Beenie Man - Freedom Lyrics
Cho! (laugh)Babylon yuh betta turn wi looseGod knows, turn wi loose nowSing along, a little songAn guh a ting likeChorus: freedom, for some I am bawlingBabylon yuh pull di chain from mi hanMi still under yuh babylon systemGod knows, freedom for some I am bawlingOh selassie i, rastafarian callingBeenie man a sing a tingVerse 1: from the day mi know miself, man a born of mammalAlthough yuh smart, dem sen yuh guh a jamalTeach yuh how fi spell gun and nuclear weaponHow fi spell politics and greet politicianNowhere in the Bible where those words come fromDem restore wi name an class us as africanWhen con is a short name for condemnationI nuh know bout di i, I a true ethiopianChristopher columbus, bout him discover islandDiscover what when him come spot the indianAn a him tun roun an all enslave black manMuslini an him friend dem tief the gold and all di diamondWho steal wi name, check the queen wheh deh a englandA she build the pope and introduce vaticanFrom constantine, julius and all pope johnNow dem reach paul I wonder if dem want to expandQueen elie-zabeth, all she is a next oneWell mi naah guh too stress me just a look a explanationThis is the word from the black manChorusVerse 2: I say man a true needle kill the dragon and eagleMurda di pope wheh a defender of evilLong time dem bwoi deh a pressure black peopleHave wi like a slave under chain and shackleNow wi buss out inna muscleWell a long time mi deh warn dem fi look to the eastWarning to the dragon and the mark of the beastMek dem a galong suh like dem caan tun disceaseCall on the selassie wheh a blow all di breezeWeeping wailing, nashing of teethGod judgement, is only certain man see itPope constantine inna him grave an all a griefThis is no pelican briefMy speechChorusVerse 3: people, well unnuh clean out yuh ears an listen to mi lyricsYuh nuh hear bout di lieshah di ball head prophetWord of elijah, di man used to spread itJohn di most righteous man yet still wasnt a prophetHe could not be god, dem haffi tun him inna baptistThis is the meaning of ma lyricsIn these times mandela come an try itWell him never reach far, prison wall di man face itMalcolm x try an a coppershot end itAll try and dem beat it an kill itMarcus garvey try, a fi rice dem sell itOnly we inna di music business can stop itFollow beenie man and all live itChorus
