Lyrics - Quote some lines - funny, roots, lovers, your favourites or ones that make you laugh, sigh or cry...

[nefta]

"He says blessed are the poor for they shall had food
and blessed are the mercifull and the pure of heart.
For there shall be no mercy for the prosecutor that work in the dark."


SILVERTONES "Rejoice Jah Jah Children"

[DWick]

"When I shit my enemies cry, when I speak they die"..."I don't deal with cancer; I don't want my head to be bald like Bob Marley's"--Lee Perry-Ashes and dust

The first line makes me smile, the second gives me the shivers.

[Burbur]

Don´t you shed no tears for me
Don´t you cry no more
Don´t you worry about me now
Everything is allright
Evrything is just fine with me

Eric Donaldson-stand up

[Dread Master]

from papa sans "insect session"

'' ina the session they dont have no light, just a peeni walli shinin bright"

[Collie]

Josey Wales "Bobo Dread"

only live man must live in a room
only dead man must lay down ina tomb
cos when I was a tadpole in me mothers womb
you shoulda see the bobo dreadlocks with the broom

Jah Thomas & Josey Wales "Devil Control Them"

Hey Jah Thomas life is getting dangerous
and them yar gunman is getting serious
playin' with guns like them came from toys R u
and everyday another one will bite de dust....

gone are the days when dem use cutlass
the youth dem bad like bees and wasp..............

[Dread Master]

lone ranger '' i cant stand it ''

any of the various parts where he talks about his cow is lost but hes still the boss and when he finds his cow hes gonna make him eat grass.

im not sure if hes saying cow or goat at some points or both.

[Comrade]

Cornell Campbell "100 pounds of collie"

no thief and liar
can enter my empire
cause its not my desire
to mingle with vampire

WICKED!

[sean]

what a sight to see
a goddamn vampire..
vampire by black uhuru

[Easy]

"All you want to say is that you love jah jah yet youll fight tribal against your brother, in a dis ya time.

in a dis a time, the itals

[algoriddim]

one of the things I've loved about listening to reggae over the years is how at times you may not get what someone is saying, then you'll one day finally hear correctly the lines of a song and it will all click. I love those discovery moments.

"when I was a youth I used to spend 50 cents inna paper, but now me is a man I just a spend 50 cents inna silver"

Change of currency after Jamaican independence? Interesting.

There's also some Eek A Mouse lyrics that I recall having an "ah ha!" moment with, but I'd have to listen to the album again to figure out what song it was.