(Intro)
Authentic 1970s Vintage Roots Reggae instrumental, 70 BPM. Deep and round analog bassline with a melodic groove. Classic One-Drop drum pattern with a crisp, dry snare and a warm kick drum. Percussive elements like cowbell and woodblock. Rhythmic clean electric guitar skank and vintage Hammond organ bubble. Recorded on tape feel, warm and saturated analog sound, minor key. No synthesizers, only real instruments. Peaceful but serious spiritual atmosphere
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Lyrics
(Intro)
(Basso profondo e riverbero)
Yo, watch ya now...
Man a kill man fi a phone? Fi a sneakers?
Jah Jah... di world gone mad.
Listen to di words of di wise.
(Verso 1)
One wrong look, one bad word spoken,
And a next man life, it get broken.
Fi a pair a shoes or a piece a ground,
Blood a run cold all ova di town.
Yute, yuh tink yuh bad, yuh tink yuh king?
But death a di only prize yuh bring.
No honor inna steel, no glory inna crime,
Yuh wasting yuh soul and yuh precious time.
(Coro)
Dem a kill fi nuttin, dem a dead fi zero,
Inna di street, yuh no real hero.
Weh di raspect gone? Weh di love deh?
Darkness a cloud up di bright of di day.
No fear of di Most High, no love fi di brother,
Only more tears fi di eyes of di mother.
(Verso 2)
Look inna di eyes of di mama weh a cry,
Ask her di reason why her son hadda die.
Yuh put out a light fi a ego of straw,
Now yuh trapped inna di jaw of di Babylon law.
No roots, no culture, no leadin' light,
Just cold steel inna di middle of di night.
Raspect is a must, it no buy wid force,
Stop di violence and change up yuh course!
(Outro)
Put down di weapon.
Life a di greatest gift, yuh zeet?
Raspect is di key.
Love over war... everytime