Cat's Meow
Mike Love & Father Psalms
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Oh this is a song to set the record straight
Because before long it's gonna be too late
To save the music from corporate oppression
We got to take back the radio station
To all you producers and executives
So dedicated to churning out the hits
We don't wanna hear no more cheese
Or pro-tune-pop bullshit
We want the roots not this jahwahian candy
I guess I remember a time
We used to sing on the corner for nickels and dimes
And now I look around and how everything has changed
But somehow the music has always stayed the same
Through all the changes and it's got me thinking
That even when the world all around us is sinking
Jah music will always be living going strong
Long after humanity has been dead and gone
It will live on
When all his records will rot and decay
And only the vibrations will remain
So if the sound you made was pure and true
Your music it will live on long after you
So this is a message to you pop singers
Who have forgotten your roots and culture
This is a reminder, a simple thought to ponder
Are you yourself or are you just another
A beautiful face there on the MTV
An original or a carbon copy
Are you just one of them just trying to fit in
Is there an original bone in your body
I remember a time
When all the musicians would stand outside in a line
Just to get a chance to jump up on stage and blow
To see if you got the talent to give the people a show
Now it's just all about who you know
Who's last look is in this puppet show
But there's one thing that all of you don't know
True music can never be bought or sold
So if American Idol is your favorite show
Well worshipping idols is a big no-no
Cause if you worship wealth or if you worship yourself
Someday soon your true colours are gonna show
If glamour and glam is all you desire
Then sooner or later you'll feel the fire
Licking up at your heels burning away all you conceal
Revealing the truth that's hiding in your soul
So we give respect to all musicians on chain and feet
All of them who are playing for the love and not for the love of money
This is a song for you all we're all one big family
Whether you play roots rock jazz blues hip hop or R&B
This is a call to the people all the singers and players
And the poets and painters dancers and appreciators
All who play music for the good of the greater
Who know all music comes from Jah the creator
Gotta free up the music gotta free up the culture
And lick these corporate music industry vultures
Gotta take the music up a river
And give the people something fresh and innovative
Unexpected and creative something they can all relate with
We gotta mix it up gotta change it up rearrange it up
And give them lyrics that will make them think
Cause we are standing on the brink
Rastaman give yourself a pat on the back
And pick up the slack
Cause we gotta keep on trodding till we reach the Zion heights above
And we got to keep the music moving in a positive direction
Give the people a reflection of Jah love
So man if you ain't got the message by now
Original music is the cat's meow
So turn your radio up and roll the windows down
And let the people hear you sing it out loud
We got to free up the music