Beenie Man Lyrics

Album: Best Of Beenie Man

Foundation Lyrics

Intro: 

Glorious be to the most high, Jah, Rastafari 

Oh, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nigh 

Hey, yu see Sly & Robbie 

Chorus: 

A just Selassie send dem, well 

Play music fi heathen, well 

Si di Christian we call dem, yeh 

Dut just di devil control dem, Sly 

A Selassie send dem, well 

Cause music a fi play dem, yeh 

Mr. Robbie him bass dem, well 

Taxi Gang come tell dem dat 

Verse 1: 

Well Mr. Sly, well 

Music we al play an we a trample over jungle 

trample down a TG, rema man we a talk to 

All rema man unuh fi cool an unuh fi humble 

Put down all di guns an leave di chain an all di bangle 

Cause Selassie, well we ready fi di people 

All rastaman an bogo man we all a talk to 

Sly dem a play, we licking out di devil 

Come Taxi Gang come play fi di people 

Chorus 

Verse 2: 

Long time we a tell dem fi louh all di band 

Dem want mix rastaman in dem Bachanal 

Chu Missa Sly him a foundation 

Dats why we play di music fi each and everyone 

Verse 3: 

Music we a play yes a we run di route 

Music we a play fi all dem down a south 

Easy Mr. Sly and Taxi Gang run di route 

Yuh nuh hear music dem a bawl out 

Mission Impossible and a teach people 

Play fi all di dumb, di deaf, di blind and all di cripple 

Oh Mr. Sly how yuh humble, nah rumble 

Because we too comfortable so we tell dem 

Chorus 

Verse 4: 

Well, trample di Christian, 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 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, an a wi buy, oh na 

Chorus 

Verse 5: 

Dis yah one yah pass january morning 

From now mi a give out di warning 

Some bwoy a fi try do some farming 

Mr. Sly a music wi playing 

Well from now bad man I talking 

Well Taxi Gang don't you know dem run di tune 

And don't yuh know sehh a we have di engine 

Well follow Beenie Man and sing