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Max Romeo - War Inna Babylon
Lee
'Scratch' Perry
| Song
Lyrics |
Biblical
Reference |
It sipple out
deh!
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
It sipple out deh, wha' you seh, it sipple out
deh, oh yeah
De baba men nuh like de dreadlocks man
De dreadlocks man nuh like de baba man, no
De po-lice men nuh like de dreadlocks man
De dreadlocks man nuh like de po-lice man, no
So war inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh, oh yeah
War inna babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
Let me tell, it sipple out deh
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh, oh yeah |
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| When come pride
then cometh shame |
Proverbs
11:2 - When pride cometh, then
cometh shame:
but with the lowly is wisdom |
A man pride
shall bring him low, yeah, oh yeah
Honour shall uphold the humble in spirit
And you know it's true, yeah , oh yeah |
Proverbs
29:23 - A man's pride shall
bring him low:
but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. |
War inna
Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? we slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
true, true, true, it sipple out deh
let me tell, we slide out deh
Marcus Garvey prophesies, say:
"One mus' live 10 miles away, yeah, in this
time"
I-man satta at the mountain top
Watching Babylon burning red hot, red hot
War inna Babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? we slide out deh, oh yeah
War inna babylon, tribal war inna Babylon
A wha' you seh, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
True, true, true, it sipple out deh
So wha' fe do ? mek we slide out deh, oh yeah
true, true, true, it sipple out deh
let me tell, we slide out deh |
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Note:
"it sipple out deh" means "it's slippery (dangerous)
out there"
The title refers to the violence at the Jamaican election
in 1976
from
the Reggae Lyrics Archive @ http://hjem.get2net.dk/sbn/reggae.htm
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