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great thread, even helped me figure out a few mistakes i have been singing for years! haha!

serious time:
"richman laugh and the poor man cry, richman live and the poorman die..."
little roy "richman laugh"

not so serious time:
"kung fu fighting, natty kick like lightning - and babylon fall, natty dread on the ball..."
dillinger "kung fu fighting"

jah bless!

"Me have a gal and she love McDonalds" "she better gone and left me"
Prince Muhammed "McDonald"

special request
to the man call gregory isaac
special request to flabba holt an de roots radics band
special request to earl 16
special request to winston jarrett
special request to the man call jah stitch
special request to the man called jah lloyd
and the viceroys
and reggae dub....
PRINCE FARI
special request

Prince Far I " Skinhead " from VOICE OF THUNDER

Lester you a jester
You come from Manchester
You wear polyester

and check BEDWARD THE PREACHER

tooo much !!

"Baby say she love me,
Baby say she love me
Mama want touch me
De Auntie just rush me
What am I to do?
Say what am I to do?"

**["Over 31 Under 21"](http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3 ... ight=38846)**

Trinity toasting on his three piece suit album
'Natty Dread is a militant soldier' which judging by the size the spliff in his hand on the cover makes me wonder how militant he really is.

Lately, one song has really moved me, I often think about the lyrics, and sometimes when I listen to it I get very emotional.

Some excerpts:
"A word from the wise: don't try to make life on your own
remember that Jah Jah's by your side
For i was a soul who lost, and my life was in dismay
for among evil forces in which i played
Guns and ammunition were my chosen way of life,
with God fearing people i choose to strive
For all of the lives that I've taken they can never be replaced,
but still jah jah chose to remember my face...
[.....]
When i was young boy growin up in August town
We ate from the same pot we were idrens all around
[.....]
And then the football ground became a battlefield
and my life seemed so surreal
People were fallin all around
but Jah helped me to stand my ground"


I'm not even religious, but there is something in this song (August Town by Duane Stephenson) that really speaks to me...

Not exactly a lyrics issue but Black Slate singing "O meego" instead of "Amigo", always made me cringe. Loved the tune as a kid, couldn't work out the strange pronunciation...

"JOKAH SMOKAH!"

@sean

special request
to the man call gregory isaac
special request to flabba holt an de roots radics band
special request to earl 16
special request to winston jarrett
special request to the man call jah stitch
special request to the man called jah lloyd
and the viceroys
and reggae dub....
PRINCE FARI
special request


he's saying Reggae George, not reggae dub