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Natural Life
05:29
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NATURAL LIFE
Livin’ the Natural Life: it feels good way down inside.
Livin’ the Natural Life: it feels good way down inside!
Where are the elders as in days of old?
Look to the youth now and do what you’re told.
Teach the children to take good care of themselves:
Look to the Ruler within: no one else.
Livin’ the Natural Life: it feels good way down inside.
Livin’ the Natural Life: it feels good way down inside!
Livin’ Ital keeps him fit and strong.
It’s vital to him that he live long.
Yeah she’s a mixed blood, natural as can be
She feels it’s time for her Sovereignty.
Livin’ the Natural Life: it feels good way down inside.
Livin’ the Natural Life: it feels good way down inside.
Rough livin’ natural in the city.
Tough livin’ natural with no community.
Time to get outta this ugly city.
Time for a natural community.
Livin’ the Natural Life: it feels good way down inside.
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Lakota 4 Directions
05:40
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LAKOTA : 4 DIRECTIONS
Wiyohpeyatan kin yan Itunwan yo/ye
( Toward the West)
Nitunkasila (Look, Grandfather)
Ahitunwan (he) yanka lo
(Sitting there, watching you)
Cekiya yo/ye, Cekiya yo/ye (Pray, pray)
Ahitunwan (he) yanka lo
(Sitting there, watching you).
Waziyatun kin yan ..... (Towards the North.....)
Wiyohinya patan kin yan..... (Towards the East.....)
Itokagatan kin yan..... (Towards the South.....)
Wakantan kin yan..... (Toward the Sky.....)
Makatan kin yan..... (Toward the Earth.....)
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Best Thing Yet
05:52
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Just do your best
Jah will do the rest
Just do your best
Put your faith to the test
I know you may think you got the answer
you might even think I know the answer
What I say to you:
JAH LOVE'S the Best Thing Yet
The Burnin' Bush
Non consuming fire
The Burnin' Bush
Non consuming fire
Just do your best
Jah will do the rest
Just do your best
Put your faith to the test
Mama, I'm such a long way from you\
It's been such a long time since I seen you last
You don't know how we make it
What I say to you
JAH Love's the Best Thing Yet
Who can turn a tiny speck of dust into a raging fire?
HU can turn a tiny speck of dust into a raging fire!
North, South, East WesrNorth, South, East, West.
Fire, Air, Water, Earth.
Body, Mind, Soul, Spirit.
YOD, HE, VAU, HE! (Jahovah, Yahweh)
Mr. Babylon Doctor,
there’s no cure
for my affliction.
You simply say it’s an addiction.
I say it’s the result of my condition,
and my strong conviction.
What I say to you,
“Jah Love’s the Best Thing Yet!”
*Ancient Kemet phrase for the Sphinx, symbolizing fire, air, water, earth; body, mind, soul, spirit; as well as the four directions.
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Natural Woman
04:06
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NATURAL WOMAN
Lyrics & Music by Tchiya Amet
E-yo-e-yo-e-yo-yea-yo.
E-yo-e-yo-e-yo-yea-yo.
I’ve got to live like a Natural Woman.
I’ve got to give like a Natural Woman.
I’ve got to live like a Natural Woman.
I’ve got to give like a Natural Woman.
HU-hu-hu hu-hu. Hu-hu-hu.
Faithkeeper: reminds us of Jah blessings.
Clan Mother:raising a family.
Peacekeeper: holds the vision.
Nyabingi: death to all oppressors.
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Rastafari Is Universal
06:01
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LEGENDS
Rastafari is Universal
from the CD RISE AGAIN TRUTH
RASTAFARI IS UNIVERSAL
Go up to the mountains. Go down to the sea.
Find the Lion of Judah as far as I can see.
Rastafari is Universal.
Jah Rastafari is Universal.
The Land of Cush is our ancestral home.
You know our people travelled far.
Any nation you can name
must bow to Ethiopia.
Rastafari is Universal. Yes!
Jah Rastafari is Universal.
Children of Earth! Children of Sky!
Know your Roots and you shall fly!
One with the Universe, we are not alone.
Follow the Rainbow Bridge back to our
Celestial Home.
Let’s take a trip out to the stars.
This trip goes back in time.
And forward to the future,
before I finish out this rhyme.
We’ve had our home in the Pleaides and
Orion’s Belt, it’s true.
Let’s not forget dear Sirius!
I didn’t come here to talk foolishness to you.
Rastafari is Universal!
Jah Rastafari is Universal!
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Tsalagi Thankful
05:20
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O-da-li A-da-we-hi
(Greetings Wise Protectors)
O-da-li A-ni yu’n Wi-wa
(Greetings Original People)
O-su-da-su-na-ni
(Let me see things clearly)
A-we-he-he-ya, A-we-eh-eh-yi-o
Ga-lu-lo-hi-gi-ni-du-da
Sky, our Grandfather.
Nu-da-wa-gi-ni-li-si
Sun, our Grandmother.
E-lo-hi-li-gi-ni-tse-di-nah
Earth, our sweet mother.
Ga-li-e-li-ga: I am Thankful.
Si-gi-ni-ge-yu: We love each other.
O-sa-li-e-li-ga: We are grateful.
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RESERVATION RAGTIME BLUES
It’s l ike being removed from the situation
but still we feel the pain and the frustration.
It’s like a babylon, a babylon vacation.
In the middle of their military occupation.
They stole our lives, left us with this reservation.
We’ve got no money, all we’ve got is a reservation.
Memories of life before they came our way
Are deeply embedded in our very nature.
Memories like that don’t just fade away,
Not even after more than 10,000 years.
We can survive, we can wait it out.
Their time won’t last, their time’s running out.
We can survive, we can wait it out.
Their time won’t last, their time’s running out.
I know there’s a way back to Jah Way of living.
I know there’s a way back to Jahweh,
the natural way.
I know there’s a way back to Jah Way,
I know there’s a way back to Yahweh,
the natural way.
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Tribe of Dinah
03:53
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Daughters of Israel: Stand Firm!
Let Jah be your constant companion.
A devoted mother and loyal wife
has faith in Nature, she’s a lover of life.
Let go of vanity, reclaim your sanity.
I don’t really care what you’ve read,
Natural Beauty starts with Natty Dread.
They may disbelieve you Vegetarian.
They may laugh coz’ you Humanitarian.
They may try to put you in sanitarium,
when you learnin’ Rastafarian.
Let go of fantasy, hold onto Reality
I don’t really care what you’ve read.
Natural Beauty starts with Natty Dread.
Daughters of Israel: Stand Firm!
Let Jah be your constant companion.
A devoted mother and loyal wife,
has faith in Nature; she’s a lover of life.
Let go of vanity, reclaim your sanity.
I don’t really care what you’ve read,
Natural Beauty starts with Natty Dread.
And now you’ve heard from the Tribe of Dinah!
daisy
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Shed No Blood
07:22
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SHED NO BLOOD
I want you to, shed no blood.
I’m asking you, shed no blood.
I want you to, shed no blood.
I’m begging you, shed no blood.
Keep no thoughts of angry nature
in this Peace Village (this place is a sanctuary).
True Culture maintains the harmony
in the lives of it’s people, Shed no blood.
I want you to, shed no blood.
I’m telling you, shed no blood.
I’m begging you, shed no blood.
I’m warning you, shed no blood.
The taking of innocent creatures lives,
Jah sends creatures after you.
The taking of innocent creatures
lives for food,
Jah sends creatures after you,even for food.
Take a look at the animal world.
Take a look at the world of humans, too.
Animals taking innocent animals lives for food.
Jah sends humans after you, sometimes for food.
Humans, taking innocent animals lives for food,
Jah sends aliens after you, sometimes for food.
(repeat verse)
I want you to shed no blood.
I’m asking you, taste no blood.
I’m begging you, spill no blood.
I’m warning you, crave no blood.
I’m telling you, drink no blood.
I’m daring you, eat no blood.
I want you to shed no blood.
I’m asking you shed no blood
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Tchiya Amet Chicago, Illinois
The Music of Tchiya Amet has evolved and expanded over the last 3 decades, reflecting her Spiritual Journey, growth and development with every song, with every melody, starting as “Just” a Reggae band, then Sirius Reggae, Native Reggae, always Cosmic, Conscious and Spiritual Reggae, then Celestial Reggae! Next, we expanded to World Music. read more at tchiya.com. ... more
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