Foundation

Intro:

Glorious be to the most high, Jah, Rastafari

Oh, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nigh

Hey, yu see Sly & Robbie

Chorus:

A just Selassie send dem, well

Play music fi heathen, well

Si di Christian we call dem, yeh

Dut just di devil control dem, Sly

A Selassie send dem, well

Cause music a fi play dem, yeh

Mr. Robbie him bass dem, well

Taxi Gang come tell dem dat

Verse 1:

Well Mr. Sly, well

Music we al play an we a trample over jungle

trample down a TG, rema man we a talk to

All rema man unuh fi cool an unuh fi humble

Put down all di guns an leave di chain an all di bangle

Cause Selassie, well we ready fi di people

All rastaman an bogo man we all a talk to

Sly dem a play, we licking out di devil

Come Taxi Gang come play fi di people

Chorus

Verse 2:

Long time we a tell dem fi louh all di band

Dem want mix rastaman in dem Bachanal

Chu Missa Sly him a foundation

Dats why we play di music fi each and everyone

Verse 3:

Music we a play yes a we run di route

Music we a play fi all dem down a south

Easy Mr. Sly and Taxi Gang run di route

Yuh nuh hear music dem a bawl out

Mission Impossible and a teach people

Play fi all di dumb, di deaf, di blind and all di cripple

Oh Mr. Sly how yuh humble, nah rumble

Because we too comfortable so we tell dem

Chorus

Verse 4:

Well, trample di Christian, di beast a albashan

Dis rastaman don't yuh know seh yuh ever wrong

Mr. Sly play di music from 19 how long

Dem a play fi Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, how much

How dem fi dis we when yuh know seh we nuh nervous

A foundation, a we dig di land

A wi set di plan, an a wi buy, oh na

Chorus

Verse 5:

Dis yah one yah pass january morning

From now mi a give out di warning

Some bwoy a fi try do some farming

Mr. Sly a music wi playing

Well from now bad man I talking

Well Taxi Gang don't you know dem run di tune

And don't yuh know sehh a we have di engine

Well follow Beenie Man and sing