Sizzla - Mash Dem Down

Intro:

Ahh..

Just like in the old days

chop off di pagan head and let it roll away

listen to what I got to say

praise di King everyday



Chorus

Come mek wi guh mash dem down nah lose

all dem ya wrench and ah frowns

stumbling blocks will have to move

come wi guh mash dem down cyaan lose, oh

deal wid dem rat because a prove dem come ah prove

mi ah mash dem down nah lose

all dem ya wrench and ah frowns stumbling blocks will have to move

come wi guh mash dem down nah lose

Kalonji come fi mash dem down nah lose



Verse 1

Listen up!

Little children I say to honour your mother and your father

tell yuh again!

I say to love yuh one another

praise Selassie Crown inna Addis Ababa

Second of November 1930 Jah Jah Jah Jah draw back

hey pon di wicked mi dash di hotter lava

big up di ghetto girl ah Kingston and Balaclava

mama used to gi wi dumplin mek outta cassava

yow, yuh got di riches?

yuh must share what yuh have

farmer plant di food and stop di people dem from starve, yow!

Jah lead us with His rod and wit His staff

all pagan mi know dem muss get cut off

Babylon dem bread get shut off



Chorus (x1)



Verse 2

Burn dem plan and dem plot and dem strategies

burn dem up dem computers and dem cartridges

Lion inna di jungle

mi nuh buss dem categories?

Diss Selassie dem end up inna worries



Chorus (x1)



Verse 3

Speak di truth and know yuh roots that's reality

yow just listen to my tune it full of quality

children, Emperor Selassie is the Almighty more morality

no more, no more will black people dem stifle

when dem ah shot di people dem ah kill dem wid poison

cyaan tell mi nutten mi see di Conquering Lion inna di far land



Chorus (1)



Verse 4

Cyaan diss di Rastaman because him hold his foundation rigid

love and righteousness easy fi youths govern di village

all dem ah gwaan like dem bad and dem wicked

King Selassie govern di earth so don't be stupid





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