Reggae On the Rampage
[Intro]
Cyaan stop di reggae again
Cyaan stop di reggae again, mi friend
Cyaan stop di reggae again
Cyaan stop di reggae again, mi friend
[?]
Wave your hands in the air
Reggae music big everywhere
Wave your hands in the air
Reggae music big everywhere
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
[Verse 1]
"Oh Carolina" was a hit fi Shaggy
Chaka Demus & Pliers do "Tease Me, Tease Me"
"Iron Like a Lion inna Zion": Bob Marley
"Housecall": Shabba Ranks and Maxi
[?]
"La La La Long": that a' Inner Circle
Shinehead a-did "Jamaican inna di Big Apple"
Me name but a few but enough people
Makin' reggae music bubble, bubble
[Chorus]
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a—
[?]
[Post-Chorus]
Wave your hands in the air
Reggae music big everywhere
Wave your hands in the air
Reggae music big everywhere
[Verse 2]
It's here, it's there
Reggae is everywhere
Feel the reggae music
In the atmosphere
Gone big, gone hard
Gone inna fifth gear
[?] you nuh hear
Reggae music gone clear
Reggae has been bubblin'
From year to year
Only needed a boost so people coulda hear and
Now dem hear it, they can't get enough
Everyone a-say reggae are di good stuff
[Chorus]
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
[Verse 3]
Now inna England, look 'pon di chart
Reggae music a-tear it apart
But don't tink dat the reggae just start
Here a few big reggae hits of the past:
Althea and Donna "Uptown Top Ranking"
Bob Marley had a hit with "Jammin'"
Sugar Minott had "A Good Ting Goin'"
[?] Tippa Irie wit' "Hello, Darlin'"
Aswad: "Don't Turn Around"
"Money in My Pocket" by Dennis Brown
Ken Boothe with "Everyting I Own"
[?] on the big Gramophone
"Don't Want to Be Lonely": Freddie McGregor
"Police Officer" by Smiley Culture
And "Israelites" by Desmond Decker
"I Wanna Wake Up With You" was Boris Gardiner
"One Love", "Exodus", "No Woman No Cry" by the king Bob Marley, rastafari
One of his greatest LPs was Natty Dread
Remember Errol Dunkley? Him did "O.K. Fred"
[?]
Audrey Hall: "One Dance Won't Do"
Reggae been here a long time; it's not new
But it's only just getting the respect it's due
[Pre-Chorus]
Cyaan stop di reggae again
Cyaan stop di reggae again, mi friend
Cyaan stop di reggae again
Cyaan stop di reggae again, mi friend
[?]
Wave your hands in the air
Reggae music's big everywhere
Wave your hands in the air
[Chorus]
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
[Verse 4]
"Oh Carolina" was a hit fi Shaggy
Chaka Demus & Pliers do "Tease Me, Tease Me"
"Iron Like a Lion inna Zion": Bob Marley
"Housecall": Shabba Ranks and Maxi
[?]
"La La La Long": that a' Inner Circle
Shinehead a-did "Jamaican inna di Big Apple"
Me name but a few but enough people
Makin' reggae music bubble, bubble
[Chorus]
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
Rampage
Reggae is on the rampage
Run like a lion let out of a cage
[Verse 5]
It's here, it's there
Reggae is everywhere
Feel the reggae music
In the atmosphere
Gone big, gone hard
Gone inna fifth gear
[?] you nuh hear
Reggae music gone clear
Reggae has been bubblin'
From year to year
Needed a boost so people coulda hear and
Now dem hear it, they can't get enough
Everyone a-say dat reggae are di good stuff
[Outro]
Rampage