ALBUM : I-TESTAMENT
CAPLETON
OLD AND THE YOUNG
Chorus:
I see the old and
the young have to come
Come forth come seeketh Jah Jah kingdom
Watch the old and the young have to come
Behold the knowledge and gain the wisdom
Granny say she old but she no cold
She no have time fi go lose her soul
Say she want to leave out the pickney control
Haile Selassie I precious more than silver and gold
Him have the half that never been told
She want to head to Ethiopia and leave out the north pole
Granny say she no want live like no critch owl
King Selassie I she say she have to behold
Chorus:
Well mad man dem want come
Say dem want stop nyam out a drum
All the gun man dem want fi put down dem gun
No more innocent man not fi get shot down
Dem a wait pon the Armageddon fi come
Man stop eat pork, man stop drink rum
Man stop smoke coke, stop take opium
Round the ites, green and gold every man want fi come
Only Emperor Selassie I can make dem have fun
I see the old and the young have to come
Chorus:
Oh what a joy to see the gathering
To see the elderly and the little children sing
Oh what a joy to see the gathering
And the good vibes we maintaining
Oh what a joy to see the bingi chanting
With the one-two clapping and the drum beating
Oh what a joy to see the bingi chanting
Earthquake, thunder, lightning
Well, I could hear the voice of every Ethiopian hailing
Heading to the east and from the west we are leaving
Nyabingi drum everyone keep chanting
Redemption song every man keep railing
Only King Selassie I alone can give the blessing
The old and the young have to come
Dem have to chant and sing
Chorus:
NAH BOW (DO NOW)
Hot a fire burn down
Babylon again
Nah bow could neva
Nah bow could neva
Nah bow could neva
Nah bow could neva
Nah bow could neva
Chorus:
Well but a weh dem a go do now
Now dem see rasta nah bow
Cause rasta man no sell ollogyow
Weh dem a go say now dem see bingi nah bow
We nah eat dem goat an cow
Then again
How can I put dem on my mind
When I know Jah Jah truth nuff a dem nah go find..
How can I put dem on my mind
When I know their own truth they will have to find
How can I put them on my mind
When dem never see
When Jah Jah show dem the sign
When nuff a fight fi position
All dat encourage I said is division
With dem politricks and dem old religion
All it create is just war and bare friction
Well bingi man deh yah fi make a decision
Can't make dem distract we from Jah Jah mission
Dem a worry bout we sight
Ask bout we vision
Dem want know weh certain things it derive from
>From the injustice and the manipulation
Death without dignity and exploitation
Desregarded not regarded of dem illusion
Dem get the dream but a we get the vision
Jah inspire man with the perseverance
Vision and the will fi burn down Babylon
Nya man gwaan chant mi song
Chorus:
Well go tell dem
Ras a no style nor trend
Go tell dem
Ras a the high testament
Manifestation is there for everyone yah mi frien'
Only the righteous man observe dem
Straighten you crooked ways
If you know seh dem bend
Unbelieveable crime nuff commit yah mi frien'
True a infatuation motivate dem
Nuff a dem go bow down to ornament
True dem no have a clean heart nor a clear conscience
And dem no render dem heart
Dem go render garments
Dem no stop from oppose
No stop from offend
Till dem become vampire and pestilence
Till dem drinking the blood of dem children
So dem destined to a long age of punishment
Go tell dem
Dem make the wrong commitment
Cause on dem roll call
Nuff nah go present
Nuff name nah go call
That mean dem absent
While the rastaman
Still a chant him reverence
Emperor Selassie I is omnipotent
Well again
Chorus:
Well refrain from the negativity
That we believe
I have to achieve what I have to achieve
For my sisters and my brothers
The youths dem need
True nuff can't suppress
Resist anger and greed
Well dem become liars and become thiefs
Jah Jah all a warn dem and dem still nah take heed
So dem become deserter
No stop from deceive
The blood of corruption dem surely shall bleed
Nuff a dem heart whe the bingi man a read
And get to overstand seh nuff a dem a bad seed
Dem fell amongst the stone
And the thorn and get squeeze
So nya man go rout out the bad weed
Chorus:
STEEP MOUNTAIN
Chorus:
Well it is a steep
mountain to climb
And it is a deep river to cross
The road is rocky and rough
So I can't afford for my soul to lost
And I cannot take this no longer
And I cannot bear this no more
Tired to see my sisters and brothers
Convicted and ignored
So I got to fetch the righteous key
And I got to open sesame
And I got to set the captive free
And I got to hail His majesty
And I got to emancipate myself from mental slavery
The bingi man will never get weary
The rasta man will never grow old
That's why the half has never been told
But the bingi man
come fi clean up dem soul
the bingi man will never get weary
the rasta man will have his reward
but Jah Jah bless I with the strength
and the comfort of His love
so long the liar bring this out
and you no read between the lines
then oonu woulda see what the rastaman find
the truth and the love that is so divine
unity, strength and we have fi combine
this is a collective mission
everyone have to join
any means necessary
a method we have to find
to stop all the war, poverty and crime
politricks and religion we have fi lef that behind
can't go a Zion with no carnal mind
look how we a warn dem time after time
be your brother's keeper and you sister same time
remember that you mother and you father is divine
to righteousness you must always incline
oonu see Jah sign
Chorus:
MARK OF THE BEAST
Chorus:
Well.. I see the
devil set his throne
Ina the heart of rome
Proclaiming the mark of the beast
War dem a deal dem nah deal with no peace
Again.. I see the devil set his throne
Ina the heart of rome
Proclaiming the mark of the beast
The west shall perish
man have fi head to the east
well after mi search and me no find when me seek
the beast and the harlot a do it
tell dem to look before dem leap
and think before dem speak
tell dem to watch all the god weh dem seek
tell dem to watch all the friend weh dem keep
watch all the place you lay you head and sleep
nuff a dem a sell out and come to sell you out cheap
Chorus:
Bit youth me say a africa we from
Yes a deh so we belong
Mek we hail mama afri.. me say mama africa
Africa we from
Yes a deh so we belong
We a go hail mama afri.. me say mama africa
Africa is for african
Those at home and abroad
Look forward unto africa
You will get your reward
Said a africa fi african a deh so we belong
Chorus:
I see the evil force trying to overcome the righteous force
I know the positive force will always overcome the negative force
Again.. I see the evil force trying to overcome the righteous
force
I know the positive force will always overcome the negative force
Again.. long time we a preach
Dem never want listen it
Money out of circulation and no more you no see it
And the whole world start to live pon credit
Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hand quick
Then if you want a solution
Then we'll have a revolution
Want a solution then you'll have a revolution
A revolution of the mind
Chorus:
NO MAN CAN SAVE NO MAN
The truth has been
hidden
Oh so long so long
But now it has been revealed to the younger generation
Jah call upon the youth dem
Just true they are strong so strong
So mister wicked babylonian
Just low me make me go on chant the song
Then me chant me song
Stress us not in oppression
But I shall wake up on top of your expectation
No man can dwell ina corruption
King Selassie I shall stretch forth his hand
Again.. stress us not in oppression
But I shall wake up on top of your expectation
Don't forget Jah will solve your problem
Chorus:
And sing.. no man can save no man
Every tub have fi go sit down pon dem own bottom
Judgement
Man can't condemn no man
Every tub have fi go sit down pon dem own bottom
Well.. self praise is the first recommendation
Give the praises that is the almighty one
The man who create the sea, create the land
The man giveth live and blow breath ina man
You better know where you going and where you come from
Know where you born and where you belong
Every year me see Babylon set up dem plan
To sit down with Lucifer 2000
And dem fertility destruction
The maternity hospital operation
And dem combat institution
Take mercenary squad
A where the aids come from
The whole a dem a try fi wipe out we nation
Tell the whole of dem dem better overstand
Black is not recessive
Say black is dominant
And king Selassie I a ruler fi every man
Well free your own heart with all your meditation
Chorus:
Well.. every tub have fi go sit down on dem own bottom
You have to free your own heart guard your own tongue
Nuff a dem no see when the Emperor come
A lightning and thunder when the man touch down
A showers of blessing did come shower down
And little after that a just the burning sun
>From the east a flock of white dove did come
Man a chant nyabingi a beat bongo drum
A the first dem ever see so much ganja pipe burn
Babylon spot the works
The whole a dem dumb
The ruler of creation Him come
Well a Emperor Selassie I
A him send me come
Meditation from me heart and the word from me tongue
Well.. make Babylon come down
Chorus:
Well.. no man cannot save his brother's soul
You have an aim and a desire
Reach for your goal
Dem say that the half have never been told
But to my concern me say the half have been told
True dem have we birthright, literature and we gold
True dem have to have we under dem portfole
Nuff a dem a play ina dem corruption role
Free your own heart you have your own soul
Chorus:
Well none but ourselves shall free our mind
Jah come to take the chain off dem mind
Still nuff a dem a go on like seh dem blind
But blessed assurance Selassie is mine
Oh what a fortress glory divine
I sight mabrak then the beast stay behind
Every year Babylon dem have a new plan design
Me see dem with dem genocidal mind
Too much boundary and too much borderline
Too much mac-11 and too much tech-9
Too much innocent man dead pon train line
Free your own heart guard your own mind
The truth has been hidden
Oh so long so long
But now it has been revealed to the younger generation
MOVIN ON
Chorus:
Well.. so many years
down ina Babylon
But rasta keep movin on
Movin on, movin on, movin on
So many years down ina Babylon
But rasta keep movin on.. judgement
Well they playin tricks on my mind
Say with your war and your evilous crime
Well I've been warning dem time after time
And still none of dem dem never pay me no mind
But I know if I seek then I know I will find
And the mountain is steep
But I still have to climb
I'm going home on seven miles of black star line
I see Babylon dem all a run out of time
Material all a run out pon dem genocidal mind
Chorus:
Well.. moving out a Babylon no more we nah go tarry
We nah go linger ina dem Babylon alley
Move to the hills man and move to the valley
Man a go plant up dem collie
Well.. long time Babylon a teach us pure folly
Just true dem want us to silly
But.. the whole a dem going go down ina the gully
Bingi man me see it practically
Chorus:
Well.. moving out a Babylon no more we nah go Rome
Bruck up dem scissors and we bruck up dem comb
Emperor Selassie I dem try to dethrone
No man was worthy to sit in his throne
Nuff a dem touch it and dry out to bone
The bear, the eagle and the dragon dem have fi bow down
Well Ethiopia I know is I home
Well I say soon I'm coming home
READY TO SHOUT
well dem think I was
over and out
but me just a get
I getting ready to shout shout shout shout
so me go burn dem meat and me burn theology
me go burn dem folly and go burn dem story
me go burn dem gimmicks and burn dem theory
me burn [Vasco] de Gama
DEATH ROW
(*)
Well Marcus Garvey
there pon the wing
So me say when the wind a blow
King Selassie I sit upon the throne and is the ites and I know
The man will set the orders of the livity show
nuff a dem still go stoop low
and all the wrong trumpet rastafari go catch dem a blow
and all the wrong boat we a go catch dem a row
from a little bit a grow
this a one thing me know
if a good seed you sow then a good seed will grow
if a bad seed you sow then a bad seed will grow
Rastafari the ? when Him grow
ask military man and him will tell you so
this the Emperor I no one can get overthrow
just like the chaff
you feel your life blow
well corruption and filthiness now me a tell dem fi lef
lef all the woman dem skirt and all dem blouse and dem dress
lef out the big mac-11 and the gloc and the tech
cause all that promote is just violence and sex
the old trick of divide and rule is still valid ina the west
division is you aim that's why you system you set up
so me see why you go deal internet
true you want fi run all mi nation to wreck.
Then you try fi impress with your evil concept
And after you achieve then you turn 'round reject
If you dis ? and Melchizidek
Go tell the whole a dem what's up next
Jah come fly down pon the flesh
Me say none of that me no fi eat
Jah give man herb and vegetable
Give we us meat
And still the wrong food nuff a dem gwaan go fi eat
You not gwaan know the truth unless you seek
Well only the strong can straighten the weak
Well Emperor Selassie I is undefeat
Well Mussolini try and Jah rip that to piece
And in a while Jah Jah send them go sleep
The battle though, I know they have to retreat
Dem headin for coffin and a wreath
STOP THE COMING
Chorus:
Well stop you coming
and come
Cause we leaving out a Babylon
Babylon soon done
Bingi man me song
Well stop you coming and come
Cause Ethiopia a the closest thing to the sun
Me sing again..
Well stop you coming and come
Cause we leaving out a Babylon
Babylon soon done
Bingi man me song
Well stop you coming and come
Ethiopia a the closest..
Well repatriate you mind and come
We see dem have to run way from out a jamdown
But we nah go leave until we boom down sodom
And the ghetto youth dem educate out a the slum
And the mad man dem stop nyam outa drum
And the gun man dem all put down dem gun
A wait for the right revolution to come
Politricks and religion we trample that down
Sight to the blind and speech to the dumb
And the cripple man dem all get up and run
Well Emperor Selassie I come again..
Chorus:
Well judgement whe me go trod down ina the west
Pon the road of corruption
Now me beg dem no step
Tell dem leave out the filthiness
And leave out the mess
Tell dem destroy the coke
And let us elevate ourselves
Then me beg some a dem
Don't lay to rest
Cause pon the battlefield warriors no restless
Well straight a Zion
And no stop we nah make
Me beg some a dem stop ride down the west
Leave out the haskel and leave out the tech
A full time now we make a positive step
Educate the ghetto youth and make them think and check
Me tell some a dem fi watch all dem flex
Then watch all the harlot train what dem a take
No flex like no crow bait no flex like rex
Man trample corruption
Filthiness a mess
As Emperor Selassie I him conquer death
Evil is darkness and darkness is death
No mark of no beast me nah go take.. you check
Chorus:
So me go trod down ina the east
Now with me intention to go destroy the beast
Ina the heart a Vatican a where the whole a dem meet
Me catch dem partake ina dem Devil feast
A catch dem all a cook up all dem bloody meat
In the bed of corruption me go catch dem a sleep
And catch dem a wrap up under corruption sheet
We caught dem a rape.. a kill.. a thief
A rob all the food from the baby whe de creep
Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth
Me nah go take no mark of the beast.. you see it
Chorus:
Well repatriate you mind and come
We see dem have to run way from out a Jamdown
But we nah go leave until we burn down sodom
And the ghetto youth dem educate out a the slum
And the mad man dem stop nyam outa drum
And the gun man dem all put down dem gun
A wait for the right revolution to come
Ina the school and the college
Politricks and religion we trample that down
RAGGY ROAD
(*)
JAH RASTAFARI
~and I saw an I-ngel ascended from the east. having the seal of
the living
King, Emperor Haile Selassie I, the Most High. And He cried out
with a loud
voice, sayin~
chorus:
well, it's a raggy road
road is so rough
raggy road
road is so tough
raggy road
a road is so rough
raggy road
well I been troddin this road for the longest while
and me career nuff a dem want fi soil
troddin this road for the longest while
and never yet try profit off all another man toil
troddin this road for the longest while
a long time in this house and me no stop till the soil
troddin this road for the longest while
and give away more than one tenth of the spoil
troddin this road for the longest while
and still me lamp never run outa oil
this the one you have fi feel
tell dem a no bargain
tell dem a no deal
nuff a dem nah want put dem shoulder to the wheel
so dem go rape.. dem go rob.. and dem go kill and steal
all a try eat all a another man meal
onu deaf, onu dumb, onu blind fi go feel
one man was worthy to open the seal
Emperor Selassie I I know is real
Babylon get trampled under me heel
Chorus:
Well, nuff a dem go get throw overboard
Like Henry Morgan with the pirate code
Nuff a dem a trod upon corruption road
Nuff a dem a trod with Satan heavy load
True dem promote that dem and
The bingi man no
Bingi man no pose
Bingi man no wear up dem Babylon clothes
In a me turban and me asian robe
Well dem a come see
We come fi expose
The righteous works nuff try oppose
I see judgement a take dem evil at the sword
Judgement take dem and then dem explode
Chorus:
Immanuel road so rough
Selassie I road so tough
Well Babylon dem have fi run
Now dem see the hour and how come dem a go run
I'm like the lightning and the thunder
Come fi conquer dem gun
I'm like the rain I'm like the breeze
I'm like the river that run
I'm like the star I'm like the moon
I'm just like the sun
And dem give the ghetto youth dem gun
Fi shoot dem brother down
Babylon you judgement a fi come
Chorus:
BABYLON USE DEM BRAIN
(*)
You know seh everything it have to fill before it spill
Babylon a use dem brain
True man all the ghetto youth dem fi go down the drain
Babylon a use dem brain
The mark of the beast the whole a dem a proclaim
Babylon a use dem brain
Dem all a fight against herb and dem a shipping cocaine
Babylon a use dem brain
With dem genocidal mind dem a go burn in the flame
Oh what a agony and oh what a shame
To see my black brother goin right down the drain
Man made to suffer and woman to feel pain
Dem rape me mommy.. me sister
I say oh what a shame
Brother.. me father have fi chop sugar cane
Pon the plantation under stress and shame
Pon dem hand and dem foot dem just the shackles and chain
Now dem take it off and put it pon dem brain
True dem a me nation fi go down the drain
Now the youth dem realize and shout the Haile Haile name
Man of a lion
that mean we can't tame
One thing is me desire one thing is me aim
This a wicked Babylon dem a go down the drain
What a crisis, you would cry fi see this
Cause Dem a come with dem kit
Just to take every bit
No think me nah know
You are the boss with your kit
But oh I a say hey, you won't be leaving with
I tell dem how could dem cadet go down practice
Now I see dem own face and dem own wanna vomit
Hey hey hey hey.. you're not being kind
Have what you rob and now you leave us behind
Now something drop from your hand
But you not touch it cause a mine
What's new unto us
We have fi deal with everytime
Chorus:
But this is one thing I can not overstand
Dem nah teach me nothing about me Asian clan
Ina the school and the college and the institution
The cirriculum that I get is European
A teach me about Marco Polo and Napoleon
Nah teach me nothing about the river Nile bank
Where civilization it began
You say thou shall not steal and should not kill no one
Still you steal, treacherize and then you teach wrong
Slave and you murder all me dad and me mom
But wicked Babylonian you will have to burn
Tell dem come down
Fire burn all politician
Causing their suit, making us their plan
Well your dishonesty and war is their illustration
Competing, this is more than competition
Cause they dem fighting just to enslave black man
And have dem parties
Just a cause we partition