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Now music is like a tree
With branches, leaves, and stem
And if a tree ain't got no roots
It inna big problem
We love we roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Eh-eh-eh, roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Come now!
Roots music has a message
Roots music is constructive
Roots music give you knowledge
Roots music is positive
People are influenced by music
That is why we don't abuse it
We nuh just deh yah fi get rich quick
We're not into music just for profit
I'm not saying money is not part of it
'Cause in the society you need likkle bit
But we nah stop chant fi we culture lyric
'Cause it is more powerful than a bullet
We love we roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Eh-eh-eh, roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
When me deh a Jamaica, me listen dem see
The way some a chat really amaze me
Some of dem sound like a blue movie
Preoccupied with the female body
Well, not the whole body, but one likkle bit
Above the thigh and below the hip
Dem have about a hundred name fi it
Some sound funny, but some sound sick
Now, what a man chant a him own business
A nuff fun and joke some a get outta it
But mix it up with some conscious lyric
Educate the youth so they benefit more
Roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Eh-eh-eh, roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Inna the Father we put we faith
We try entertain and educate
Constructive lyrics we try to create
Heavy music to make your body vibrate
Roots music is a music that I appreciate
Whether 45, LP, or dubplate
Give me a vibe that make me pulsate
Give me a feeling nothing can't imitate
A the roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Eh-eh-eh, roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Come now!
Roots music has a message
Roots music constructive
Roots music give you knowledge
Roots music is positive
The beat of the drum and it's a the hi-hat
The sound of the riddim and how the bass drop
With a conscious lyric a ride pon the top
Pure dynamite, yes, boom shacka lack
Some roots artists are with us no longer
Dem pass away, but dem music stronger
Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, two sons of Rasta
Fi dem music will live on forever
Right now a pure ragamuffin fever
Whole heap of love a jack inna your area
But roots can't dead, eh-eh, no, sir
'Cause a tree without roots will fall over
We love we roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Eh-eh-eh, roots and culture, roots and culture
Roots and culture, we nah lef' it
Come now!
Roots music has a message
Roots music constructive
Roots music give you knowledge
Roots music is positive