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lyrics for the cd
BICYCLES FOR RASTAS MAYAS
Words and Music by Wisdom Ogbor. © 2003
ROOTS AND WISDOM MUSIC PRODUCTION
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I met a little girl down at Clearview Club
I was skanking, drinking juice, with a few hits left
Her flap was down
Nobody knew
She was from out of town, but she didn’t seem to care
The boys jump and prance
The girls down in the groove
I say, babe, what’s your name 2x
What’s your name
She said she wanna go home to
Nobody there, nobody here
Nobody home that understands her
She can’t find a way to speak her language
The boys want to lay, but she wants to play
I say, babe, what’s your name
What’s your name
2x
Je te ambrasse e . . .3x
You make me feel high....Je te ambrasse e . .
I wanna touch the sky....Je te ambrasse e . . .
I wanna touch the moon........Je te ambrasse e . . .
I feel like the moon and star..........Je te ambrasse e . . .
But now, I wanna touch the moon.........Je te ambrasse e . . .
We are shooting for the moon.................Je te ambrasse e . . .
Tipitipitipi . . . . . . . .
I wanna touch the sky.....Je te ambrasse e . .
I feel like the moon and star.......Je te ambrasse e . .
But now, we are shooting for the moon........Je te ambrasse e . .
I feel like the moon........
I wanna touch the sky
We are shooting for the moon .......Je te ambrasse e . .
You make me feel high.... Je te ambrasse e . .
3. Ras Kimono Dijo (Jah Work)
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Hermanos tienen hambre
Llegaron muy lento
Una casa llena
Cucarachas borrachas
Una casa llena
Moscas pachecas
La banda enojada
La gente muy lenta
Ras Kimono dijo
Rastafari
Ras Kimono dijo
Alimenta la mente
Ras Kimono dijo
Evitar el exceso
Busca un sabio sabio maestro
Acerca de la casa
Busca una rub-a-dub maestra . .
En a di barrio
And do Jah work, Jah self
And do that work thy self
Jah Jah work is for everybody
Jah Jah work is for Dick and Harry
Jah Jah work is the abled body
Jah Jah work is the weak and
the meak
Jah Jah work is for the African
boy
Jah Jah work is for the American
girl
Jah Jah work is for the Europeans
Jah Jah work is for the Mexicans
So just do it
I and I doing it
Africans doing it
Europeans doing it
Americans doing it
Mexicans doing it
Everybody come together
do Jah Work
Everybody come together see
Jah Work
Europeans will come together do
Jah Work
Africans will come together see
Jah Work
Asians will come together feel
Jah Work
America
come together do
Jah Work
Rastafari time
Kwa iyu ku anyi eje
Agu guba anyi o
Kwa iyu ku anyi eje o
Hermanas tienen hombres
Llegaron muy lenta
Una fiesta llena
Moscas pachecas
Una fiesta llena
Cucarachas borrachas
La gente enojada
La banda muy lenta
Ras Kimon dijo
Rastafari
Ras Kimono dijo
Evitar mala onda
Ras Kimos dijo
Alimenta la mente
Ras Kimono dijo
Buscar un rub-a-dub maestro
Acerca de la casa
Buscar una sabia sabia maestra
En a di barrio
Everybody come together do
Jah Work
Everybody come together see
Jah Work
Kaliman will come together do
Jah Work
Diamond will come together do
Jah Work
Eh Frank
come together do
Jah Work
Eh Ruben come together see
Jah Work
Yo Wisdom come together see
Jah Work
Isi Waba anyi o
Kwa iyu ku anyi eje o
Roots and Wisdom come together do
Jah Work
Yo Nadia come together do, Jah
work
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Tulum, Tulum, Tulum
Tulum, Tulum, Tulum
Okpukpu m nkeni ijili n’aka
Okpukpu m nkeni ijili n’aka
O bukwa nwa nnem gbulum o
Maka flower m o
Nwaka nwa nnem gbulu m
Maka flower m o
Mana Onyeabor nwa nnem nyelu m
Maka flower m o
Mana nwa nne m nalu ma
Maka flower m o
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Tucha ntucha ntucha enu
Nke onye eme ya jisie ike
Akwa okuku a dighi epu aji
Alice nwa mama ga-edu anyi
Maka
Onyeabor nwa mama ga-ete egwu
O bu ufele ne-eme gi
Na aka uba ka anyi si enwe ike
Herbert nwa papa ga-edu anyi
Ife
akuko uwa amaghi eme anyi o mmmm...
Repeat Tulum Tulum Tulum....
-
Repeat Tucha ntucha . . .
-
Shalom Tulum Tulum Tulum
paz, udooo Tulum Tulum Tulum
Peace.......
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Oh misery, what a mystery
Oh misery, is such a mystery
Agony, is our enemy
2x
Poverty struck us long ago, and we're
in danger
Agony struck us long ago, now we're in strife
We don't have time to sleep
We don't have time to eat
We can't even dream
In King Zugo´s clan
Oh what a shame
2x
We are crying
We are singing
We are living and we're dying
For King Zugo´s crimes
Oh misery 2x
In this our history 2x
But soon comes the day
Soon comes the day
For the truth to be known
That, for many hundreds of years
We have suffered for King Zugo´s
needs
We have died for King Zugo´s
crimes
Struggling in days that never end
Yet we can't drink from King
Zugo´s cups
So soon come the day
For every subject to bow,
Yes, for every subject to bow and
break away
For every subject to bow
Yes, for every subject to bow and
break away
Every subject to bow and break
away
We own no stocks, yet we pay
We start no wars, yet we fight
We buy nothing, but we pay
Signs of the times of King Zugo´s
days 4x
In this our history
2x
Aha
Every subject to bow
Yes, for every subject to bow and
break away
Oh misery
Every subject to bow, yes for
every subject to
Bow and break away
The stocks have risen, I say, once
again on
We own no stocks, yet we pay
We start no wars, yet we fight and
crush
We buy nothing, but we pay
Signs of the times of King Zugo´s
days 2x
Aha, Every subject will bow, every
subject will . . . repeat
Every subject will bow and break .
. repeat and fade.
Oh what a shame............
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Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
Mama, mama, mama, mama, mama, mama,
Has escuchado, una historia, de una niña y una vida?
Has escuchado, una historia
de un niño y una vida?
Que soy de allì
Que soy de allà
Que vengo de
Mi madre es de D.F
Que soy de
Mi querida es de
Raices de Africa, son demasiadas
Raices de Africa parecen divididas
Raices de Africa no deben
ser perdidas
Raices de Africa ahora, encontradas
Raices de Africa, con quienes vivimos
En el mundo de guerras?
Africa
, un continente muy fuerte
En el mundo entero
Africa
, un cuento de las raices
Porque no estamos fatigados
Has escuchado, una historia, de una niña y una vida?
Has escuchado, una historia
de un niño y una vida?
Que soy de allì
Que soy de allà
Que vengo de Sambo
Mi querida es de
Que soy de la Selva
Mi esposa es de la Costa Chica
Raices de Africa
No estamos jugando
Raices de Africa
No somos bandidos
Raices de Africa
Son Verdaderas
Raices de Africa, vamonos
mama mama ...............
Vamonos ..2x
Vamos, vamos.. 2x
Africa,
raices de
Mother love, father love
Brother love, sister love
Mama love……
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Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home......repeat
I’m coming home for Emilia
A long time without Emilia
Makes me feel like I can’t stand
it
I can’t sleep without Emilia
tonight
Take me to my home
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home.
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home.....
Emilia is a dream, everyone’s
dream
She comes around every blue moon
Grabs you like an octopus
She breaks your concentration
Just to reach your imagination
If I stay, I’ll cry for Emilia
tonight
Take me to my home
Home, home, home
Buenos dias señor Pèrez
Buenas tardes señora Pèrez
Muy buenas noches señorita Pèrez
Donde està la casa que me dicen
que es mia?
Donde està el jefe que les dan papeles?
Donde està la banda que lleva con
Roots and Wisdom?
Donde està la gente que juega capoeria?
Donde està la gente que vivir con
Jah Jah music by day
African music by night
Reggae music by day,
Jah Jah music
by night
At quarter past twelve
Jah Jah music a go play in my home
At ten past two
Rasta herb a go burn in my home
My home familiar
If I smoke some sinsimilla
My heart pounds on Emilia
My hopes hinge on Emilia
I wonder, will I ever see her
again
Take me to my home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home ......
Es que te digo
Te digo que te quiero
Te quiero muy sincero
Aunque no tengo dinero
Yo vengo de afuera
Y tengo unas preguntas
Donde estar las chavas que bailan
en el discoteque?
Donde estar la banda que vive por
la playa?
Donde estar la gente que vive por
Jah Jah?
Donde estar la gente que vive con
Roots and Wisdom music
Rasta music by day
Jah Jah music by night
Day by day
Night by night
Down there living music a go play
in my home
In my home with Emilia
Now, night by night, my home
familiar
If I smoke some sinsimillia
Sometimes I can’t stand it
Sometimes it’s strange familiar
If I cry, I cry for Emilia tonight
Take me to my home
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home,
Home, home, home.....
Buenos dias señor Pèrez
Buenas tardes señora Pèrez
Muy buenas noches señorita Pèrez
Vengo con prisa, tengo estas
preguntas
Donde està la banda que toca Jah
Jah music?
Donde està la gente que ensayar Rastafari?
Donde esta el mundo que quiere vivir?
Donde està la banda que juega con fuego?
Donde està el mundo que vive con
Jah Jah music by day
Rasta music by night
Only by day and night
Only by night and day
Jah Jah music a go play in my home
My home for Emilia
Freedom music a go play in my home
My home with Emilia
It’s just a rocking vibe
In a house with Emilia, down there
Truly, a loving vibe
When you’re up with Emilia
If I smoke some sinsimillia
I wonder, will
I ever see her again
Take me to my home
Go there
Rasta go there
My home familiar
With Emilia
Go there…..
8. Onum Ga-Ekwu
(Ayo)
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Ikolobia di nóbodo
Unu anugo onum o
Umu agbogo di nóbodo
Unu anugo onum o
Ya mulu nwa, we fe eze
Eze egbue, eze agwa a
Nkita afu ga-ata
2x
Ayaaaaaa,
ayaaa, la la la la la la, enu m
o
Onum ga-ekwuwu
Okwu onye ekwune
Ma ya kwu ezi okwu
Onwu onye anwuna
Ma ya lue enu egwe
Ma ya lijue afo
Di onye anuna
Ma ya mua ezi nwa
Nwa onye ka ozulu na enu uwa
- Ayo
Papa m o
Mama mo
Ayaaaa, la la
Emalu ka m si welu ahum nye uwa
Emalu akuko a na-akolu afufu
Ife
onye bu nóbi, si na ya ekwelu
Ya ka chi ya ga-edwelu o
Onum ga-ekwu o
Ka anya m si fu i
Onum ga-ekwu o
Ka ahum m si we di
Ayaaaa, la la la la la . . . Ayo (repeat)
Onum ga-ekwu o
Ka anya m si fu i
Onum ga-ekwu
Ka anya m si fu
Ji onye egbuna
Ma ya lue mba
Oka
onye akuna
Ma ya pue ka ocha
Ife
onye emene
Ma ya chi ozo
Aya o, chi ozo o
3x
M ga-echi o,e ga-echi o
Maka na nti m na-anu
Anya m na afu
Onum n'ékwu
Ka ahu m si di
Ayaaaaa, la la la . . . 3x
E malu ka m si welu ahum nye uwa
E malu akuko a na-akolu afufu
Ife
onye bu nóbi, si na ya ekwelu
Ya ka chi ya ga-ekwelu
Onum ga-ekwu o
Yalu m aka o, a na m afu iyo o
Nekem anya o,
E n'afukwam anya
E makwa na
Ayaaaaaa, aya e
Ayaaaaaa, o la la ah
Ayaaaaaa o, aya oh
Ayo, egwu m on ho
2x
Ayo oh . . .
Ayo . . .
Yalu m aka o
A nam afu iyo o
Neke m anya o
Ife
yi na asom
E na-afukwa m anya
E malu na
Ayo . . . ayo . .
E na-eme, a ga m eme
Ewo, ka ahu m si di
E ga-eme nke yi o, e
9. Rastas Mayas
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Con su permiso señores y señoritas
Voy a compartir la aventura que abrio mis ojos de
entendimiento
Cuando yo estaba recorriendo los caminos que llaman las
rutas mayas
Donde estan las rutas mayas, algunas personas me
preguntaron
Ahí es a donde fuimos para investigar personalmente
Llevamos bicicletas para compartir con los mayas
Y toda la gente que viven en aquella tierra, hoy dia
Tierra de los mayas, de misterios, extendiendose, vastas y lejanos
Con reyes y reinas y guerreras que se communicaban
directamente con dioses
Construyeron pirámides unas en la cima de montaña para
defender sus reinos
y evitar el peligro
Alguna gente llegaron con un limite aquí y un limite alla
que llaman fronteras
De este lado del la frontera esta México,
junto a èl
Guatemala, Belice, Honduras, El Salvador, y mas y mas y mas
Nos detuvimos en
aquienes dijimos, estamos buscando las rutas mayas!
De veras?, nos dijeron,
quédense y les enseñaremos lo que
sabemos
Y sin ningunas prisa, nos quedamos
A la gente de
Que llaman Son Huasteco y Son Jarocho Como La Bamba
Y una que va mas o menos
Que le vaya bien, que te vaya mal
Que te pongas bien, que ponga mal
Que le vaya bien o mal
Echuchumbe te va agarar
Que vaya bien que vaya mal
Echuchumbe te va agarar
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Nos fuimos a
Tierra del gran rey Pakal de pie particular
Alli sus restos fueron depositado para descansar en paz
Hasta que la gente vino a molestarlo y llevarse su cuerpo
de alli
Ahora llaman de los grandes reinos de los mayas, ruinas
Si
Y que estan allì, asì nos fuimos y dirigimos a
Donde quedamos en la casa, en las casa
Aprender un poco mas, hasta que otra vez, llegue la hora de
las llamadas
de las rutas mayas . . .
10. Jealous Boys, Jealous Girls
A dis a rastaman stylee
A dis a jealous dub
A dis a rootsman skanking
Some are call it jealous rock
Hear this . . .
But she wasn't the only one
And when she came down to your
dance
Your weren't the only one
You wish you had her in your room
Where you could be the only one
But her friends are everywhere
They act like a lonely hearts club
And your friends are everywhere
They give you the evil eyes.
You will never be the only one
Tom talalam tololom...........
Dooooo, waado
You´re just like the other ones
Some people thank her
For making you a jealous boy
But you could kill her for being
the evil one
Oh, let it be if you can´t be the
only one
Oh, let it go, you could find
another one
Oh jealous boys, jealous girls
3x
You can´t be the only one
Don´t think about the ones that
can never been told
What about the ones that´s gone
out of control
What about the ones who leave you
in the cold
What about the ones that look like
gold
I say you're kissing
Playing with Suzie
Sleeping with Andy
Married to Jim
But you're playing a game
A long time you've played the
game
Now you feel like the only one
And you're talking in your sleep
nobody knows what you say
You cry when you're all alone
A sign of a broken heart
Now you act strange among friends
Cause you're the lonely one
What about the ones who come to
your face
I say you call me honey
You call him sweetie
Jerking around with Jack and Jill
When you're living in
You have to watch for one another
When you can't get home
Eh, a long time you're the lonely
one
You have to chill out me bredren
When you cry, you cry alone
Nobody knows what you say
You have to cool out me sistren
When you talk you feel strange
Just like the other times
I say don´t you go for your
trigger
Oh, Talalam Tololom,
you are the
only one
Eh, tell ém now you want
to beat the other ones
Ah, let it be you
eh, tell 'em now you want to be the only one
but if you can't be the only one
you could find another one
you try, you try again
oh, talalam tolo tam.......
11. Nadia
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Give me the music make me jump and prance
Reggae music make me feel so high
Africa
music make me feel so fine
So nice . . . so fin
Ka unu we maluzia
Ife
di nma
Ife
di na egwu
Egwu so uso
Egwu si ka o si we si na obodo bia
Egwu si ka o so we si na Akwukwu bia
Egwu di ka o so we si n
obodo bia eh
Egwu si ka o si we si na Akwukwu bia
Egwu okobi abia
Egwu di nma
Egwu Okobi abia
Egwu solu onyi
Egwu okobi abia
Egwu solu chukwu
Telele lete te . . .
do you remember
Children,
seven, eight, nine and ten
Weeping,
weeping for shelter
Crying,
crying from anger, singing
Do you remember
What they were saying
Some of them were praying
Praying to Jesus
Some call him Allah
Some call him Buddha
They didn’t know
It’s one and the same
I and I say it’s Jah
Rastafari live
Selasie I is king
And we were praying
Let there be, let there be, love
Egwu Okobi abia
Egwu di nma
Egwu Okobi abia
Egwu solu anyi
Egwu si ka o si we si na obodo bia
Egwu si ka o si we si sn Akwukwu bia
2x
Telele lete te . . .
‘member, ‘member, ‘member, ‘member
Children,
seven, eight, nine and ten
Weeping,
weeping for shelter
Crying,
crying from anger, singing
Do you remember
What you could have said
You could have asked for love
But you didn’t know
You could have asked for a house
But you didn’t know
You could have asked for a car
But you didn’t know
You could have said a prayer
But you didn’t know
I and I savior Jah
Rastafari live
Selasie I is king
And we were praying
Let there be, let there be, love
Let there be, let there be, money
Let there be, let there be, honey, for Jah children
Let there be, let there be, peace
Ka unu we maluzia
Ife
di nma
Egwu so uso
Egwu solu chukwu
Egwu si na Akwukwu bia
Egwu di ike
Egwu si ka o si we si na obodo bia
Egwu si ka o si we si na Akwukwu bia
Egwu Okobi abia
Egwu di nma
Telele lete te . . .
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Block by block, it’s the same in the city
Day by day, it’s just a dread in the city
It’s Saturday in the city
I find my way to
To watch the strangers play
Strange men, strange women, strange cops, strange moves,
strange ways
It’s strange everywhere
The city is a dump 2x
If you’re down and out
Looking for some action
Come to the city at night
Come through the city at light
Come to the city, see through the city
The city is a dump
2x
Block by block is the same thing in the city
Bam Bye
Hear me now, New York,
Houston
,
Washington
,
The city is a dump
Living in a dump
It’s eight o’clock in the city
Grabbed a drink and a magazine, left the strangers
And walked on to the subway
Something for anyone looking for something
Have herpes, will party, it’s okay
We’ll die in the city
The city is a dump
All over the world
The city is a dump
All over the world
Living in a dump
The city is a dump
Bam Bye
All over the world 3x
- Block by block –
You have to buy a coke, pay the price, I say
To use the dirty bowl
No money, no luck
Can’t piss, not here
No wonder the smell of the subway
The city is a dump 3x
All over the world 3x
Hear me now…
Lagos
,
Accra
,
Paris
, one
London
, English city
Mexico
,
City is a dump, living in a dump
all over the world......
Guate,
Tegus,
Belize
,
Toronto
,
Sao Paolo,
The city is a dump
Living in a dump
All over the world . . .
Smoke here, crack here, sneeze
here
Them so so upon you in the city
Bam bye in the city
All over the world
Smoke here, sensi here, crack
there
Them so so upon you in the city
Them bring crack to the city
They bring guns to the city
You die of hunger in the city
Don’t have no money in the city
Hey, the city is a dump
Hear me
now….
Living in a dump
Hear me now…..
The city is a dump
One car run over one bicycle
One bicycle run over one old woman
All these things happening in the city.
Why, in the city......
The city is a dump....
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Eje ka eshe ti awa
Eni ara mi
Eje ka eshe ti awa
Eni la ri o, awa omo ola
Ti emi nlo, Ti awa mbo
Ti emi nsare bi ketekete
Mo nwa lówo re
Sanu fu omo re
Ma fi mi si ile o
E ma gbagbe mi o
2x
Ti mba wa lóno, duro de emi o
Ti mba so kale, duro de emi o
Esu mbo lóno duro de emi
Obawa lóke ma da mi duro
Aye baje, duro de emi o
Aye ga Jesu, duro de emi o
Ogun nde, ije mbo, ma fi mi si ile
o
Llelayo ni ile baba mi
Aye baje, duro de emi o
Aye ga jesu, duro de emi o
Esu mbo lóno, ma fi mi si ile o
Ilelayo ni ile baba mi
E ma gbagbe mi mo dupe
E ma gbagbe mi o
Jesu e ma gbagbe mi
Ti mba wa lónu duro de emi o
Aya ga Jesu ma fi mi si ile o
Llelayo ni ile je je
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Playing my guitar and feeling
alright
They say,
and I hear what they say
They say that boys are supposed to be
Wild and loose, fancy free
I got to get away cause you're coming after me
I got a hunk chunk baby and she'll set me free
That's right . . .
Playing my guitar in the middle of
the night
But all I got is this original
music
Turn me loose, set me free
I know I got to get away
Me and my
Hometown baby that will set me
free. . .4x
The police say, hey!
What you got in your truck?
He says, speak up boy
Wacha got in there?
But all I got was my acoustic
guitar
And my home town baby that will
set us free
Down town baby that will set us
free . .
That´s right
home town baby that will
set us free
Down town baby that will set us
free .
I´ve got to groove, Charlie
I´m in the mood
I´m in the mood to groove
I´m feeling good
But if you´re coming after me
I know I got to get away
Me and my hometown baby that will
set me free
Hometown baby that will set me free . . . . repeat
I´ve got to groove, lord
I´m in the mood
I´m in the mood to groove
I´m feeling good
But if you´re coming after me
I know I got to get away
Me and my hometown baby that will
set me free
hometown baby that will set me free........