Eastern Mountain

It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away The Eastern Mountain, yeah You can reach if you give it all your vibes Like the water from the fountain, yow I tell you do good that's all there is to life. Knowledge is golden, yow You can reach if you really decide Like the water from the fountain, yow Tell you do good that's there is to life. I will let no one stop you from being strong Fi earth likewise a fi yuh opinion What's your feelings Check yourself know yuh position When you flatter you dem with the flattering tongue The enemies mob the heathens come inna gang Emperor Selassie I is the protection Years of servility, tears drop like bombs Night and day never free without dawn Check life: well a pure slavery deh gwaan So mi come fi tell the people that the child was born. Him a the government, Selassie I the Ethiopian Strike to the devil with the education: Proper, literate, to uplift the nation Life: Thought: I hurt. I belong. It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away The Eastern Mountain, yow You can reach if you give it all your vibes Like the water from the fountain, yow Wanting to see what's on the other side Knowledge is golden, yow You can reach only if you decide Like the water from the fountain, yow Rasta man nah tell the ghetto youths them survive Here the youths them crying They were beingpushed aside Only the best was proof enough to pulverise The hopes, the understanding That we still nah go slide Children come together Rasta Far I deh rise Better fly we together I survive People of the colour must always be wise From the depth of the valley up onto the sky Even to be lucky police stop all the crimes We nuh want nuh confusion round Rasta Far I We bun the anxiety courageously smile, yow Babylon we know you profile It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away The Eastern Mountain, yow You can reach only if you got the vibes Like the rivers and the fountain, yow I tell you do good and hail Rasta Far I Knowledge is golden, yow You can reach if you really decide Like the rivers and the fountain, yow Tell you be good and open up all your eyes Oh, oh surely the omnipotent Yours truly how Ras recommend Tell Selassie King from the Ishent Let the power of the empress guide the resident Oh, the people from the south shall deal With another, nah tell yu no doubt. Commune with the western praises and shout The eastern marching thy route It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away It's getting red now Oh mamma yeah, oh mamma yeah It's getting dread now Home and away, home and away