Foundation - Beenie Man

Glorious be to the most high
Jah!
Rastafari
Woa na na na na na nigh
Hey yuh see Sly & Robbie

A just Selassie I send dem (Well)
Play music fi heathen (Well)
See di Christian we call dem (Yeh)
Cuz-a di devil control dem (Sly)
A Selassie I send dem (Well)
Caw music a fi play dem (Yeah)
Mr. Robbie him a bass dem (Well)
Taxi Gang come tell dem seh dat

(Dai!)
(I!)
(Dada buy I)
Die yie yie yie
Well Mr. Sly (Well!)

Music we a play an we a tramp over jungle
Trample down a ((Teegee?))
Rema man we a talk to
All Rema man unu fi cool an unu fi humble
Put down all di guns an leave di chain an all di bangle
Caw Selassie I well we ready fi we people
All rasta man an bobo man we all a talk to
Sly dem a play we a licking out di evil
Come on Taxi Gang come play a fi di

(Die!)
(Buy!)
(Dada ba die!)
(Music man!)
(Da!)
Yuh know what (Taxi Gang!)

Ah Selassie I send dem (Well)
Music fi lik di heathen (Dem)
All di Christian we call dem (Well)
Cuz-a di devil control dem (But)

Long time we a tell dem seh fi no carnival
Dem waan mix Rastaman in dem bacchanal
Chu Mr. Sly him a foundation
Dats why we play di music fi each and every-

(Ba!)
(Die!)
(Simida!)
(Simida!)
(Simidii!)
(Yow!)
Yo yo yo

Music we a play yes a we run di route
Music we a play fi all di man dem dung a south
Hear say Mr. Sly and Taxi Gang run di route
Yuh nuh hear di music dem a bawl out
Mission impossile
And a teach people
Play fi all di dumb, di deaf, di blind and all di cripple (Oh!)
Mr.Sly how yuh humble nah yuh rumble
Because we too comfortable so we tell dem

A King Selassie I send dem (Well)
Taxi Gang come fi warn dem (Well)
Music ((under)) heathen (Well)
Di bobo control dem (Well)

Trample di Christian,
An di beast a albashan
Dis rastaman
Don't yuh know seh yuh ever wrong
Mr. Sly play di music from 19 (How long)
Dem a play fi Bob Marley, Peter ((and di tosh))
How much how dem fi dis
We when yuh know seh we nuh nervous
A foundation, a we dig di land,
A wi set di plan anna wi buy the ((corner?))((goat, now?)) ((Oh na?))

Look how long we a warn dem (Seh )
King Selassie I a call dem (Yeh)
But true di devil control dem
An di bwoy dem never listen (Seh)
Mr.Sly a seh,
Beenie Man a seh
Taxi Gang ((appear dem))

(Die!)
(Buy!)
(Similaba!)
(Similaba!)
(Similaba!)
Wo na na na na
Yo yo yo
Yo

Dis yah one yah pass January morning
From now we a give out di warning
Some bwoy a fi gon 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 ((?))
And don't yuh know seh a we have di engine
Well follow Beenie Man and sing

Oh na na
Oh na na
Na na na
Oh na nana na
Na na nana na na
Die yie yie
Ya never see dis yet
Yo

DJ a instrumental combination
Yuh neva see di history commit pon di land
Hear say Mr. Sly an Beenie Man an Taxi Gang
Hear say Mr. ((Bolvee)) yuh a foundation
Hear say lyrics stop because dem know yuh are di don
Yuh a sing song from 19 how long