And we continue. Today we also focus, more specifically, on the actual 'building blocks' of the wonderful music of Ziggi Recado. While I definitely do feel that this is a situation which is currently in the process of changing for the better - in my opinion until now, Ziggi has very much been underappreciated as a lyricist. I would argue, in fact, that at his very best, he is not only one of the best today, but I would also expect history to look back at his work very favourably and, in doing so, highlight a really powerful wordsmith. Today we do our part and spotlight ten completely random and completely genius displays of the might of the spoken word of the Statian fireball, Ziggi Recado. Lyrics!
'Mary'
"She takes me so far away
Mary really makes my day
Me and her connect in a passionate way
She’s deyah when I need her
I will never leave her
No because she takes me so far away
Mary really makes my day
Me and her connect in a passionate way
In a passionate way yeah
Rise inna di morning when I get a cup of tea
Best believe I got Mary sitting right next to me
Always need her inna di vicinity
She grow inna di hills
And she’s a natural beauty
Yow I love her sweet aroma
Her perfume is why I love when she come over
She free me up and take the burdens off my shoulders
I watched her grow from she was young and now she’s older"
[BOOM!]
'All Obstacles'
"Babylon there's gonna be a showdown in your town tonight yeah, yeah
Got people fed up and di system, dem seh things nah run too right, no way
And when wi speak, you neva learn -
So di fyah's gonna burn tonight, yeah yeah
And wid Jah Jah blessings, wi will overcome all obstacles
Dem come like wolf in sheep clothing, watch for their disguise
And people life mi seh dem try fi terrorize
And when di youth dem try fi rise -
All of dem good works you neva recognize
Just di negative you emphasize
Wah mek dem neva sopeak of love?
Wah mek dem always criticize???
Youth dem inna di slum, mi seh yah try fi brutalize
To live a life of love - you coulda neva visualize
Mr. Man I think it's time you realize
Dem try fi fight wi down, through dem nah waan fi si wi live up!
But even though wi stumble and wi fall, wi nah go give up!
Dem come wid all dem drugs, di youth dem brain dem try fi corrupt
But Jah Jah by wi side, so everything still bless up now
Wi living inna time bomb
I si dem spending millions on their nuclear weapons yow
Jah know it's for a reason
Mi si di whole a dem just mix up in this arms competition"
'Baddest'
"Things nah easy nowadays, poor people ah suffer
Nuff man ah hustle fi a living and dem do it proper
Youth dem ah follow di lead and seh dem want a shotta
An mek some fast money, so dem can provide fi Mama
It haffi come quick
Slow money caan cut it
Dem treasure cash more than dem life, a so much dem love it
Now dem ah bear arms, ready fi kick up a storm
Taking everything weh dem waan
Mi waan know -
Who seh dem a di baddest, baddest?
Seh dem sick and crazy
Dem a di maddest, maddest
Dem no, know demself
Ask dem a wah dis, wah dis?
[If you live by the gun, you will die by the gun]"
'Joker Smoker'
"I got my sensimilla plantation inna di hills
Cause mi no waan no crackpipe and Rastaman no swallow pill
Marijuana smoke this, watch, coming through my window sill
A ganja empire I & I ah build
Hey, police find 8,000 gram of white last night
Somebody drop it pon di course of a helicopter flight
Dem suspect Rasta and dem neglect mi rights and raid mi house at night wid gun and flashlight
Hey, ganja smoke's in the air
Man a nah [joker smoker]
Coke promoter fi disappear
Di highest grade's over here
Man a nah [joker smoker]
Crack supporter no come near
Ganja smoke's in the air
Man a nah [joker smoker]
Coke promoter fi disappear
Di highest grade's over here
Man a nah [joker smoker]
No no
Man a nah [joker smoker]
Yow, mi a nah cocaine pusha
Mi nah import nuttin and mi a no distributa
All mi have is one pound a sensi inna di rovah
And one pound weh stock unda di living room sofa
Dem find, two pound a sess inna di backyard
And four pound of sensi inna mi girl car
But dem nah find no cocaine, weh dem search fah
Why yah pressure di farmer man, star?"
'A New Day'
“World is in a big recession
Dem ah call it ‘crisis’
Politricks ah run di world, you betta analyze dis tune
Wi inna cycle, for a long time
Wi haffi ready now to step up to di frontline
Educate and get mentally fit
Globalization -
My generation witness too
When wi feel like wi close wi should know there’s a long way to go
Long way to go
Barriers inna di way, wi ahgo break dem down
United, we must stand up from the ground
Prepare and nah fear, just beware
There’s a revolution that’s near
Hey, when di clouds start to clear then the sun will come shining
Together as a people, wi haffi start climbing
Now is the time and today is the day
Straight forward mi seh
ONE WAY!
It's a new day!
Got to stand up!
I know!
We're gonna get there, we're gonna get there, we're gonna get there!
Look into di future and check it fi yahself
Everybody wants to be a millionaire in good health
But the bigga heads won't share di wealth
Ghetto people living with the cards they were dealt
Babylon living undercover like stealth
Blaze up di fyah, mek di whole a dem melt
Hey, what a day, what a day, what a day, when wi take a step inna di right way
And talk bout empower and solutions for di problems, that's evident
Certain government no really care about di residents
Revolutionary, wi ah stand fi di betterment
This I know, yeah
Get ready, tell di people wake up now
Because there is a lot of ground to make up now
Wi power mek di world shake up, every barrier wi gonna break!"
'Cry Murdah'
"Cause gun ah bust and shot ah fly inna di city some a dem living in
Bad boy nah give a damn, nuff a dem pon di street just murderin
Like dem no understand, make dem know dem haffi live and be wise
I say dem must realize
Hey hey
Cause when di youths pop it off, dem a make nuff bled run redda now
Nuff a dem lose dem soul an lick a shot inna dem bredda now
But when di tables turn, you know di judgment will be dredda now
Outta road is too dangerous!
That’s why dem a bawl murdah!
Somebody got gun down, in the street last night
Mama cry murdah!
Nuff a dem nah go live to see tomorrow
No no no
So dem ah bawl murdah!
Somebody got gun down, in the street last night
Mama cry murdah!
Nuff a dem nah go live to see tomorrow
To see tomorrow
Well too much a shot fly like bird round ya!
Babylon dem ah patrol and dem a search round ya!
Ganja smoke and Hennessey round ya!
When Ziggiman and Good Fellas dem a move round ya
Yo yo! I say!
And shotta neva hesitate when time fi let it off!
So nah badda get inna di way when dem a pop it off!
And nuff a dem lose dem way already now dem soul lost!
Got to be dem livin too fast!"
'High Time'
"I said it's high time wi start putting down the nine
And start trying to unite
Cause more love inna wi life, make everything bright
That's why I said that it's a bout time, wi start with the cease fire
So wi coulda live better
More love inna wi community is necessary
Cause everyday another ghetto youth dead
When these badman dem ahgo stop buss lead?
Ease off a di killing
Ease off a di bloodshed
It's like dem neva hear what The Almighty said
Cause it's a -
Crazy day!
These are -
Some crazy times!
So put down your weapons, this is self-destruction
I know you should know that it's -
High time!"
'Green Medicine'
"Green medicine in my brain
One whiff and then i can't complain
Wi get higher than rocket and plane
Deh pon mi ganja campaign
Green medicine in my brain
One whiff and then i can't complain
Wi get higher than rocket and plane
Deh pon mi ganja campaign
Gimme my herbs in I morning time
Mary haffi deyah when I rise
Some inna di evening time
Green medicine, oh yes it suits my mind
Coke and di crack, I nah go mingle wid dat
Love my sensimilla as a matter of fact
Like crate of Guinness, mi stock di herbs by di racks
When dem fight di herbs, I & I fight back
It's a green revolution dem ah witness
I & I ah endorse ganja business
So like a terrorist, dem put I pon di hitlist
But dem caan barricade I ganja practice"
'Shackles & Chains'
"Don’t let them get you down
Stay positive and never wear a frown
Negative vibes we ahgo bun dem down
Tell dem seh no tek dis ya bwoy fi clown
Mr. Babylon its plain to see -
Nowadays a mental slavery -
Dat have di youths dem inna bondage
But we breaking free
So we come fi tell di whole a dem now
Shackles and chains, caan stop the fire we a blaze!
[Babylon you must get erase]
Sorrows and pains, all of them will fade away
[Tomorrow will be a better day]
Shackles and chains, caan stop the fire we a blaze!
[Babylon you must get erase]
Sorrows and pains, all of them will fade away
[Tomorrow will be a better day]"
'Liberation'
"Life is a struggle, nothing good no come easy
Got to stand up for your rights now
There's no kink in life cycle - what is meant to be will be
Every eye will see Jah light now
Living at a time full of social injustice and inequity
Everyday we fuss and fight now
No powers of man can stop di fulfillment of prophecy
DEM AHGO WITNESS JAH JAH MIGHT NOW
War dem ah wait so dem so dem seh peace is not a possibility
War machine is what dem like yow
Starvation killing millions - tell me where's the generosity?
Tell mi where's the equal rights yow?
Mass political corruption dem call democracy
The working man ah feel di bite yow
Jah alone I & I praise, to babylon mi nah go kneel
This is liberation of your mind
Liberation of your soul
Liberation of your heart
Liberation of your thoughts
FREE UP YOUR MIND AND WALK
Yes this is liberation of your mind
Liberation of your soul
Liberation of your heart
Liberation of your thoughts
FREE UP YOURSELF AND WALK
I & I nah belittle I integrity
I man a no clone inna dem system
Who bring di weapon dem inna dis society?
Cause inna dis city nobody no make dem
Si dem selling their illusion of a people that's free
But that is modern enslavement
To divide and conquer is their philosophy
Every natural resource dem waan tek yeah
Every ancestral bond dem waan break yeah
Inna no babylon ritual I nah partake yeah
And The Most High I will never forsake yeah
Liberate yourself, mentally lock off di shackles and chains -
Inspire some change hey
Deh yah inna crucial time, but still wi gotta maintain, wi got to sustain
Hey babylon ah circle dem prey, dem ah move like vulture
Vampire dem bloodsucking inna dem culture
BUT I & I NAH GET DEVOURED TRUE WI PROTECT BY THE ALMIGHTY POWER!"
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