Kingdom of Zion - Alborosie

Gave it all to burn forever underneath the rain Drowning in the present of a past that I couldn't change Writing songs instead of letters because I'm too afraid Afraid of coming back to find that everything is the same Everything is the same I made my way through hell again, I paid for my mistakes Next time I think, I'll stay awhile and pour myself a drink When I return, I'll look for you, so listen for your name If you can make it out above the roaring of the flames If it's the mask you want, then it's the mask that you will get But when I take it off, remember that you asked for this I tore myself apart to give you all that I could give Don't think that I will let it go, don't think that I'll forget I thought I wanted legacy, I thought I wanted fame I didn't know I'd lose all my loved ones in exchange Left 'em all behind, and, yeah, for that I am ashamed But that's the price I'm paying 'till I'm buried in my grave Gave it all to burn forever underneath the rain Drowning in the present of a past that I couldn't change Writing songs instead of letters because I'm too afraid Afraid of coming back to find that everything is the same I'll do it all over again from the start And this time you're not leaving me in the dark You took me for granted, now look where you are Atop of a kingdom you built out of cards I thought I wanted legacy, I thought I wanted fame I didn't know I'd lose all my loved ones in exchange Left 'em all behind, and, yeah, for that I am ashamed But that's the price I'm paying 'till I'm buried in my grave I'll do it all over again from the start And this time you're not leaving me in the dark You took me for granted, now look where you are Atop of a kingdom you built out of cards

You used to be on fire, now you chill me to the bone We used to fly like angels, now we're sinking like a stone You say you're trying to help me but that ain't the way it feels I think you're trying to kill me with those stiletto heels Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing I been stabbed in the back babe And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go Going back to the kingdom of desire Going down to the valley of the gun I'm gonna stand too close to the fire I'm gonna fly too close to the sun They say the king of love sleeps on a velvet bed My sheets feel like sandpaper, and my pillow feels like lead But as sure as Atlantis sank into the sea I'm sinking like a stone babe, that's how it's got to be Paint the town black babe and let that pendulum swing I been stabbed in the back babe And if you don't love me, I'll never feel a thing And oh, if I don't have you, there's only one thing left for me to do When you dig up God's little acre, you lose all peace of mind You stare into the distance, looking for a sign But that sign it never comes babe, your wishes won't come true You keep praying for the rain while the sun beats down on you And oh, one thing I know, there's only one place left for me to go Repeats 2x I'm gonna fly too close to the sun, yeah I'm gonna fly too close to the sun

Listen to me now, brother A weh you say? Contradicting yourself Chronixx, Alborosie tell dem say Listen to me now! Contradiction is global, Yeah Contradiction global Madness taking over Too much man inna mix up One bag a mix up, Rasta no live so Contradiction global Still good conquer evil David still slew Goliath Me gone hold a vibe, yah Too many a idolize badness, and slackness Island in the sun, just falling inna darkness One love and one heart, we the heart deh Nowadays you no cool if you no heartless Flash with a nine like you lawless Like justice a buy out a wallet Well that a six for a nine a nine inna the waist Then a sentence to life, cuz Contradiction global Madness taking over Too much man inna mix up One bag a mix up, Rasta no live so Contradiction global Still good conquer evil David still slew Goliath Me gone hold a vibe, yah Well, Margaritas no flankas (flankas) We bullets a ram pam-pam-pam (ram pam-pam-pam) Who a call dem big shots deh Him a do it from a mansion (Slow dem), like cancer a spread out, (slow dem) A God get dem take out Politician and gun man a link So contradiction run the thing, yeah Contradiction global Madness taking over Too much man inna mix up One bag a mix up, Rasta no live so Contradiction global Still good conquer evil David still slew Goliath Me gone hold a vibe, yah The contradiction is global Hail I Hail Rastafari words Every day, I, I Yeah, yeah Chronixx, Alborosie tell dem Yeah, now, now, now, now We tell dem right away I hear dem talking positive Inside dem no good at all Gwaan like say dem big apes And everybody else so small Two face, two mouth, to lie Coming like you living two lives, yeah You're too good, you're too bad And you, deh, upon the two side People don't know weh fi choose, yeah Too many a idolize badness, and slackness Island in the sun, just falling inna darkness One love and one heart, weh the heart deh Nowadays you no cool if you no heartless (heartless) Inna the morning no one bag a one-bag a mix-up Contradiction is global, contradiction is global One bag a, one bag a, one bag a, one bag a Contradiction is global, contradiction is global

Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb Twenty pound of weed inna three black scandal bag You sit inna van back crowning head a black rag Who a di thug dem weh promote a Long beach Dem load it a leave before policeman dem reach yo Herbalist high grade specialist Export green stash Import green cash Build up a big house a so di money get wash Yo haffi exit no more call us no rush Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Five pound of weed inna vacuum seal pack Four a dem pound fit inna Gucci brown sack Westmoreland pass to kingston air park Deliver two pilot and cessna depart yo Herbalist high grade specialist Export green stash Import green cash Fiyah escalate a so di money get wash Yo haffi exit no more call us no rush Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) CIA FBI dem hype hype pon you Money inna envelope big up di blue suit Round your backyard and landscape fi run Mi neva hear no mon dat faster dan gun Herbalist high grade specialist Export green stash Import green cash Build up a go-go a so di money get wash Yo haffi exit no more call us no rush Herbalist high grade specialist Export green stash Import green cash Buy nuff pum pum so di money get wash Yo haffi exit no more call us no rush yeah Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night) Babylon dem thief my herb dem teef my herb (in the night)

Unno see the dancing Unno no hear the crying You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed Like a sound bwoy lock sound You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed Like a sound bwoy lock sound Green and young, like a Peter Pan Flying like a pelican Island bwoy like Gilligan Crushing kaya in my palm Lemme take the witness stand Look how long them fight me plant True Makkonen nah go wrong Sensi free inna Babylon Tell dem fi make up dem mind An' stop go 'round with fertiliser Zion youth a carry it around ital shop advisor Over the years we deh upon the case We never back off neither Against the system, weh live inna denial You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed Like a sound bwoy lock sound You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed 420 around the clock a fi me tactic Puffing like a chimney me no care a who a chat we Green cargo only and Selassie inna the cockpit We a lock the world, a make dem know Mosiah a locksmith Dah story yah it's an odyssey Now we need a royalty Shipping around inna quantity Now me weed a novelty We nah laugh like comedy We no need no wanna be This is not astrology We don't need apologies You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed Like a sound bwoy lock sound You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed Like a sound bwoy lock sound Green and young, like a Peter Pan Flying like a pelican Island bwoy like Gilligan Crushing kaya in my palm Lemme take the witness stand Look how long them fight me plant True Makkonen nah go wrong Sensi free inna Babylon Tell dem fi make up dem mind An' stop go 'round with fertiliser Zion youth a carry it around ital shop advisor Over the years we deh upon the case We never back off neither Never pop off neither Never run neither You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed Like a sound bwoy lock sound You make me fly Rumour go 'round Seh me strain a lock the town You make me fly Me lock me collie weed Like a sound bwoy lock sound Like a sound bwoy lock sound Like a sound bwoy lock sound Like a sound bwoy lock sound Like a sound bwoy lock sound Like a sound bwoy lock sound

Inna the streets busy life is a chapper While you at you work you affi stay on the upper Those who disagreed choose the way of a Dapper Those who blend right in choose the book and the laptop Who have ears to hear listen to what mama said Sit down inna church and be quiet and pray You taking on the wrong pledge Your life not granted So your story echoes in my head What I've felt, what I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never be, never see Won't see what might have been What I've felt, what I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never free, never me So I dub thee unforgiven This is the story of a man I used to know He never listen to his dad an mama words He found shelter inna wrong place Friends with a screw face Then Killed by their wrong ways Justice no kind It's vision blind Forward with the sentence No judge can't rewind Rest indeed, yeah Rest in peace bro Rest in me What I've felt, what I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never be, never see Won't see what might have been What I've felt, what I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never free, never me So I dub thee unforgiven There's still place that once you called your own Not a war zone not a funeral home Silent, no more music, no sound Under the moonlight inna a Small town Guiltiness rest on their shoulder So for the wicked man, his days are numbered Rest indeed, yeah Rest in me What I've felt, I've known Never free, never me What I've felt, what I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never be, never see Won't see what might have been What I've felt, what I've known Never shined through in what I've shown Never free, never me

Yeah alborosie deh yah Rastafari anthem Wooo yeaa heyyy I and I a praise King selassie And endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Africa shall rise Yuh nuh see seh poor people a get wise Who nuh ramp with me again King selassie Endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Jerusalem shall rise Yuh nuh see seh jah jah people a get wise Ooh The game up and down just like a yo-yo Mi smoke mi sensimilla and full join di show Babylon speed up so mi haffi move slow Dem sell mi lack a knowloedge but mi lack dem with di flow Dem teach mi to say yes and mi still a say no Dem tell mi fi stop and mi still go Dem tell mi fi cut and mi still grow Cah rastafari seh so Mi a praise King selassie And endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Africa shall rise Yuh nuh see seh poor people a get wise Who nuh ramp with me again King selassie Endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Jerusalem shall rise Yuh nuh see seh jah jah people a get wise Wooh The road to zion rocky but we still a Walk We move outta babylon dem still a talk We keep the fyah burning And dem? back it off now Judgement time now Emperor selassie I rule the earth I and I pray from birth No? for mi? No blood pon mi shirt Babylon mi heart still a hurt So mi praise King selassie And endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Africa shall rise Yuh nuh see seh poor people a get wise Who nuh ramp with me again King selassie Endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Jamaica shall rise Yuh nuh see seh jah jah people a get wise Wooh Dem drop down dem soul Mi nah drop down mi faith Babylon crise betta siddung and wait Cah mi wholla sekkle and mi just keep mi straight Yuh reach likkle bit too late While I'm praise King selassie And endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Africa shall rise Yuh nuh see seh poor people a get wise Who nuh ramp with me again King selassie Endorse di ghetto youth dem Mek dem well brighttt Jerusalem shall rise Yuh nuh see seh jah jah people a get wise Wooh Give thanks and praise to the most high So mi a seh