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House of Dreadlocks
Big Youth
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You're tuned to Boss Radio One on the land
Where the temperature is eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit
Kinda warm in Kingston today, baby (Yeah)
Now you've learned what curly locks is
What can you do more than love it?
Beca' di dread-dem love it
An' then di dawta-dem a scrub it
Di natty dread-dem love it
An' di sista-dem rub it
Cah, natty dreadlock dread (Move yah)
Dun in di house of dread
An' natty dreadlock dread (Come on)
Dun in di house of dread
Yeah, an' him gone so
An' him kick so, him paw so
Cah, natty dreadlock dread
Dun in di house of dread (Natty dread)
An' my father's children
Dun with di children's children
An' him sing an' him sway (Huh?)
Dun with di children play
Old time people, they used to say these words
If you can't beat it, you've got to friend it, an' it true
I say, to be young, gifted an' black is where it's at
But if you beat me, you can't beat my word
Righteousness exalted a nation
An' righteousness stands continually (Yeah)
Love one another like sisters an' brothers
That's to say each an' every day from I was born
Until these days, I would say (Yeah)
But I'd like to find out one thing
What's the real meaning of love (Yeah)
People, what we need is to understand each other
Understand one another, I would say
Cah, natty dreadlock dread
Dun in a Babylon
Dreadlock dread (You want it, want it)
Dun in a Babylon (Never really get it)
Dun in a Babylon, in a Babylon, yeah
Dun in a Babylon
An' you talk with di eyes, then dun in a Babylon
You walk with di eyes, then dun in a Babylon
You cyaan walk free in a Babylon, yeah
In a Babylon
Yeah, each one get pure conscious works, baby
An' di man, an' di beast, an' di lion, an' di thief
An' di, an' di, an' di
Fi we can't feel it, I would say
Fi we can't feel it every day
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