Ancient People

[Intro: Damian Marley] Now greetings to the world The accumulated intelligence of mankind Is what makes us special among all other species Everything is built upon the foundation before it [Hook: Damian Marley] These ancient thoughts This ancient love These ancient hearts These ancient souls These ancient songs These ancient people These ancient thoughts This ancient love These ancient hearts These ancient souls These ancient hopes These ancient people [Bridge: Damian Marley] Like the earth, and the sky And the sea, and the birds And the trees, and the sun Melody Like a mountain, like a valley Like the river, like the lake Like the earth, when it quakes Space and sea [Verse 1: Nas] This is rock and roll meets aristotle I fly those G5's through the skies to Cabbo Martial arts more ancient than Tae Bo Swordsman, more ancient than Zorro Ancient like the pharohs or priests of Yoruba Or Obeah euphobia you peril Your paths narrow like climbing mount Kilimanjaro Ancient men traded cattle Before columbus was lost in travel, ancient canoes got paddeled Before the horse saddle there was camel Spears before arrow, arrow before ammo Tribal paint before camo-flage Chief before sarge, or lieutenant Village elders before the senate Used to sail the seas before the compass was invented Ancient people spoke free, they didn't need a 1st amendment In the beginning, the drum was the text sending There was moons before months, and time before minutes [Hook] [Verse 2: Damian Marley] From love, onto language, onto hieroglyphics The Invention of the wheel, onto mathematics The almanac, the calender, onto geographics Herbal medicine, to anti-biotic Ginseng to acetonic Water pump, water pump, to onto hydrolics Moonlight, candle light, onto electronics Instinct to knowledge, classroom to college Oh, all of These ancient thoughts [Hook] [Verse 3: Junior Reid] Man a Bust the earth, man a Bust the sky Junior Gong, and Junior Reid we meditation it so high Man a trod the gravel, it dirty and it dry Oh, dem no see no wings, but man a fly Babylon fi splurt, dem no know what life is worth Oh, tell dem stop polluting mother earth Man a make a trot, me robe, me sandles and me rod Dem shouldve known, hear say man this man a God [Hook]