What I'm Listening To: July [Lyrics!]

'Modern Day Judas' by Jesse Royal [Overstand Entertainment]

"Some people you rate

And dem still choose to show you hate

Run dem outta yah yard

From dem ah play bad card

Hey dem a backbiters

Hypocritical 2-siders

Wi call dem modern day judas

And spreaders of rumours

Hey dem a backbiters

Hypocritical 2-siders

Wi call dem modern day judas

And spreaders of rumours

Hey so why should I be afraid of you, when you bleed just like I do?

The more you try to fight, Jah Jah light keep shining through

So I've got no time for you

Cuz inna my view you wanna step inna mi shoe

You wish you neva live aloof and feel so damn confused

How everyday you wake, you ache because you know you fake

And every step you take ah bring you closer to your grave

But I am like a column weh no easily shake

Mi certain seh a fi mi none a unuh can take

Wi guided by The Master: Defender of The Faith 

Yes, ordained to be great"  

The Shank I Tun Up Riddim [Fat Eyes Productions]

"Hard worka!

Wi waan weh wi work fa

Before it get ugly and somebody get hurt fa

Nuh ramp wid wi food

Tell dem seh no play wid wi food

Man haffi out deh ah look di food

So no bwoy caah come tek wi food

Mi haffi wonda if di bigga heads dem see

It no easy fi mek two ends meet

Go ask di single baby-mothers how dem dweet

Jah Jah bless di likkle food di children eat

But mi haffi give thanks fi life still

JPS mi ah beg you, tek time wid di light bill

Cost of living it a higha than a high hill

Mi haffi wonda if a off di poor, dem ah try kill" 

-'Nuh Ramp Wid Wi Food' by Chuck Fenda

"Love is just a smile

Love is just a kiss

Love is joy & happiness

Love is just a smile

Love is just a kiss

Love is joy & happiness

Then if you ain't got love, you've got nothing at all 

You coulda rich

You gotta big house and a wall

But, no love in your ear, you gone fall

No love in your ear, you gone fall

And nuff time some likkle guy diss mi

Promise mi all bullet and Jah know seh it piss mi

A one thing mi know: Dem nah no love, dem nah no weh a go -

Of that mi sure

Devil himself caan run come forbid mi

Nah render evil fi evil fi mek him trick mi

Good over evil now mi haffi get di victory

Nah go mek di badmind disease come trick mi 

LOVE IS JUST A SMILE! . . ." 

-'Love Is A Smile' by Lutan Fyah

The Dub A Rub Riddim [Chiney K Productions/Zojak Worldwide]

 "Watch how you roam di city pack 

A things and time get critical 

Most of di people dem inna di world ah study this devil ritual

Flash dem oil and dash dem powder

They are not spiritual

Fi silver and gold nuff lose dem soul 

And nuff man bow fi pretty gal

Blood ah shed, peer man ah dead dung inna di old capital

Police fi serve and protect and dem a di biggest criminal

Prime Minister to di Governor General a ginal

Fool yahself fi nuttin at all, you end up a prison oval 

Got to fall

Mi bun dem all

Dem too antisocial 

I no praise John Pall, him too supernatural 

To how earth ah run, watch how you choose ya pen-pal

MOST OF DI PEOPLE DEM NOWADAYS YOU KNOW DEM SICK MENTAL

Di dread dem nowadays, yeah nuff a dem a rental

Dem no respect you from you no come from inna di residential

Ghetto youth mi link big and it presidential 

Haffi strive, dem must survive because it well essential

Jah give mi di vibes and HIM bless mi wid a vocal"

Dem caan hold mi dung, not even wid por**

Cah di one yah well red, hot like a ozonal 

More blessing fi mi dem, straight up total

More blessing international, also local

Youth get court-martial!

Look pon Port Royal!

Chin! A nuh nuttin normal!"

-'It's Getting Ruff' by Determine

The Most Royal Riddim [Maximum Sound]

"Elevate your mind!

Chant Rastafari!

I and I and I, praises to The Most High

Elevate your mind!

Chant Rastafari!

I and I and I, praises to The Most High

Babylon ah have di youth dem lookin in di sky

Waiting for an angel to save I and I

Theif our culture - it, dem deny

Analyze, open your eyes and youth wise

Homeless, restless, babylon careless

Starving, famine

Everything is hopeless

Recession, oppression, depression, dem stepped on

Seek -

And you will find salvation

Price higher

Guns higher

Roadblock, bun tire

War inna babylon system a vampire

Soldiers, police and civilians exchange fire

Not even water can cool this hot lava

Signs and wonders, lightening, thunder

Babylon ah f#@k with Mother Nature

Earthquake, cyclone, flood and brimstone

Drought all about

Mek wi forward to Africa

Hey

Well a babylon ah have di youths dem lost inna bondage

Hocus and pocus, dem cause so much damage

Mental flames have yah brains inna bondage

Free your mind with the wisdom and knowledge"

-'Chant Rastafari' by Tarrus Riley

"So neva underestimate your brother

Never understimate your sister

Maybe ragged and rough, but they're clean inside and tomorrow they could be the Prime Minister

A Jah Jah lead the way

And wi no bow to vanity

Ignorance is our enemy

All material things shall fade away!" 

-'White Collar Boss' by Sizzla Kalonji 

"In the name of survival

Dem teach wi seh a money a wi idol

Yes, in the name of survival 

Dem alla tell wi seh wi bredda a wi rival

Oh in the name of survival

Whole heap a war dem fight and seh a tribal

Then in the name of survival

Remember seh a kill fi kill, so just look out fi di reprisal

Well in the name of survival, nuff seh dem ah lead

But dem insatiable greed left di nation dem ah bleed

And nuff a game dem ah police

Dem nah promote no peace

Some a dem worse than di thief

And nuff seh dem a pastor

Nuff seh dem a priest

Dem a hypocrite, cah dem nah practice what dem preach

Dem talk bout di lawyer and who seh dem a judge

Justice fi sell

Now dem, pocket ah bulge

In the name of survival, nuff seh dem ah hustle 

Only waan fi exercise dem trigger finger muscle"

-'Survival' by Agent Sasco

{One more MASH! We'll be back early next week!}