed
From time to time,
But that does not mean that
You don't need no education

We are tired of people who
Think that affirmative action is the way out
And, is another way of putting puppets

Where they don't belong

I'm so sorry Georgie
But the only way to get our economy
Strong, is to have
An educated nation
And if you think affirmative action
Is the way out... no way... no way.

Chorus

Education is still the key
Even though we have Affirmative action.

Chorus till fade.

BIG BOYS DON'T CRY Back to Top

If we both believe in Reincarnation,
Maybe we will have a
Chance in the next life.
You felt something for me
And I was so deeply in love with you.
But we both said nothing
Till we ran out of time
Sometimes I cry,
I said I cry
And it's not because of the pain I feel inside
And it's not because of the hurt I feel inside
But I cry,
I said I cry
Sometimes I cry

And I remember the days
When love was so far away from me,
The only time I knew about love was
When mommy and daddy told me they loved me,
And I Didn't know that today it would be
Me having got to say I love you
But I remember that

Chorus
Big boys don't cry
And sometimes
I cry
I said I cry.

And it's not because of the pain I feel inside
And it's not because of the hurt I feel inside
But I cry

I see your beautiful face
Everytime I close my eyes,
You reach out for me I reach out for you
But in real life we cannot meet Oh!!!!!
That is why I cry,
I said I cry
And it's not because of the pain I feel inside
And it's not because of the hurt I feel inside
But I cry

And I remember the days
When love was so far away from me,
The only time I heard about love was
When mommy and daddy told me they loved me,
And I didn't know that today it would be
Me having got to say I love you,
But I remember that

Chorus till fade...

LIFE IN THE MOVIES Back to Top

Warning, this is the chief of police speaking,
Do not steal Police hate competition.

Where we gonna run
Where we gonna hide
You've got the right to remain silent,
But forever they were brought here to protect us
They were brought here not to hurt
But now they hurt us everyday
You see, police have joined forces
With criminals
Don't steal, police hate competition.
We can't sit down - something must be done

Catching the bad guys in real life
Is not as easy as it is in the movies.

We see James Bond (007)
Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop)
Chasing bad guys all the time

But police in real life
Have joined forces with criminals
Don't steal, police hate competition
We can't sit down - something must be done.

Our life has got to be like
Life in the movies
Where the good guys always
Win in the end

Chorus

Life in the movies

How can we expect them
To serve and protect
The community, if they themselves
Are the bad guys
Police have joined forces with criminals
Stand up and fight, no one is safe

Chorus till fade...

GOD BLESS THE WOMEN Back to Top

In the middle of the night I heard her pray so bitterly
And so softly yeah...
She prayed for her children
She prayed for their education,
Then she prayed for the man
That left her with her children.
We, praise heroes everyday
But there are those that we forget To praise
The women of this world.
They don't run from anything
They stand and fight for what's right

Chorus
Oh oh oh...
God bless the women

Even when times are so hard
They are so cool, calm and collected.
They don't run from anything,
They stand and fight
For what is right

They do not run from responsibilities
They stand and fight for what Is right

Chorus till fade...

YOU GOT NO RIGHT Back to Top

Woman: I got lonely sometime
You were gone and left
Like you always do
You were never there
When I needed some care
You were never there when I needed somebody to talk to
Somebody came and took your place.

Man: Oh! Baby
Somebody took my place
In your heart I can say
I'm used to it
By now, 'cause it happens all the time
That is one test I always fail
But one thing my heart can't
Understand... who's gonna take
The place of this boy in my heart
We used to play together,
Do everything together,
But now what am I gonna say

Chorus
You've got no right
To call me father
I've got no right
To call you son,
You got no right to talk to me
I've got no right to talk to you
Even though I try so hard
To be strong, but it hurts inside.

Woman: As I pack my bags
To go now baby I thought
I could share this with you
The next time you fall In love
Treat your woman right
Remember that her place
Is not only in the Kitchen
All she needs is tender
Loving care.

Repeat chorus till fade.

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