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See note on Dreadlocks.

During the early years of the Rastafarian movement, when Rastafarians were taken captive and imprisoned overnight by the authorities, their locks would be shaved before they were set free again, hence: 'dreadlocks in moonlight, baldhead at sunrise...'






























* A 'sprat' is a type of small fish. 'A sprat to catch a whale' is therefore aiming at the impossible.


Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Dreadlocks In Moonlight


Song Lyrics

Biblical Reference

A time to sow and a time to reap, Ecclesiastes 3:2 - A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Yes, my friend  
The seed you sow, that’s what you shall reap Galatians 6:7 - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
I'll tell you again (?)
You light the fire, to burn this Nyah
But it no work out, you’re just a weakheart

You send your big neck police friends fe come cool lion
But it no work
For Jah Jah walk right in and cool up the scene
You get a jerk
 
Far better put they trust in Jah
Shall like be Mount Zion-I
That shall never removeth, iyah
But abideth for-iwa, Jah Jah
Psalm 125:1 - They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
The knife that stick de sheep a go stick de goat, do you hear?
How you gonna feel when de knife is at your throat?
For sowing bring reaping, and reaping is harves'
 
The seed that you sow a yard that’s what you shall reap, yeah Galatians 6:7 - Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Do you hear?  
Jah is I light and salvation, whom shall I fear?
Jah de protector of I life, of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27:1 - The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Hypocrite inna broad daylight, parasite inna dim light
Dreadlocks in moonlight, baldhead at sunrise, oh
 
Jah Jah is I shepherd, I shall not want
Do you hear? Do you see?
Jah Jah is I shepherd I shall not want
Psalm 23:1 - The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
You send your big neck police friends fe come cool lion
But it no work
For Jah Jah walk right in and cool up the scene
You get a jerk, you get a jerk, it no work
You set your sprat* to catch a whale
Little did you know
 
Jah put shackles on your trail
It didn’t work
It couldn’t work.....
Job 33:11 - He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.



Thanks to Gordon Jones
for a correction on the lyrics :-)

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