Words of The Week: 'Soul Survivor' by Jahdan Blakkamoore & Princess Menen

Jahdan Blakkamoore
Princess Menen

'Soul Survivor'

Keep di fire burning!

Man a bun soul survivor
Go tell dem seh
Soul survivor
Man a ancient fyah walker
Through di fyah
And barefooted wi ah step thru di fyah
Barefooted wi ah step thru di lava

Blakkamoore! Princess Menen! Man a ancient fyah walker Barefooted wi ah trod thru di fyah

I & I
Soul survivor
Like Shardrach walking through di fire
Through di fire
Spirit rider
Spirit rider
Like Daniel in the den with the lions
Soul survivor
Guitar hard strumming and wi nah get tired
Get tired
Spirit rider
Spirit rider
We hit the ground running got a lot more coming now

Through the ages
We keep on singing these songs
Afrikan stars keep shine
And we keep on striving on
And through the stages we go
Like the wind we keep blowing on
And no matter the fight I know that we’ll stand strong

For years and years without tears we did ah step it up
No matter how the pressure get high
We hailing Rastafari!
No, we never say die!
And as a matter of fact!
You know we haffi stay strapped!
I ah

Soul survivor
Like Shardrach walking through di fire
Through di fire
Spirit rider
Like Daniel in the den with the lions
Lions
Soul survivor
Soul survivors
Guitar hard strumming and wi nah get tired
Get tired
Spirit rider
Spirit rider
We hit the ground running got a lot more coming your way

A soul survivor
We’ve got a lot more coming
Soul survivor
In this world there’s so much spiritual wickedness
They’re masters of the craft
No more practice
I was a victim and I was my witness
Oh no, what a whoa
Whoa
Flesh is weak at times
But the soul survives
Unsolved murders, oh what a mystery
The lock will be locked out even weakly
More ganja fi smoke stop slanging keys

Trod the earth more diligently
Hotter than 1000 degrees
Fari did set I free from di workers of inequity
Oh what a calamity
Yet they don’t want to see
Ghetto youths rising
Keep rising!
And to the top we go keep climbing
Keep climbing!
We are soul survivors
Yes we’ve made it!

Turn the pages
Reveal the time has come
Never before have my people needed to be so strong
And through the pressure we’re born like the diamond that comes form the cold
And no matter the fight I know that we’ll live on!

No matta how hard dem ah try dem coulda neva eva eva keep I down
Beast coulda neva come tek I crown
What goes around comes right back around
Well hot!
Chant two psalm and bun up dem spot!
Blazing fyah man ah walk through dat
Barefoot lak mi name Shadrock
Rastaman ah chat and stand pon lateral
Beast dem ah come fi yah soul on collateral
When you speak out dem call you ah radical
Haffi return to mi home lak Prodigal
If mi haffi sail pon di sea lak nautical
Or fly high in a plane, aeronautical
I’ve got to live natural
Protect your soul, it’s all about your survival

Through the ages
We keep on singing these songs yeah
Afrikan stars keep shine
And we keep on striving on
And through the stages we go
Like the wind we keep blowing on
And no matter the fight, I know that we’ll stand strong

Soul survivor
Like Shardrach walking through di fire
Through di fire
Spirit rider
Spirit rider
Like Daniel in the den with the lions
Lion’s
Soul survivor
Guitar hard strumming and wi nah get tired
Get tired
Spirit rider
Spirit rider
We hit the ground running got a lot more coming now . . .

Taken from the album "Babylon Nightmare"