Ancient People

[Intro: Damian Marley] Now greetings to the world The accumulative intelligence of Mankind is what makes us special amongst all other species Everything is built upon the foundation before it Huh Boom [Chorus: Damian Marley] These ancient thoughts This ancient look These ancient hearts This ancient soul These ancient songs These ancient people [Bridge: Junior Reid] Like the Earth, and the sky And the sea, and the birds And the trees, and the songs With melody Like a mountain, like a valley Like the river, like the lake Like the earth, when it quake It's anciency [Verse 1: Nas] This is rock and roll meets Aristotle I fly those G5's through the skies to Cabo Martial arts more ancient than Tae Bo Swordsman, more ancient than Zorro Ancient like the pharaohs or priests of Yoruba Or Obeah, your phobia, you paro Your path narrow like climbing Mountain Kilimanjaro Ancient men traded cattle Before Columbus was lost in travel, ancient canoes got paddled 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 sendin There was moons before months, and time before minutes [Chorus: Damian Marley] These ancient thoughts This ancient look These ancient hearts This ancient soul These ancient songs These ancient people These ancient thoughts This ancient look These ancient hearts This ancient soul These ancient songs These ancient people [Verse 2: Damian Marley] From love, on to language, on to hieroglyphics Di invention of the wheel, on to mathematics Di almanac, di calendar, on to geographics Herbal medicine, to antibiotics Ginseng to horse tonic Water pump, water pumpee on to hydraulics Moonlight, candle light, on to electronics Instinct to knowledge, classroom to college Ayyy All of these ancient thoughts [Chorus: Damian Marley] These ancient thoughts This ancient look These ancient hearts This ancient soul These ancient songs These ancient people These ancient thoughts This ancient look These ancient hearts This ancient soul These ancient songs These ancient people [Verse 3: Junior Reid] Man ah buss di earth, man ah buss di sky Junior Gong and Junior Reid we meditation it so high Man ah trod de gravel, it dutty and it dry Oh oi, dem nuh see nuh wings, but man ah fly Babylon fi splurt, dem nuh know what life is worth Oh Oi, tell dem stop polluting Mother Earth Man ah mek ah trod, mi robe, mi sandals and mi rod Dem shoulda know, ancient man, yes man ah God [Outro: Damian Marley] Ancient thoughts Ancient look Ancient hearts Ancient soul Ancient songs Ancient people