Capture My Soul (feat. Laura Lou) - ITG Studios

Christopher Columbus, him come from Spain, sir When him sail him ship, then him come ah Jamaica Send go tell de Queen say him come-come discover But when mi tek a stock, there was Red Indian Him ah boooast - say him capture Rasta Him gone-gone boooast - say him capture Rasta Afterward mi check it out, him turn back ah Africa Load the ship with human cargo Come back and start to work up the cane field Kill out the cassava and potato An' ah boooast - say him capture Rasta (wha' im seh?) An' ah boooast - say him capture Rasta The next time they see him, them send fi the barber Say that them come fi trim up the Rasta Trim first and then them ask question But when me tek a stock, ah Armageddon Dem a boooast - say dem capture Rasta An' start to boooast - say dem capture Rasta (Heh! Watch dis!) When mi tek a stock him come inna the land, sir See mi ah Negril, grandfather Rasta With mi grey beard and mi challwah Him mash up the kutchie and him gon' ah Campion Gone boooast, say him capture Rasta (what a sinting!) Gone boooast, say him capture Rasta The first semi-aircraft gun was made by Carlton?? was a black American And them tek it weh and gone mek M16 Give it to black man fi shoot one another An' a boast, say dem capture Rasta Dem a boast, say dem capture Rasta If ah piece of cloth, why dem call it rattan? Dolly an' lick-shot an' water pumpy When mi tek a stock, that's not our unity Among the children in our community Dem a boast, say dem capture Rasta Dem boast, say dem capture Rasta Some black man say them drop off ah Trinidad The other black man drop ah Antigua The big stake them drop ah Jamaica Because I and I, we come fi conquer Dem cyann't boooast - say dem capture Rasta Dem cannot boooast - say dem capture Rasta (yuh ah hear?) Dis ya Rastaman him nuh licky dreadlocks Dis ya Rastaman him nuh licky licky dreadlocks Den can't catch me wid no rice and peas and meat, sir When me come me come, de Rasta cook him ital Dem cyaan't boast, say dem capture Rasta Dem cannot boast, say dem capture Rasta

And I say Dread and Terrible pon dem Good god of grace, well I have his mercy And me say old slave driver Time is catching up on you Old slave driver I know your sins dem a haunt you Carry we go home, Carry we go home And bring we gone a east Cause man a rasta man And rasta nuh live pon no capture land Carry we go home A me settle and seize Caw man a rasta man And rasta nuh live pon no capture land Lord America a capture land Di whole a Jamaica a capture land A long time dem wah trick the rasta man Like dem nuh know man a real African Yuh tink me nuh memba King Ferdinand And teifing Columbus have a Golden plan Dem make a wrong turn and end up in the Caribbean One rass genocide kill nuff indian Fi turn paradise in a plantation And bring cross one ship load a African No hear comes the teifing Queen from England No she Carmwell and envy mother Century pon top a century full a sufferation And after four hundred year mi say no referation And now dem wah fi kill we wid taxation But a beg you please take me to the mother land Carry we go home, Carry we go home And bring we gone a east Cause man a rasta man And rasta nuh live pon no capture land Carry we go home A me settle and seize Caw man a rasta man And rasta nuh live pon no capture land Watch dem pon top a di hill A look inna dem plate how it proper and it fill Because down town have shocka fi kill Dem tell the tourist say fi stop a Negril So come mek we start a new chapter We nah stay pon di land weh dem capture A me say Africa fi all true rasta A say go tell di unscrupulous factors say Carry we go home, Carry we go home And bring we gone a east Cause man a rasta man And rasta nuh live pon no capture land Carry we go home A me settle and seize Caw man a rasta man And rasta nuh live pon no capture land Cherry Garden a capture land Me tell you Shortwood a capture land Los angeles dat a capture land And new york city dat a capture land Ease some a di place weh you wah go live sweet A teifing land there's no title fi it And some a these place weh you wah go live nice A tief dem tief it in the name of christ Spanish Town dat a capture land The whole a Kingston dat a capture land Remember Portland dat a capture land And all down a Trinidad dat a Capture land Barbados dat a capture land Tell dem Bermuda dat a Capture land And tell Columbia dat a Capture land All round a Cuba dat a Capture land

There's a part of me out there with you far from my mind The histories we never shared, I've erased out of sight And though every part of me wants to stay with you I don't really know what I'm supposed to do Because you, you're not gonna go my way And ah, if you don't wanna take my hand Yeah, then I'll turn to stone And I should've known that you're better off alone Yeah, now I'm turning to stone, to stone, to stone Turning to stone, to stone Gotta find a way back in from the mess I made I'm drowning in a paper bag of my own mistakes And now I can't find a way to get back to you Find a little space where we sit just two and I know Yeah, I need you to go my way And ah, if you don't wanna take my hand Then I'll turn to stone And I don't want to hold this man Then I'll turn to stone And I should've known that you're better off alone Yeah, now I'm turning to stone, to stone Ah, I don't think you'd know my name 'Cause you turned me to stone again To stone again And I'm stone again Ah, if you don't wanna hold my hand Yeah, guess I'll turn into stone Ah, if you don't really understand Guess it's fine, it's fine, it's fine Guess it's fine, it's fine, it's fine Guess it's fine, it's fine, it's fine