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Artist: The Gladiators
Canonical path: /gladiators/bongo-red
Related lyric paths: 6
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Bongo Red
Read Bongo Red lyrics by The Gladiators on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Bongo Red
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Natty dread, natty dread, natty dread, yes
I-man don't like to get mix up (mix up, mix up)
By pushing me mouth in something I can't prove (no, no, no)
I-man don't take hearsay (hearsay)
Dem kind of things bring mix up (mix up, mix up)
I-man no say what next man say (next man say)
I like to prove things for I-self (for I-self)
2) So I take a walk from 6th street
Trying to prove something
Going to the bottom of 8th street
From corner to corner you can hear
Yes, the youths dem a shout
3) Natty dread, yes them dread
Natty dread, natty roots
Natty cool, (cool-cool natty dread)
Yes them dread
For they stand up in Babylon
Natty dread, natty roots
Natty cool, (congo natty dread)
Yes them dread
For they stand up in Babylon
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Natty dread, natty roots now
Natty dread internationally
All around town
Yes them dread
For they stand up in Babylon
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