
Reggae Roots
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Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of Africans and those in the African Diaspora, including the spiritual side of Rastafari, black liberation, revolution and the honouring of God, called Jah by Rastafarians. It is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor. Lyrical themes include spirituality and religion, struggles by artists, poverty, black pride, social issues, resistance to fascism, capitalism, corrupt government and racial oppression. A spiritual repatriation to Africa is a common theme in roots reggae.
Stylistic origins: Riddim, reggae, ska, rocksteady, Nyabinghi
Cultural origins: Jamaica
Derivative forms: Dub
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Give My Regards - Song by Barry Isaac
Reggae MusicArtist: Barry Isaac Album: Give My Regards Released: 2013 Main artists: Barry Issac Composer: Barry Issac Label: Reggae On Top Genre: Reggae Music Publisher: D.R66 views 1 comment -
Mighty Diamonds - Kinarky
Reggae MusicAlbum: Pass the Kouchie Artist: Mighty Diamonds Released: 1985 Producer: Mighty Diamonds BAD GONG RECORDS Mighty Diamonds Music Dist : Dynamic Sound Mast & Lacquer Cut: Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. Ltd. by Spiderman ~ 7'' ~ 1983 ~ Jamaica Written : F. Simpson, L. Ferguson56 views 1 comment -
Don Carlos - Ginalship
Reggae MusicGinalship - Original Artist: Don Carlos Album: Lazer Beam ℗ 2006 Charly Records Released on: 2006-04-1427 views -
I'm a Gemini - Ijahman Levi (Lyrics)
Reggae MusicAlbum: Live In Paris 1994 Released: 1995 Artist: Ijahman Levi Label: Jahmani – JMI 902 Format: Vinyl, 7" Country: Jamaica Genre: Reggae Style: Roots Reggae, Dub Producer – Ijahman Levi106 views 1 comment -
The Techniques - The Heart Of A Man Can Be Broken
Reggae MusicArtist: The Techniques Album: I'll Never Fall in Love Released: 198354 views -
Gregory Isaacs - Live and Love
Reggae MusicGregory Isaacs - Live and Love Judge Not 1984 Writer: Carlton Hines ℗ 1984 Greensleeves Records67 views -
Chantells - Bad Reputation (1978)
Reggae MusicLabel: Phase One Records – none Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM Country: Jamaica Released: 1978 Genre: Reggae Style: Roots Reggae, Dub81 views -
Lucky Dube - Reggae Strong (Official Music Video)
Reggae MusicReleased: 1989 Album: Prisoner Artist: Lucky Dube Genre: Reggae90 views 1 comment -
Nas ft Damian Marley - Patience
Reggae MusicAlbum: Distant Relatives Released: 2010 Artists: Damian Marley, Nas Genre: Reggae LYRICS: [Intro: Nas] Here we are Here we are Yeah This one right here is for the people [Chorus] Sabali, sabali, sabali yonkote Sabali, sabali, sabali kiye Ni kêra môgô Sabali, sabali, sabali yonkote Sabali, sabali, sabali kiye Ni kêra môgô [Interlude: Nas] Hey yo D Let's go all the way in on this one [Verse 1: Damian Marley] Some of the smartest dummies Can't read the language of Egyptian mummies An' a fly go a moon And can't find food for the starving tummies Pay no mind to the youths Cause it's not like the future depends on it But save the animals in the zoo Cause the chimpanzee dem a make big money This is how the media pillages On the TV the picture is Savages in villages And the scientist still can't explain the pyramids, huh Evangelists making a living on the videos of ribs of the little kids Stereotyping the image of the images And this is what the image is You buy a khaki pants And all of a sudden you say a Indiana Jones An' a thief out the gold and thief out the scrolls and even the buried bones Some of the worst paparazzis I've ever seen and I ever known Put the worst on display so the world can see And that's all they will ever show So the ones in the West Will never move East And feel like they could be at home Dem get tricked by the beast But a where dem ago flee when the monster is fully grown? Solomonic linage whe dem still can't defeat and them coulda never clone My spiritual DNA that print in my soul and I will forever Own Lord [Chorus] Sabali, sabali, sabali yonkote Sabali, sabali, sabali kiye Ni kêra môgô Sabali, sabali, sabali yonkote Sabali, sabali, sabali kiye Ni kêra môgô [Interlude: Nas] Yeah, Sabali. Thats patience. That's what the old folks told me Discovering the World before this World. A World buried in time Uncover with rhymes. It gets no realer [Verse 2: Damian Marley] Huh, we born not knowing, are we born knowing all? We growing wiser, are we just growing tall? Can you read thoughts? can you read palms? Huh, can you predict the future? can you see storms, coming? The Earth was flat if you went too far you would fall off Now the Earth is round If the shape change again everybody woulda start laugh The average man can't prove of most of the things That he chooses to speak of And still won't research and find out The root of the truth that you seek of Scholars teach in Universities and claim that they're smart and cunning Tell them find a cure when we sneeze And that's when their nose start running And the rich get stitched up, when we get cut Man a heal dem broken bones in the bush with the wet mud Can you read signs? can you read stars? Can you make peace? can you fight war? Can you milk cows, even though you drive cars? huh Can you survive? Against all odds, now? [Chorus] Sabali, sabali, sabali yonkote Sabali, sabali, sabali kiye Ni kêra môgô Sabali, sabali, sabali yonkote Sabali, sabali, sabali kiye Ni kêra môgô [Interlude: Nas] It's crazy when you feed people the truth you don't know how they're gonna react You're scared of wrong doers, people that just ignorant You're scared of the truth, be patient for now [Verse 3: Nas] Who wrote the Bible? Who wrote the Qur'an? And was it a lightning storm That gave birth to the Earth And then dinosaurs were born? damn Who made up words? Who made up numbers? And what kind of spell is mankind under? Everything on the planet we preserve and can it Microwaved it and try it No matter what we'll survive it What's hue? What's man? What's human? Anything along the land we consuming Eatin', deletin', ruin Trying to get paper Gotta have land, gotta have acres So I can sit back like Jack Nicholson Watch niggas play the game like the Lakers In a world full of 52 fakers Gypsies, seances, mystical prayers You superstitious? throw salt over your shoulders Make a wish for the day cuz Like somebody got a doll of me Stickin' needles in my arteries But I can't feel it Sometimes it's like 'part of me, but I got a real big spirit' I'm fearless, I'm fearless Don't you try and grab hold of my soul It's like a military soldier since seven years old I held real dead bodies in my arms Felt their body turn cold, oh Why we born in the first place If this is how we gotta go? Damn [Outro: Nas] This goes to all the wisdom and knowledge seekers of the World Sabali, Patience, yeah70 views 1 comment -
Shaggy - Angel ft. Rayvon (Lyrics)
Reggae MusicAlbum: Hot Shot Released: 2000 Artists: Shaggy, Rayvon Genres: Reggae, Rhythm and blues, Reggae fusion, Pop82 views 1 comment