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Hey there Roots Archives posse,

Reggae music is not only composed of drums and bass, but also consists of beautiful lyrics that have been spread all across the globe. For the last 7 years, I've dedicated myself to transcribe and collect lyrics and publish them on my website [Jah Lyrics](http://www.jah-lyrics.com).

On a lot of occasions, people from all over the world ask me to transcribe reggae lyrics. I cannot do this alone and I sometimes need your help to fill in the gaps of missing words.

**RULES**
I will, that is if you are all willing and able to help, continuously update this first post with new lyrics and post them under **Current lyrics (to do)**. If you feel you can fill in the gap, please comment in the section below. I will keep track of who solves the song in the **Solved lyrics section** and will transfer lyrics that are solved to this section. Thus, the **Current lyrics (to do)** section is always up to date. I will also post the link to the full lyrics if already available for further context. If you spot any other errors in there as well, please comment.

What do you think? Who's with me?
I will start here with four lyrics. How can fill in the missing words and solve the mystery?

**CURRENT LYRICS (to do)**
**[1. Johnny Osbourne - Trickster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y9WiiTL5KY)** (youtube link)
[Full lyrics here](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/johnny-osbourne-trickster)

*At 0.35:*
I've been watching her movements lately
And believe me, it doesn't please me
Every time she a brag how she ***<missing word(s)>***
Seh she is a queen of the dancehall posse

**[2. Peter Tosh - Vampire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8pIkjDXIcQ)** (youtube link)
[Full lyrics here](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/peter-tosh-vampire)
*At 3.02:*
Unno old vampires
Unno grieve their ***<missing word(s)>***
Unno fire burial

**[3. Garnett Silk - Christian Soldiers (ft. Tony Rebel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgivCaj_FOU)** (youtube link)
[Full lyrics here](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/garnett-silk ... n-soldiers)
*At 0.55:*
Play your role, set your goal
***<missing word(s)>*** you drop inna hole
***<missing word(s)>*** your age, you young or you old

**[4. Lacksley Castell - Cold Winter Night (ft. Tony Rebel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W7cWH9d5VA)** (youtube link)
[Full lyrics here](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/lacksley-cas ... nter-night)
*At 3.01:*
Deep down inside you, you really wanna shout
But the weakness, yes, has got you out ***<missing word(s)>***
You just can't shout, yeah

**[5. Niyorah - There For You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3CV1Ydpc50)** (youtube link)
*At 1.28:*
The youth dem interest, is ***<missing word(s)>***
So fascinated by the ways of death

*At 2.25*
In ***<missing word(s)>*** wisdom
There is no need to fret, so bring come
Ethiopia is her name, the highest

**SOLVED LYRICS on Roots Archives**
- Don Julian (2,5) - solved [Free Us](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/twinkle-brothers-free-us) ([Twinkle Brothers](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/twinkle-brothers)), [Crazy Girl](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/half-pint-crazy-girl) ([Half Pint](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/half-pint)) & [South African Enlistment](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/abyssinians- ... enlistment) ([Abyssinians](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/abyssinians)) partially
- Iron_Spire (2) - solved [Get Up](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/dennis-brown-get-up) ([Dennis Brown](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/dennis-brown)) & [Hard Living](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/wailing-souls-hard-living) ([Wailing Souls](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/wailing-souls))
- RasLeroy (1,5) - helped solve [South African Enlistment](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/abyssinians- ... enlistment) ([Abyssinians](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/abyssinians)) partially and [Free Africa](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/yabby-you-free-africa) ([Yabby You](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/yabby-you))
- italkemar (1) - solved [Come Back Darling](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/johnny-osbou ... 80-version) ([Johnny Osbourne](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/johnny-osbourne))
- 6anbatte (1) - solved [Jacqueline](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/hugh-mundell-jacqueline) ([Hugh Mundell](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/hugh-mundell))
- KD51 (1) - solved [Natty Never Get Weary](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/culture-natt ... -get-weary) ([Culture](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/culture))
- rnld (1) - solved [Cigarett](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/max-romeo-cigarrett) ([Max Romeo](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/max-romeo))
- TheExpanders (1) - solved [Burn Babylon](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/sylford-walker-burn-babylon) ([Sylford Walker](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/sylford-walker))
- jlivens (0,5) - helped solve [Trickster](http://jah-lyrics.com/song/johnny-osbourne-trickster) ([Johnny Osbourne](http://jah-lyrics.com/artist/johnny-osbourne)) partially

4. Max Romeo - Cigarett
At 1.26:
It break your pocket and it burn your clothes
And make a chin of your nose
Then later down in life you see
You come down with the the ***big LC*** *(short for lung cancer)*

Johnny Osbourne 2nd verse
"A Happy Go Lucky girl"

rnld wrote:4. Max Romeo - Cigarett
At 1.26:
It break your pocket and it burn your clothes
And make a chin of your nose
Then later down in life you see
You come down with the the ***big LC*** *(short for lung cancer)*

Nice one there Rnld.
Lyric adjusted: http://jah-lyrics.com/song/max-romeo-cigarrett

jlivens wrote:Johnny Osbourne 2nd verse
"A Happy Go Lucky girl"

Thanks Jlivens! I have added the lyric now! Only one missing word remains..
http://jah-lyrics.com/song/johnny-osbourne-trickster

Removed Max Romeo and the sentence from Johnny Osbourne's song from the list.

I have added two more songs:
- South African Enlistment (Abyssinians)
- Free Africa (Yabby You)

Check the first post!

Dennis Brown - Get Up

Oh Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah
Issachar, Zebulun, Daniel, Gad
Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, a Benjamin, Sister Dinah

The Wailing Souls - Hard Living

*At 1.11:*
Dem a fight over the dungaree

*At 1.52:*
Fall asleep and you may lose your ground, oh

At 2.30:
Oh, bredda Kaiser cook a pot of food

("Kaiser" will refer to "Port Kaiser" in Jamaica)

Iron_Spire wrote:The Wailing Souls - Hard Living

*At 1.11:*
Dem a fight over the dungaree

*At 1.52:*
Fall asleep and you may lose your ground, oh

At 2.30:
Oh, bredda Kaiser cook a pot of food

("Kaiser" will refer to "Port Kaiser" in Jamaica)

Nice one there Iron. Can you tell us what does 'dungaree' mean?

Removed Wailing Souls (Hard Living) and Dennis Brown (Get Up) from the list. Thanks Iron Spire!

I have added two more songs:
- Free Us (Twinkle Brothers)
- Come Back Darling (Johnny Osbourne)

Check the first post!