lirik lagu too much commercialization of rastafari – jacob miller
[part i: too much commercialization]
[intro]
oh*huh*uh, dread, my people
hear the voice of the sounds of federation
the sound of the gathering of the natty dread
all weakheart shall drop, blood deh
[verse 1]
when i was a clean*face man
they used to know my name
but now that i’m a dreadlocks man
they don’t know me anymore
[chorus]
ala, ala, ala, alabama
the time has come again
kings of kings and lords of lords
conquering the tribe of judah (uh*huh, yeah)
[verse 2]
but now that i’m a dreadlocks man
all my friends turn against i
but time has come that they all should fall around
i no check fi fall around, i*ya dread, i*ya dread, i*ya drеad
[chorus]
now they know that that’s the truth about i and i and i, and i
them drеad in a this day, i dread, i say freedom amongst myself
when all my bredrin shall see one day that i am a rastaman
i*ya dread, i*ya dread, i*ya dread, yeah
[verse 3]
my parents only want to see me
in some white shirt and neck tie around my neck
i*ya dread, i no defend vanity, my bredrin (uh yeah)
don’t judge a man by the way he looks
judge him by his ways (’cause)
ala, ala, ala, alabama
[part ii: commercial rasta]
[intro]
unity is peace, and peace is of the father
calling all bredrin to gather in unity and in love
when i was a clean*face man
they used to know my name
but now that i’m a dreadlocks man
[verse]
mi said, some of dem say dem are dread
but are commercial dread (yeah)
some of dem say dem are dread
but are commercial dread
the commercial dread, him say
him a work fi di babylon dem
the commercial dread, him say
him a work fi di babylon dem
him no think it’s right fi work pon jah jah land
mi say, no think it’s right fi work pon we father’s land
jah jah have land pon the hillside
jah jah have land pon the plains
jah jah have land uptown, downtown
and all around deh fi work pon
so work, so work, so work pon we father’s land
[outro]
i say freedom amongst myself
when all my bredrin shall see one day that i am a rastaman
a universal rastaman, the congo rastaman
a universal worker
babylon, no judge, no judge, no judge me ’cause i’m natty dread
so no judge, no judge, no judge me ’cause i’m natty dread (yeah)
don’t do such thing, no judge me ’cause i’m a natty dread
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