
Date of issue: 14.01.2008
Song language: English
Foundation (Soca fix) |
Glorious be to the Most High |
Jah! |
Rastafari! |
Woah nah nah nah nah nah |
Hey, you see Sly and Robbie. |
A just Selassie I send dem, well |
Play music fi heathen, well |
See di Christians we call dem, yeah |
'Cause a di Devil control dem |
Sly, a Selassie I send dem, well |
'Cause music haffi play then, yeah |
Mr. Robbie him a bass dem, well |
Taxi Gang come tell dem say that… |
Well Mr. Sly, well! |
Music we a play, and we a trample over Jungle |
Trample down a TG, Rema man we a talk to |
All Rema man, well unuh fi cool and unuh fi humble |
Put down all di guns and leave di chain and all di bangle |
Pon Selassie I, well we ready fi we people |
All Rasta man and bobo man we all a talk to |
Sly dem a play, we are licking out di evil |
Come now Taxi Gang come play fi di people |
Taxi Gang! |
A Selassie I send dem, well |
Music will lick the heathen dem |
All di Christians, we call dem, well |
'Cause a di Devil control dem |
But… |
Long time we a tell dem fi 'low carnival |
Dem waan mix Rasta man in dem bachanal |
True Mr. Sly him a foundation |
That’s why we play music fi each and everyone |
Yo, yo, yo! |
Music we a play, a yaso we run di route |
Music we a play fi all di man dem down a south |
Easy, Mr. Sly, and Taxi Gang run di route |
You nuh hear di music dem a bawl out |
Mission impossible, and a teach people |
Play fi all di dumb, di deaf, di blind and all di cripple, oh! |
Mr. Sly how you’re humble, nah rumble |
Because we too comfortable, so we tell dem! |
A King Selassie I send dem, well |
Taxi Gang come fi warn them, well |
Music under heathen, yeah |
The Pope, we control them, well |
Trample di Christian and di beast a Albashan |
Diss Rastaman, don’t you know say you ever wrong? |
Mr. Sly, play di music from 19, how long? |
Dem a play fi Bob Marley, Peter Touch, how much? |
How dem fi diss we when you know say we nuh nervous |
A foundation, a we dig di land |
A we set di plan, and a we buy the-, oh nah |
How long we a warn them say? |
A just Selassie I call dem deh |
But true di Devil control dem, yeah |
And di boy dem never listen say |
Mr. Sly a say, Beenie Man a say, Taxi Gang a play |
This yah one yah pass January morning |
From now mi a give out di warning |
Some bwoy haffi go try do some farming |
Mr. Sly, a music we playing |
Well from now, bad man is talking |
Well Taxi Gang, don’t you know dem run di thing |
And don’t you know say a we have di engine |
Well follow Beenie Man and sing |
Oh na na na |
Oh na na na na |
Song tags: #Foundation
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