Fallen Is Babylon (1997, Elektra)
2005.12.20. 19:26
1. Fallen Is Babylon
2. Everyone Wants To Be
3. People Get Ready
4. Postman
5. Brotherly Sisterly Love
6. Born To Be Lively
7. Long Winter
8. I Remember
9. Day By Day
10. Five Days A Year
11. Notice
12. Diamond City
13. Jah Bless
14. People Get Ready
Fallen Is Babylon
Fallen is Babylon all nation have drunk of her passion Fallen is Babylon
right now Come out of her oh people unless you want to share her
plagues Listen to me now come out of her Jah Jah people in your
minds Unless you wanna partake of her sins look what you doing man Fallen
is Babylon all nation have drunk of her passion Fallen is Babylon right
now
Welcome Jah in your new name we're singing we glorify not in
vain Tell you what mysteries dead and reality claims I mean built over
many years gone in day take it now Fallen is Babylon all nation have drunk of
her passion Babylon is falling down
Fallen is Babylon right now so much
heart broken so much sufferation After this I saw another angel trod down
from Zion With great authority given to him The Earth was lit up with his
glory at teh top of his voice he shouted Babylon has fallen Babylon the great
has fallen
Whore of this whoel world so much sorrow she gave to many many
many like you and me Oh so tempting just like a beautiful thing
But
I just can't let myself be let myself be a next victim no no no no no Fallen
is Babylon all nation have drunk her passion Fallen is Babylon right now
right now Babylon system is a system that exists for centuries
centuries Still run by the same mentality that runs it still here to do the
same thing they've done Conquer the poor and oppress the under privileged
we got to stop that Babylon oh Babylon
lead vocal: Ziggy
Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell angel
speech: Jah Lloyd drums: Jonathon Quamby bass: Kevin Bacon keyboard:
Mallory Williams guitar: Ziggy Marley horns: Dean Fraser, Chico Chin,
Everol Gayle harmony arrangement: Mikey Bennett
Everyone Wants To Be
Everyone wants to be the cowboy living life the wild wild west
style Everyone wants to be the outlaw Well everyone tough and no one is
gonna back down Everyone's tough and no one is gonna back
down Everyone wants to be the superstar live like a star and driving the
fancy car Everyone wants to get some fame playing the man's game Everyone
tough and no one is gonna back down Capone said him tough and no one is gonna
back down
Hey yo warning to informers and traitors first one die will be
the instigator Who died and left you commentator outer body experience see
it's not all good Look into the eyes of who was once Clint Eastwood Fire
koombaya for back up call Libya soldiers hold your fire I see Ethiopia I hear
you boast about who you toast around the coast But once you hear teh fire you
vanish like human ghost sucker Everyone wants to be the cowboy living life
the wild wild west style Everyone wants to be the outlaw Well everyone's
tough and no one is gonna back down Everyone's tough and no one is gonna back
down Sandokas said him tough and no one is gonna back down Jesse James
said him rough and no one is gonna back down.
lead vocals: Ziggy
Marley / rap: Wyclef Jean harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica
Newell drums: Stephen Marley, Damian Marley guitars: Stephen Marley, Ian
Coleman bass: Christopher Meredith harmonica: Ian Carterton additional
loops & keyboards: Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quamby
People Get Ready
People get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage you
just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesel comin' Don't
need no ticket you just thank the Lord
People get ready Train to
Jordan Picking up passengers from coast to coast Faith is key Open the
doors and board them There's hope for all among the love the
most
There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who would hurt all
mankind just to save his own soul Have pity on those whose choices grow
thinner There ain't no hiding place from the Kingdom's throne
People
get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage you just get
on board All you need is faith To hear the diesel comin' Don't need no
ticket you just thank the Lord
There's a train there's a train there's a
train comin' people There's a train there's a train there's a train comin'
people There's a train there's a train there's a train comin' people Just
get on board
There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who would
hurt all mankind just to save his own soul Have pity on those whose choices
grow thinner There ain't no hiding place from the Kingdom's
throne
lead vocal: Ziggy Marley dj: Stephen Marley harmonies:
Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums: Wilburn Cole bass: Glen
Brownie guitars: Earl Smith & Ian Coleman keyboards: Carol McLaughlin
& Mallory Williams percussion: Uzziah Thompson
Postman
Oh did you get that message yesterday Jah sent I as your postman with your
mail Oh did you get your message yesterday Jah sent I as your postman with
your mail Hey said are you getting are you getting are you getting Jah
message Are you getting are you getting are you getting Jah message Said
are you getting are you getting are you getting Jah message And are you
getting are you getting are y ou getting Jah message
Everything in life
has ups and downs everything in life has its up and downs So count you
blessings count you blessing count you blessing you getting count you
blessing count you blessing count you blessing you
getting
SOLO
Hey yea oh did you get your message yesterday Jah
sent I as your postman with your mail yes he did yea Oh did you get your
message yesterday Appoint Ziggy as your postman with your mail Hey said
are you getting are you getting are you getting Jah message Are you getting
are you getting are you getting Jah message And are you getting are you
getting are you getting Jah message Are you getting are you getting are you
getting Jah message yea Hey why do you look so sad and forsaken When one
door is closed many more is open
lead vocal: Stephen
Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums:
Wilburn Cole bass: Christopher Meredith keyboards: Mallory Williams, Carol
McLaughlin, Ziggy Marley guitars: Earl Smith, Ian Coleman percussion:
Uzziah Thompson harmony arrangement: Grub Cooper
Brotherly Sisterly Love
No more pain on the battle field hel pyou friend if they're in need Give
her what she wants give himw hat he needs This is where it start straight
from the heart This is where it start straight from the heart together
now Brotherly brotherly love sisterly love
repeat
Fighting one
another it never get us no where Still in the same boat as
yesteryear People killing the people it never get the people no
where People in the same boat as yesteryear got to have Brotherly
brotherly love sisterly love
repeat
Politician rule and lead the
wrong direction its up to you and me to make the correction Politician
rule and lead the wrong direction its up to you and me to make
the correction
solo
No more pain on the battle field help you
friend if they're in need Give her what she want give me what I needs This
is where it start straight from the heart This is where it start straight
from the heart Together now Brotherly brotherly love sisterly
love
repeat
lead vocal: Ziggy Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley,
Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums: Raphael Wolde Mariam bass: Zeleke
Gessesse keyboards: Malaku Retta, Carol McLaughlin, Ziggy Marley, Mallory
Williams guitars: Mulugetta Gessesse, Earl Smith, Ziggy Marley percussion:
Uzziah Thompson harmony arrangement: Grub Cooper
Born To Be Lively
Yea yea yea yea Everyone say yea yea yea
repeat
Born to be
lively we're born to be lively Born to be lively we're born to be
lively So when you see Ziggy doing his thing that's why he was born and
when you see Steve doing his thing that's why he was born We're on a positive
track today well it's a positive track not trail
repeat
Nothing
they do can keep us down People move Nothing they say can stop this
crowd
repeat
We rejoice in good times yea we rejoice in bad times
too yea So no matter what's going down I say born fi lively push out your
hand and move your body Face no bend up like no soldier smile for teh gal
them make she feel irie Nuff niceness in a the ras party born fi irie Keep
yourself high We're born to be lively we're born to be lively you're born to
be lively you're Born to be lively Ciddy's born to be lively she's born to
be lively Sharon's born to be lively She's born to be lively So when you
see Ciddy doing Ciddy's doing her thing that's why she was born And when you
see Sharon Sharon's doing that thing that's why she was born We're on a
positive track today well it's a positive track not
trail
repeat
Hey nothing they do can keep us down People
move Nothing they say can stop this crowd
repeat
We rejoice in
good times yea we rejoice in bad times too yea so no matter what's going
down I say born fi lively tell you again although we tell you already Life
off your tam and fly you natty show me all the lady who is hotty hotty Nuff
niceness in a the ras party born fi lively Keep yourself high keep yourself
up now keep yourself high
repeat
Born to be lively we're born to
be lively said I'm having fun You're born to be lively you're born to be
lively everyone having fun
lead vocals & guitars: Ziggy Marley /
dj vocal: Steve Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica
Newell drums: Wilburn Cole bass: Glen Brownie keyboards: Carol
McLaughlin, Ziggy Marley, Mallory Williams harmony arrangement: Grub
Cooper
Long Winter
It's gonna be a long long winter you see It's gonna be a long long winter
for me It's cold outside I'm just not feeling right My woman left me on
the midnight train she ain't coming back again Well that girl she's gone from
me left my heart in misery Well that girl she's gone from me left my heart in
misery
It's gonna be a long long winter you see It's gonna be a long
long winter for me Now that she's gone gone gone I don't think I can carry on
yea now she's gone Days are cold and the nights are long so long now She's
gone Here comes winter yeah Gonna be a long long winter you see It's
gonna be a long long winter for me
solo
It's cold outside just not
feeling right My woman left me on the midnight train she ain't coming back
again Well that girl she's gone from me left my heart in misery It's gonna
be a long long winter you see it's gonna be a long long winter for
me
repeat
Well that girl she's gone from me left my heart in
misery Yea she's gone frome me left my heart in misery
lead vocal:
Stephen Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica
Newell drums: Wilburn Cole bass: Christopher Meredith guitars: Earl
Smith, Ian Coleman keyboards: Carol McLaughlin, Mallory
Williams percussion: Uzziah Thompson harmony arrangement: Mikey
Bennett
I Remember
Haunting memories won't leave me alone I remember you what you did to me I
remember October November I remember what you did to me Hot night in
summer I never forget the time in June I remember The love we had why make it
look so bad I remember I remember the place I remember your face I remember
it oh so well I remember I remember your touch I remember how much I remember
how we felt All the good times were not for waste And we were never in any
haste We grew to know each other well so well Our lives a story to
tell I remember you what I did to you do you remember October NovemberI
remember what I did to you Hot night in summer I never forget the time in
June I remember The love we had why make it look so bad I remember I
remember the place I remember your face I remember it oh so well I remember I
remember your touch I remember how much I remember when I remember now and
then I remember I remember the place I remember your face I remember it oh
so well I remember I remember y our touch I remember how much I remember how
we felt I remember
lead vocal: Ziggy Marley harmonies: Cedella
Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums: Wilburn Cole bass: Glen
Brownie guitars: Earl Smith, Ian Coleman keyboards: Carol McLaughlin,
Ziggy Marley, Mallory Williams harmony arrangement: Mikey Bennett
Day By Day
Now whether you come from yard or whether you come from London Wanna hear
this one on your radio station Conscious lyrics have to reach number
one Teach we come to teach we come to teach the nation lyrically
lyrically inspiration Love and nuff unity with lots of education We'll
take it by the hundred take it one by one This is ragga with the
inspiration I can only sing of destruction today cause my people are shedding
blood everywhere There is no happy song to sing when every time I'm
frowning I watch my back as I pass through cause they're aiming their bullets
at me Jah say he see us through so I knew that the wicked would
perish Never forget your dreams life is full of ups and downs yea No
matter how hard it seems never forget your dreams Just take it day by day by
day by day by day by day day by day by day by day by day we laugh at them
for they know their day is coming The wicked draw their sword to slay the
upright The wicked bend their bows to cast down the poor Yet their swords
shall pierce them in their own hearts Never you lose your faith things and
times will have to change yea Say you might be down today but never you lose
your faith Just take it day by day by day by day by day by day Day by day
by day by day by day Boom boom boom raggamuffin done tell you this yah tune
yah a boom Boom boom boom rugu rugu done tell you this yah tune yah a
boom Junior going in a the place and everybody say boom Boom this yah boom
this yah tune yah a boom raga muffin on the version so it must be a
boom Boom this boom this yah tune yah a boom boom boom this is ragga ragga
telling you bout the boom Worry not of tomorrow for we know not what a day
may bring Faithful are the wounds of a brother than the kisses from an
enemy Pride is their chain of honor violence is the garment that covers
them My feet were at that stumbling point but I didn't slip Never forget
your dreams life is full of ups and downs yea Say no matter how hard it seems
never forget your dreams Let's take it day by day by day by day by day by
day Day by day by day by day by day So ragga muffin junior gong with a
next element keep the vibes in a the music make so the music Have strength
don't forget all you dreams nor you hopesyah me friend ragga muffin junior
gong a Teach it like a reverand so all foreigner go hold a yardie accent and
make we take you weh and fling You to another wavelength like the Nazerene
Samson we have a lot of strength bigging up Jah Jah Blowing breath like a
vent
lead vocal: Ziggy Marley dj: Stephen Marley, Damian
Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums:
Wilburn Cole bass: Christopher Meredith keyboards: Mallory Williams, Carol
McLaughlin guitars: Ian Coleman, Earl Smith additional drums: Danno
Saratak
Five Days A Year
This something for my baby oh explaining how the way it goes Want to tell
you you're my cherry oh this is how the way it goes She says it's my line of
work that makes a woman really hurt I said yo I'm trying but she started
crying She believes I'm lying I'm trying she says
Five days a year I
don't see you much five days a year It's not enough Five days a year that's
really rough five days a year yeah Now I could tell she really hurts and she
thinks I'm dishing dirt But Jah Jah knows I'm trying but she insists I'm
lying
Well she keeps on crying and crying she says Five days a year I
don't see you much five days a year it's not enough Five days a year that's
really rough five days this year yeah She say we don't do things together
anymore and it seems we're not together anymore
repeat
She said
it's my line of work that makes a woman really hurt I said yo I'm trying but
she started crying She believes I'm lying I'm trying she says Five days a
yar I don't see you much five days a year it's not enough Five days a year
that's really rough five days this year yeah She say we don't do things
together anymore and it seems we're not
together anymore
repeat
That makes a woman, that makes a
woman Five days a year
lead vocal: Stephen Marley harmonies:
Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums: Wilburn Cole bass: Glen
Brownie keyboards: Mallory Williams, Carol McLaughlin, Ziggy
Marley guitars: Earl Smith, Ian Coleman, Uzziah Thompson harmony
arrangement: Wayne Hammond
Notice
Notice how she moves into the night notice Dressed up like a pimpers
paradise notice She came over to me and said she whispered softely in my
head What do you do yea are you alone tonight She said what do you do are
you a mama's child Notice how she has an alibi Where and when she hasn't
been tonight Seem she didn't get the drift I had to build another
spliff What doyou do yea and are you alone tonight What do you do are you
a mama's child Notice how she moves into the night Yea she's like a
pimper's paradise Came over to me and said she whispered softly in my
head What do you do yea are you alone tonight She said what do you do hey
are you a mama's child What do you do yea are you alone tonight She said
what do you do dread are you a mama's child
lead vocal: Stephen
Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums:
Wilburn Cole bass: Christopher Meredith keyboards: Carol McLaughlin,
Mallory Williams, Ziggy Marley guitars: Ian Coleman, Earl
Smith percussion: Uzziah Thompson harmony arrangement: Grub
Cooper
Diamond City
Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone yea Well I've seen a crime to which I can't be
blind living in a diamond city with a broken heart Well I've seen a crime
to it I can't be blind living in a diamond city with a broken heart Oh
diamond city let me take you there There everyday there's a need for
revolution She's like a mother who denies her newborn milk Lost are the
thrills of life as we know them they one man swim yet many more
are drowning Well I've seen a crime to which I can't be blind living in a
diamond city with a broken heart Yes I've seen a crime to which I can't be
blind living in a diamond city with a broken heart In a diamond city let
me take you there Surely we can help each other in this earth Ain't no
need to be greedy or too proud no need Because the color of our skin they
gave us no chance to win Well I've seen a crime to it I can't be blind living
in a diamond city with a broken heart We will fight for our rights we will
fight for Africa we will fight for our freedom Did you hear we will fight
for Africa I've seen a crime to which I can't be blind living in a diamond
city with a broken heart Yes I've seen a crime where are the cops this
time living in a diamond city with a broken heart Oh diamond city come
here let me take you there let me take you there I'll take you
there
lead vocal: Ziggy Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon
Marley, Erica Newell drums: Raphael Wolde Miriam bass: Zeleke
Gessesse keyboards: Melaku Retta, Carol McLaughlin, Mallory
Williams guitars: Mulu Gessesse, Ziggy Marley percussion: Uzziah
Thompson harmony arrangement: Mikey Bennett
Jah Bless
Yea let me tell you something right now Don't care them jealousy don't
care hypocrisy zero visibility ahead of me Don't care hypocrisy their lies
and jealously zero visibility ahead of me but I still Work hard step by
step together work hard work hard step by step yea we'll put together Jah
bless and you muma vex jah bless and you pupa vex Jah bless popes
and preachers vex Jah bless Now stumbling blocks move out the way we've
got to make it through the day And all them works that you see go on I and I
no mash no corn Well stumbling block move out the way we've got to make it
through the day And all the works that you see go on I and I no mash no
corn So work hard push and pull together work hard work hard yea we want some
good work hard Tell you this yea one day we will be together Jah bless
and you muma vex Jah bless them pupa Jah bless the pope and
preacher vex
solo
Hey stumbling block move out of the way we've
got to make it through the day And all the works that you see go on well I
and I no mash no corn Hey stumbling block move out teh way we're gonna make
it through the day And all the works that you see go on yea well natty dread
no mash no corn We work hard work hard work hard till we belly full step by
step well pull together Jah bless and the preacher vex Jah bless my school,
teacher vex Jah bless all them people vex Jah bless
lead vocal:
Stephen Marley harmonies: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica
Newell drums: Wilburn Cole bass: Aston Barrett keyboards: Carol
McLaughlin, Earl Fitzsimmonds, Mallory Williams percussion: Uzziah
Thompson
People Get Ready
People get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage you
just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesel comin' Don't
need no ticket you just thank the Lord
People get ready Train to
Jordan Picking up passengers from coast to coast Faith is key Open the
doors and board them There's hope for all among the love the
most
There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who would hurt all
mankind just to save his own soul Have pity on those whose choices grow
thinner There ain't no hiding place from the Kingdom's throne
People
get ready There's a train a comin' You don't need no baggage you just get
on board All you need is faith To hear the diesel comin' Don't need no
ticket you just thank the Lord
There's a train there's a train there's a
train comin' people There's a train there's a train there's a train comin'
people There's a train there's a train there's a train comin' people Just
get on board
There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who would
hurt all mankind just to save his own soul Have pity on those whose choices
grow thinner There ain't no hiding place from the Kingdom's
throne
lead vocal: Ziggy Marley dj: Stephen Marley harmonies:
Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley, Erica Newell drums: Wilburn Cole bass: Glen
Brownie guitars: Earl Smith & Ian Coleman keyboards: Carol McLaughlin
& Mallory Williams percussion: Uzziah Thompson
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