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Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:39 pm
by judge dread
Peter Tosh, The day the dollar die. " i see johnny with his head hanging down / wondering how many schillings left in dat pound / cost of living it is rising so high / dollar see dat have heart attack and die / bills and budgets are waiting / finance ministers anticipating / unemployment is rising / and i hear my people crying / the day the dollar die / things are gonna be better / the day the dollar die / no more corruption / the day the dollar die / people will respect each other / the day the dollar die / tell me brother is there something i can do / dont u let fustrations make you blue / time is hard and i know that is true / but if u pick yourself up / that's all u've got to do / things can be much better if we can come together / long time we been divided / and its time we be inited / the day the dollar die / things are gonna be better / the day the dollar die / i wont need no pockets / the day the dollar die / dont have to be fretting / the day the dollar die / now i see u standing on your feet / and u can also make two ends meet / never u let life's problems get u down / there is always a solution to be found / bills and budgets are moaning / finance ministers groaning / and i hear my people crying from the ghetto / the day the dollar die / things are gonna be better / the day the dollar die just you wait and see / the day dis here dollar die /there will be no more inflation the day the dollar die / i say the day danny dollar die / the day sammy dollar die / we will love each other / the day dis here dollar die
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:48 pm
by sean
tink and wrenk by papa levi
"the way the system a run
jah man it tink and wrenk"..so very true
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:11 pm
by Red Eyes
Long time me know di police they a devil dem
Long time me know di soldier man a devil dem
Long time me know di politician they a devil dem
Sizzla "Blessed"
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:12 pm
by Red Eyes
Don't let politics in your head
They don't mind if you're flipping dead
Mighty Rudo "Just Cool"
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:48 pm
by sean
"build nuclear bomb
talk wit fork tongue
ca pressurise i man
use pagan religion but the road a tough
road a long
strong we strong
we affe carry on" papa levi..tink and wrenk
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:06 pm
by jahwhitey
Steel Pulse feat. Damien Jr Gong "No More Weapons"
I caught the video for it on cable access one night and immediately bought a copy the next day.
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:49 pm
by Funkyfred
Irie!
Well, I have too agree dat LKJ is a pure political poet......
"when all of a sudden a police van pull up
out jump tree policemen
de whole a dem carryin baton
dem walk straight up to me and Jim
one a dem hold on to Jim
seh dem tekin him in
Jim tell him fi leggo a him
for him nah do nutt'n
and 'im nah t'ief, not even a but'n
Jim start to wriggle
de police start to giggle"
Sonnys Lettah - Forces of victory
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:42 pm
by sean
who are the terrorists by macka b..along with rasta chase/white house race by mad professor with sandra cross....grand reggae
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:50 pm
by greg
there is so many, especially from the 70s.
im not gonna mention any names due to the fact that just about every roots artist had political songs, most of them had entire albums worth of political songs.
Re: best political reggae?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:09 pm
by Sir Marvin
Best Political reggae? Certainly not Marley and Peter Tosh. Not a bit. Maybe Muta, maybe Benjamin Zephaniah, LKJ, simply dub poets. Singers? What about guys like Lucky Dube? Tiken Jah Fakoly? Macka B? Bambú Station? Just listening to best continental political reggae by far shot- Fc Apatride Utd outta Belgrad
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