Foundation - Beenie Man, Sly & Robbie, The Taxi Gang

Glorious be to the Most High

Jah!

Rastafari!

Woah nah nah nah nah nah

Hey, you see Sly and Robbie.

A just Selassie I send dem, well

Play music fi heathen, well

See di Christians we call dem, yeah

'Cause a di Devil control dem

Sly, a Selassie I send dem, well

'Cause music haffi play then, yeah

Mr. Robbie him a bass dem, well

Taxi Gang come tell dem say that…

Well Mr. Sly, well!

Music we a play, and we a trample over Jungle

Trample down a TG, Rema man we a talk to

All Rema man, well unuh fi cool and unuh fi humble

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

Pon Selassie I, well we ready fi we people

All Rasta man and bobo man we all a talk to

Sly dem a play, we are licking out di evil

Come now Taxi Gang come play fi di people

Taxi Gang!

A Selassie I send dem, well

Music will lick the heathen dem

All di Christians, we call dem, well

'Cause a di Devil control dem

But…

Long time we a tell dem fi 'low carnival

Dem waan mix Rasta man in dem bachanal

True Mr. Sly him a foundation

That’s why we play music fi each and everyone

Yo, yo, yo!

Music we a play, a yaso we run di route

Music we a play fi all di man dem down a south

Easy, Mr. Sly, and Taxi Gang run di route

You nuh hear di 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 you’re humble, nah rumble

Because we too comfortable, so we tell dem!

A King Selassie I send dem, well

Taxi Gang come fi warn them, well

Music under heathen, yeah

The Pope, we control them, well

Trample di Christian and di beast a Albashan

Diss Rastaman, don’t you know say you ever wrong?

Mr. Sly, play di music from 19, how long?

Dem a play fi Bob Marley, Peter Touch, how much?

How dem fi diss we when you know say we nuh nervous

A foundation, a we dig di land

A we set di plan, and a we buy the-, oh nah

How long we a warn them say?

A just Selassie I call dem deh

But true di Devil control dem, yeah

And di boy dem never listen say

Mr. Sly a say, Beenie Man a say, Taxi Gang a play

This yah one yah pass January morning

From now mi a give out di warning

Some bwoy haffi go 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 thing

And don’t you know say a we have di engine

Well follow Beenie Man and sing

Oh na na na

Oh na na na na