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Song 1
Babylon your queendom is falling
[Selah] ethiopia calling
Gimme back mi ruby, mi lion and mi tiger
gimme back Ivory mi, mi zebra and mi diamond

Song 2
When I used to go school
You know they taught me the golden rule
they say son you better know yourself
because in time to come
its going to be dread
and now mi garn ah no mans land
me never warn go ah no mans land

Song 3
Dreadlocks set me free
I wanna go home
my mommy and daddy are coming to see
I was born in deep meditation
singing songs of love

Song 4
Believers are believing
while deceivers are deceiving
wrongdoers are wrongdoing

Song 5
I wanna know
whats the meaning the meaning of life
without a love of my own
without a love to call my own

Thanks for reading and persevering!

Song 2:

No Mans Land by Cornell Campbell on Joe Gibbs

Song 4:

Deceivers by Heptones on Black Lion 12" or Motion's Phase One collection "We Are Getting Bad"

Song 1 - Babylon Queendom, Errol Holt

this LP:

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There are two versions, the original on Dread and Dread label, and the re-release on the confusingly named 'Original' label. They have slightly different tracks even though the cover art is identical.

It was always one of my favourites when first released, and I have both versions now. The rerelease is easy to find, the original less so.

Song 3 is Earth and Stone - Jah will cut you down
But there are some mistakes in the lyrics (unless I'm mistaken...)

Jailhouse set me free
...
My mammy and daddy I'm longing to see
I was down in deep meditation

Song 5= "Meaning of life" The Heptones.

Thank you everyone for your help. Very much appreciated.