JOYFUL NOISE
Joyful Noise
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
A joyful king and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Gory to the King of Kings
So we sing again
Rise and sing
Tralalalala
Happy and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Glory to the King of Kings
We nah go down in the pressure
Ah go rise in the pressure
Deep down inna the jungle where I keep my roots and treasure
High up inna the mountain where the Rasta live forever
No stress chalice blaze
We have to live for a cause
Joybells ring and the Ras take a pause
Man ah RAS
Loyalty forever when I fast
Babylon worry when the lion spliff pass
Joyful Noise
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
A joyful king and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Gory to the King of Kings
So we sing again
Rise and sing
Tralalalala
Happy and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Glory to the King of Kings
Forever will I call King Selassie I
Always will I call Rastafari
Ever in my heart ever in my mind
I and I we know HIM from a long time
We nah go own in the struggle
We go rise in the struggle
Down there inna the jungle I was beating on my bongo
You see my struggle
You never see me fall
Even when I am weak I stand tall
Joyful Noise
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
A joyful king and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Gory to the King of Kings
So we sing again
Rise and sing
Tralalalala
Happy and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Glory to the King of Kings
Listen
Under pressure
Refined under pressure
Center of the Earth Man Iman refine under the pressure yes sir
What is the pleasure of material endeavors
Everything has space and time
So we sing again
I always win and spy around I
Even though I want to cry
I’m going to fight to live my destiny
What is living never die
Joyful Noise
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
A joyful king and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Gory to the King of Kings
So we sing again
Rise and sing
Tralalalala
Happy and sing
What a ting
Make a joyful noise and sing
Glory to the King
Glory to the King of Kings
LION STRONG
Lions we are strong strong
Lion strong
Yes I
Lions we are strong well strong
Lion strong well strong
Yes I
Nutritional knowledge help my self
It help my self
Spiritual wisdom it help mi self
Mental endurance it help me self
And make me feel so well yeah
Chemical free pollution free i help myself
No DNA genome splice inside myself
Strictly the highest grades of herbs up on I shelf
Oh well
Lions we are strong strong
Lion strong
Yes I
Lions we are strong well strong
Lion strong well strong
Yes I
You might see I at the market
Produce in my basket
See me on the hills running sprints like i'm an athlete
Late nights I be chanting
Prayers in the morning
Chess down at the park just to test my mental prowess
Rasta give me knowledge
I’m much more than an artist
Rasta give me love
Health is what i wanted
See me now I got it
So I could never drop it
Black lion arise
Ital living now for life
Lions we are strong strong
Lion strong
Yes I
Lions we are strong well strong
Lion strong well strong
Yes I
RASTA TELL DEM
From long time Rasta we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
Long time Rasta tell dem
True Rasta tell dem
Well Rasta tell dem
Oh Rasta we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
It's all about sincerity and honesty
Communication it can solve so much adversity
So many people stay caught up in a fantasy
I am not perfect but Jah I aspire to be
Asking what the lesson be
Even as a man was born to be
Equally flesh and spiritual we've always been
Perfectly balanced in the center how we ought to be
From long time Rasta we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
Long time Rasta tell dem
True Rasta tell dem
Well Rasta tell dem
Oh Rastafari we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
I know the mystery it is a part of me
Full of dichotomies and parallel realities
Balance of extremes I
Humble in technology
Knowing full well we destroyed ourselves in history
See dem from afar
We are they who they used to be
Custodians of humanity
My brother’s keeper for an eternity
As I look east to the king I find clarity
From long time Rasta we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
Long time Rasta tell dem
True Rasta tell dem
Well Rasta tell dem
Oh Jah Jah we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
I know that Zion is a part of me
And with my prayer to Jah I seek
Within the kingdoms of Zion no disparity
Triumphantly we've been moving silently
Triumphantly glorify His Majesty
His Majesty, His Majesty,
Haile Selassie I Power of the Trinity
Oh Rasta we did
Yes Jah Jah we did
Oh Rasta we did
Yes Jah Jah we did
Oh Rasta we did
Yes Jah Jah we did
Oh Rasta we did
Yes Jah Jah we did
From long time Rasta we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
Long time Rasta tell dem
True Rasta tell dem
Well Rasta tell dem
Oh Jah Jah we did tell dem
Upon the harp and psaltery we did tell dem, ahhhh
PRESSURE
Hold down the pressure
Don't bother give into the pressure
Youthman hold down the pressure
Rastafari must fulfill yeah
True lion holding down the pressure
Don’t bother give into the pressure
Rasta hold down the pressure
Mission must fulfill yeah
Sometimes I feel like shouting out
Sometimes I feel like draping up
Sometimes I feel like guns blazing out
Just like the ending of a movie
Sometimes i feel like Braveheart now
Sometimes i feel like King David now
More time i have to cool my heavens out
And stay calm let nothing move me
It's just a word
Another word from my heart
Difference from a skirmish and a war
From skirmishes i stay real far
Word from my heart
Another word from my heart
You’ll never see me in a prison cell
Unless i had to kill defend my family and self
Hold down the pressure
Don't bother give into the pressure
Youthman hold down the pressure
Rastafari must fulfill yeah
True lion holding down the pressure
Don’t bother give into the pressure
Rasta hold down the pressure
Mission must fulfill yeah
Sometimes I feel like lashing out
Sometimes I feel like machete sharpen up
Sometimes I feel like King David now
And think to burn them with fya
Then go light them like tire
I have to cool off in a prayer now
I have to meditate on Jah Jah now
And cool my temper for the nation
I say the mission must fulfill it's not about the individual
Hold down the pressure
Don't bother give into the pressure
Youthman hold down the pressure
Rastafari must fulfill yeah
True lion holding down the pressure
Don’t bother give into the pressure
Rasta hold down the pressure
Mission must fulfill yeah
CHANCE
Give I a chance
To show you who I am
Give I a chance
To show you who I have become
Do you know
Tell me do you know now
Do you know what it mean to be a Ras
To be a rastaman
Do you know
Asking do you know
Do you know what it means to be a Ras
To be a rastawoman
I have been accused of things i have not done
I have been judged for things i know not of
I have been charged with false allegations
I have been brutalized without instigation
I have been demoralized without provocation
I have been fraught in desolation
Give I a chance
To show you who I am
Give I a chance
To show you who I have become
Do you know
Tell me do you know now
Do you know what it mean to be a Ras
To be a rastaman
Do you know
Asking do you know
Do you know what it means to be a Ras
To be a rastawoman
When I was brought down low look at that
When I had nothing in my pocket look at that
When I rose up from ash look at that
Just look at that
Just look at that
My lahd
My lahd
When I was grieving I cried out aloud
Aloud
Give I a
Give I a chance
Give I a
Give I a chance
SECRET RIVALS
Me and dem ah
Dem and me ah
Me and dem ah secret rivals
War across the land ey
Me and dem ah secret rivals
Intrigue inna the camp ey
Me and dem a secret rivals
From town to town ey
Me and dem a secret rivals
Fighting cause memory say so
Fighting to defend my own
I will not look aside as evil men organize
I will not look aside as wickedness magnifies
Too long too long
Vengeance again
Too long too long
Warring again
And if I could I woulda start over
And put away the bloodiness and disorder
But Jah has set it so I follow him through
Jah has a reason for me and you
Dem and me ah
Me and dem ah secret rivals
War across the land ey
Me and dem ah secret rivals
Intrigue inna the camp ey
Me and dem a secret rivals
From town to town ey
Me and dem a secret rivals
Welcome the day
Yes come the day
When we will see were are not enemies
I have the faith
Yes I have the faith
Jah will bring us back together
We have one common enemy
One common enemy
The one who hurt my family
And hurt your family
And so he set I and I up
To kill each other off
I slay them with my love
I slay them with my love
Slay them with your love
Slay them with your love
Dem and me ah
Me and dem ah secret rivals
War across the land ey
Me and dem ah secret rivals
Intrigue inna the camp ey
Me and dem a secret rivals
From town to town ey
Me and dem a secret rivals
WE LIVE ON
Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin, St. Barts, VI, Puerto Rico, The DR, Haiti, Mexico City, Puebla, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, Cuba...
Through the test and trials we will be strong
Through the sufferation we will live long
Through the hurricane, earthquake and big storm
WE LIVE ON
Cause the winds and the flooding will soon be gone
And the shaking of the earth it won’t last long
After darkness must come a new dawn
WE LIVE ON
When the minutes seem like hours
And the days seem like years don't give up
When the waters overwhelm and the earth opens up don't give up
Cause we will rebuild work hard
Strengthen our neighbors hand
We’ll pick up the pieces so fast
And straighten up our land
This is our land...
Through the test and trials we will be strong
Through the sufferation we will live long
Through the hurricane, earthquake and big storm
WE LIVE ON
Cause the winds and the flooding will soon be gone
And the shaking of the earth it won’t last long
After darkness must come a new dawn
WE LIVE ON
We live on oh yes
Cause we're so strong
I tell you we will live on...
When everything seem uncertain
These things too shall pass
Everything has a reason
Future, present and the past
We will build up what was broken down
And recover our recover our joy
Birds will sing in the trees again
Good things have no end…
My people never have an end
No end...
Through the test and trials we will be strong
Through the sufferation we will live long
Through the hurricane, earthquake and big storm
WE LIVE ON
Cause the winds and the flooding will soon be gone
And the shaking of the earth it won’t last long
After darkness must come a new dawn
WE LIVE ON
YES NOW
Letting the Most High in
Make me feel like a treasure
Holding the Most High in
All in
Positive I've always been
Even in times of displeasure
When I should say no I said yes I did
Cause even when the odds were high
And when the chances they were very slim
I did not say no I can never win
I only said yes I will be conquering
Yes Now
So I say yes yes yes
Why are they limiting their heart and mind
Negative emotions rule them inside
Negative responses unresponsive time
How could Jah Jah work ever be confined
In my every thought and in my innermost vibe
Iman say yes yes yes
Know them by design
Know them over time
Know that the hurt can blind
Shift the paradigm
At the drop of a dime
Mountains now fi climb
We'll make it over time
Another verse and rhyme
On the borderline
Denial is a sign
Of the changing times
Yes Now
So I say yes yes yes
Why they never fear now to take a life
Are they afraid now to stay alive
Inna dem vanity their thoughts and lies
Never know the truth and where the truth reside
Still dem looking east when they should look inside
Never look interior man they move aside
Watch now how they move and just keep passing by
Fear is in their heart I can see it in their eyes
So I say yes yes yes