Foundation

[Intro] Glorious be to the Most High Jah! Rastafari! Woah nah nah nah nah nah Hey, you see Sly and Robbie... [Chorus] A just Selassie I send dem, well Play music fi heathen, well See di Christians we call dem, yeah 'Cause a di Devil control dem Sly, a Selassie I send dem, well 'Cause music haffi play then, yeah Mr. Robbie him a bass dem, well Taxi Gang come tell dem say that... [Verse 1] Well Mr. Sly, well! Music we a play, and we a trample over Jungle Trample down a TG, Rema man we a talk to All Rema man, well unuh fi cool and unuh fi humble Put down all di guns and leave di chain and all di bangle Pon Selassie I, well we ready fi we people All Rasta man and bobo man we all a talk to Sly dem a play, we are licking out di evil Come now Taxi Gang come play fi di people [Chorus] Taxi Gang! A Selassie I send dem, well Music will lick the heathen dem All di Christians, we call dem, well 'Cause a di Devil control dem But... Long time we a tell dem fi 'low carnival Dem waan mix Rasta man in dem bachanal True Mr. Sly him a foundation That's why we play music fi each and everyone [Verse 2] Yo, yo, yo! Music we a play, a yaso we run di route Music we a play fi all di man dem down a south Easy, Mr. Sly, and Taxi Gang run di route You nuh hear di music dem a bawl out Mission impossible, and a teach people Play fi all di dumb, di deaf, di blind and all di cripple, oh! Mr. Sly how you're humble, nah rumble Because we too comfortable, so we tell dem! [Chorus] A King Selassie I send dem, well Taxi Gang come fi warn dem, well Music under heathen, yeah The Pope, we control dem, well [Verse 3] Trample di Christian and di beast a Albashan Diss Rastaman, don't you know say you ever wrong? Mr. Sly, play di music from 19, how long? Dem a play fi Bob Marley, Peter Touch, how much? How dem fi diss we when you know say we nuh nervous A foundation, a we dig di land A we set di plan, and a we buy the-, oh nah [Chorus] How long we a warn them say? A just Selassie I call dem deh But true di Devil control dem, yeah And di boy dem never listen say Mr. Sly a say, Beenie Man a say, Taxi Gang a play [Verse 4] This yah one yah pass January morning From now mi a give out di warning Some bwoy haffi go try do some farming Mr. Sly, a music we playing Well from now, bad man is talking Well Taxi Gang, don't you know dem run di thing And don't you know say a we have di engine Well follow Beenie Man and sing Oh na na na Oh na na na na