[(Intro – spoken word, tief & mystisch)]
Yea man…
Dis ya song a fi di people…
Time fi wake up now, mi seh...
Light haffi shine, Babylon cya hide it no more.
Jah fire bun out di lie, truth a rise!
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[(Verse 1 – smooth riddim start, laid-back but conscious)]
Mi seh di world in confusion,
Dem blind by illusion,
Money and fame a di new religion –
But soul lost inna digital prison.
Babylon system a trick wi long time,
Dem teach we wrong, now mi put it in rhyme.
Jah seh: “Seek and yuh shall find.”
So mi read di sign, mi open mi mind.
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[(Chorus – catchy, powerful, uplifting)]
Open yuh eyez, open yuh soul,
Truth a di fire weh a make yuh whole.
Rise up, people, tek back control –
We nah go bow to no dark patrol!
Jah light a shine, stronger dan before –
Wisdom a knock pon every door.
Time fi wake up, no sleepin’ more –
Revolution of love a gwaan fi sure!
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[(Verse 2 – deeper, stronger vibe)]
Mi seh dem poison yuh food,
Corrupt di youth wit’ attitude.
TV full a vanity –
Fake smiles and plastic sanity.
But Psalm twentythree pon mi lips,
Jah rod and staff still mek mi trips.
Lion heart inna Zion grip –
Mi spirit sail like a battleship.
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[(Bridge – dubwise, echoing, mystical)]
Babylon fall, mi seh Babylon fall…
Jah kingdom rise, over dem wall…
No more chains, no more lies…
Jah children rise, mi seh open yuh eyez…
[(Female backing vocal harmony:)]
"Eyez wide open… Spirit awoken…"
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[(Chorus – again, with full riddim and choir-style vocals)]
Open yuh eyez, open yuh soul,
Truth a di fire weh a make yuh whole.
Rise up, people, tek back control –
We nah go bow to no dark patrol!
Jah light a shine, stronger dan before –
Wisdom a knock pon every door.
Time fi wake up, no sleepin’ more –
Revolution of love a gwaan fi sure!
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[(Outro – spoken word fade out with riddim still groovin')]
Yea man…
Let di Word be a lamp to yuh feet…
Di truth set yuh free, yuh done know.
Righteousness exalt di nation,
So walk clean, live real…
And keep yuh eyez open.
Selah.
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