Lucky Dube -Prisoner

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1. War And Crime 2. Prisoner 3. False Prophets 4. Remember Me 5. Jah Live 6. Dracula 7. Reggae Strong 8. Don't Cry

 

 

 

 

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WAR AND CRIME

(Lucky Dube)

 

Everywhere in the world,

People are fighting for freedom

Nobody knows what is right,

Nobody knows what is wrong

The black man say it's the white man

The white man say it's the black man

Indians say it's the coloreds

Coloreds say it's everyone

Your mother didn't tell you the truth

Your father didn't tell you the truth

Nobody knows what is wrong

And what is right

How long is this gonna last

'Cause we've come so far so fast

When it started, you and I were not there

Why don't we......

 

 

Chorus:

Bury down apartheid

Fight down war and crime

Racial discrimination

Tribal discrimination (x2)

 

 

You and I were not there when it started

We don't know where it's coming from

And where it's going

So why don't we......

 

 

I am not saying this because I'm a coward

But I'm thinking of the lives that we loose

Every time we fight

Killing innocent people

Women and children yeah

Who doesn't know about the government

Who doesn't know about wars

Your mother didn't tell you the truth

'Cause my father didn't tell me the truth

The black man say it's the white man

The white man say it's the black man

Indians say it's the coloreds

When it started we were not there

We know where we come from but we don't know

Where we're going so

Why don't we......

 

 

Chorus:

Bury down apartheid

Fight down war and crime

Racial discrimination

Tribal discrimination (x2)

 

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PRISONER

(Lucky Dube)

 

Somebody told me about it

When I was still a little boy

He said to me crime does not pay

He said to me education is the key

As a little boy I thought I knew what I was doing

But today here I am in jail

 

 

Chorus:

I am a prisoner (x3)

 

 

I looked all around me

But to see nothing

But four grey walls staring at me

The policeman said to me son

They won't build no schools anymore

All they build will be prison, prison

They won't build no schools anymore

All they build will be prison, prison

They won't build no schools anymore

All they build will be prison, prison

'Cause today yeah

 

 

Chorus:

I am a prisoner (x3)

 

 

I asked the policeman he said

How much must I pay for my freedom

He said to me son

They won't build no schools anymore

They won't build no hospitals

They won't build no schools anymore

They won't build no hospitals

All they build will be prison, prison

All they build will be prison, prison

All they build will be prison, prison

All they build will be......

 

 

Chorus:

I am a prisoner (x3)

 

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FALSE PROPHETS

(Lucky Dube)

 

We see them every day moving up and down

Holding the bibles in their hands yeah

They're going to church every Sunday,

Telling people they are Christians yeah

 

Yeah man we're reading the bible and overstand

It's telling us of all the false prophets

And when the messiah gonna come down then

Them a gonna say these words

 

 

Chorus:

Jesus, I wanna be like you

False prophets, lies and illusions (x4)

 

 

And them a going around lamping Jah children

And them a going around lamping Jah creation yeah

I & I no like the Babylon style

I & I no like Babylon style yeah

'Cause them a going round lamping Jah creation man

And them a going round telling them lies

And them a going round lamping Jah creation man

And them a going round telling them lies

 

 

Chorus:

Jesus, I wanna be like you

False prophets, lies and illusions (x2)

 

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REMEMBER ME

(Richard Siluma)

 

Chorus:

Where ever you are

Remember me

In what ever you do

I love you daddy (x2)

 

 

You left for the city many years ago

Promised to come back and take care of us

Many years have gone by now

Still no sign of you, daddy yeah

Mother died of heartattack many years ago

when she heard that you were married again

Now I'm the only one left in the family

 

 

Chorus:

Daddy where ever you are

Remember me

In what ever you do

I love you (x2)

 

 

Wandering up and down the streets of Soweto

No place to call my home

I tried to find you many years ago

But the woman you married to

Was no good at all

 

 

Chorus:

Daddy where ever you are

Remember me

In what ever you do

I love you (x2)

 

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JAH LIVE

(Lucky Dube)

 

Chorus:

Jah live, Jah children

Jah live, Jah children

Jah live, Jah children

Let rastas never die (x2)

 

 

When everything is going right

They forget about your presence

But when the table turns upside down

They know that you're there

Through my mom who taught me that

You were always there

I wrote this little song of praise

Now I'm gonna sing it

 

 

Chorus:

Jah live, Jah children

Jah live, Jah children

Jah live, Jah children

Let rastas never die (x3)

 

 

The rastaman call him Jah,

Some people call him Allah

Englishman call him God but he is one

We may have different names to call him

But he cares for everyone

That's why i wrote this little song

 

 

Chorus:

Jah live, Jah children

Jah live, Jah children

Jah live, Jah children

Let rastas never die (x3)

 

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DRACULA

(Lucky Dube)

 

You're gonna try and hide

In the dark corners of the night

But he's gonna get you

Because he's no human, he's Dracula.....ha ha ha

 

 

Chorus:

Dracula (x4)

 

 

During the day he's my friend

But when the night falls he's no friend of mine

During the day he's my friend

But when the night falls he's nobody's friend

His eyes shine wild fire, his heart is cold as ice

I'm scared of him

He lives on human blood, he feeds on human flesh

Stay away he's got no mercy, no mercy at all

He's Dracula

 

 

Not everything that glitters is gold

Don't trust no-one, don't even trust yourself

A me a gonna say now

 

 

Chorus:

Dracula (x5)

 

 

Not everything that glitters is gold, yeah man yes I

Don't trust no-one, don't even trust yourself

A me a gonna say now

 

 

He's got the sweetest words you've ever heard

He talks like a new president,

Telling people what he's gonna do for them

He walks like a human being

He eats like everybody does

But deep down in his heart

He knows he's bad news yeah

His eyes shine wild fire, his heart is cold as ice

No mercy at all, Dracula, Dracula.....

 

 

Chorus:

Dracula (x4)

 

 

A him a going round lamping Jah children

A him a going round lamping Jah creation

I & I got eyewater inna me eye because dem lamp I man

 

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REGGAE STRONG

(Lucky Dube)

 

Reggae in the bathroom, reggae in the bedroom,

Reggae every where

Reggae in jail, reggae in church

Everybody likes it

 

 

They tried to kill it many years ago

Killing the prophets of reggae

Destroying the prophets of reggae

But somebody said to all the baldheads

Respect the rastaman 'cause he's the only one

Only one left in Jah creation

 

 

Chorus:

Nobody can stop reggae

Nobody can stop reggae

Nobody can stop reggae

'Cause reggae strong (x3)

 

 

You can change the stylee of playing reggae

You can change the rhythm of playing reggae

But never ever change the message

Everytime I play it Babylon wish me haffe dead

Everytime I play it Babylon wish me haffe dead

 

 

They tried to destroy it many years ago

Killing the prophets of reggae

Destroying the prophets of reggae

But somebody said to all the baldheads

 

 

Chorus:

Nobody can stop reggae

Nobody can stop reggae

Nobody can stop reggae

'Cause reggae strong (x3)

 

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DON'T CRY

(Lucky Dube/Richard Siluma)

 

Everytime I say I'm going I can see you gonna cry

Everytime I say I wanna go I can tell you gonna cry

Thinking of the lonely nights when I'm not there

Thinking of the lonely days when I'm gone

Thousands of people wanna see me

Millions are waiting for the message, I say

Billions are dying for the message

I am going round the world spreading the message

I am going round the world spreading the word

Don't cry, baby don't cry

 

 

Chorus:

Don't cry, don't cry (x2)

 

 

They wanna hear me saying "I'm on my own"

They wanna hear me saying "I've got you babe"

They wanna hear me saying "Together as one"

They wanna hear me saying "I'm a slave"

Don't cry

 

 

Chorus:

Don't cry, don't cry (x2)

 

 

Everytime I say I'm going I can see you gonna cry

Everytime I say I wanna go I can tell you gonna cry

Thinking of the lonely nights when I'm not there

Thinking of the lonely days when I'm gone

Thousands of people wanna see me

Millions are waiting for the message, I say

Billions are dying for the message

I am going round the world spreading the message

I am going round the world spreading the word

So don't cry, baby don't cry

 

 

Chorus:

Don't cry, don't cry (x2)

 

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