• Song:

    Jah Jah City

  • Artist:

    Capleton

  • Album:

    Live At Negril

Repeat: A#m|G# throughout the whole song.


Jah Jah city Jah Jah town
dem waan fi turn it in a cow bwoy town now....

And I seh Ini promote to di highest level 
(you better know) 
So lets burn dis evil concept 
cah we ah seh dis is a destruction to di humanity 
so we ah seh 
(you better know) 
Wanna watch out now 
oy 
check dis Jah! 

[Chorus:]
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town 
dem waan fi turn it in'a cow bwoy town now 
unno look yah now 
Jah Jah city, Jah Jah town 
dem waan fi turn in'a dead man town now 
unno look yah now 

[Verse 1]
Well Mr. John Crow draw coffin John Brown 
we nuh waan no more dead ina town 
Mr. Happy got so lucky trigger happy yow 
we no waan no more dead body 
well Mr. Joe kill quick, we nuh waan no more hit 
we nuh waan no more grave an we waan no more casket 
well life we promote which is righteousness 
Sadam get a lick! 
Unno look yah now! 

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Dem ah tell me how dem cold 
Big forty five 
fi shoot down dem brother mold 
nuff ah dem seh dem cold like a body north pole 
so dem shoot down di young, shoot down di old 
shoot down di puss an di dog an di fool 
Every weekend dem tek a next payroll 
out of man pocket dem shoot out billfold 
Dis Marcus Garvey nuff a head haffi go roll 
look yah now 

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Dem think dem reach di ultimate, yow 
but dem reach nowhere yet, oy 
dem get caught in in a internet 
and society a tell dem dem a intellect 
dem promote too much dead 
Unno look yah now 

[Repeat Chorus]

Ten miles outta di city oy 
it ah go get too shitty 
warn Mr. John and me go warn Ms. Mitty 
warn all di shottah an me go warn all die hitty 
nuff a dem seh kill man without pity 
Wrong kind of sip me all ah ketch dem ah sippy 
True dem licky licky, dem sicky 
Rastafari judgement will slew all, yo! 

[Repeat Chorus]

Ayyyy... 

Send me go trod down ina di east 
tell dem fi hold di peace 
we nuh waan no more coffin, we nuh waan no more hit 
Well life we ah promote fi mek de ghetto youth see't 
Life is wha we wish 
Unno watch out now 

[Repeat Chorus]

Bloody, Bloody....
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