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Rastafari Is Universal

from Rise Again Truth by Tchiya Amet

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My first song that mentions Sirius. An Afro blend of Reggae and Salsa. Was heavily influenced by The Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan, and quote him with this line: "I didn't come here to talk foolishness to you!!!"

I recall when I first started writing Reggae songs, and a friend heard this one. He suggested that I sing with fake Patois accent. I said to him, "NO WAY!"

Excerpts from The Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire, by Drusilla Dunjee Houston. Available from Black Classic Press: “Chapter 15: THE CIVILIZATION OF INDIA.” (Pages 210-211)

“Asia is a continent in which republics were unusual in early ages. Here history reveals monarchies under despotic rulers, who were worshipped as though the subjects were mere slaves. India until late ages was under a very different form of government. In early Buddhist times we find the land full of aristocratic republics. This was the same form of government to be found on other Cushite sites. Here in a more isolated climate, remote from outside influences, the old Cushite communal form of government has come on down to our times. Much can be gained from a study of this unique system. Out of it came the environment that nourished his exalted mental attainments. Again it is too lightly considered, when we remember that this form of life produced artists and craftsmen who brought into existence lost arts and a skill and originality that we do not today attain. It is common error to suppose that the tribes that the Aryan invaders found were savages. Ancient annals represented the Cushite Indi as wise and skillful. Heoren said that these writings represented the early Hindu as a commercial people, that their merchants could travel from one end of the Nile to the other, Nile flowing through Barabra (Ethiopia) and the mountains of the Moon.

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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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from Rise Again Truth, released January 27, 2017

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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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