Burning Spear performs at his 30th anniversary concert, mixing reggae with call-and-response chants in English and Jamaican patois. He urges the crowd to pick up the pieces and celebrate unity, weaving in Rastafarian references to the 12 tribes of Israel and one love throughout the high-energy set.
Yes! Woo! [MUSIC] [MUSIC] Yes. Drug is my driver. Drug is my ride. Oh, drug is the wheels, the wheels, the wheels. Drug is the front end. Cool off, baby. [MUSIC] Tree stump. Palm trees. Tree stump. Sharp trees. Put this place called Africa. Africa. Africa. Africa. Africa. Africa. Africa. Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh my God! Extraordinary-turtleneck? You have to pick up the pieces! Let's look good my brothers— let that place keep clean my sisters! Like I bless you all for your prayers? Keep praying by sister Sarah of Olorunmiya Temple! My brothers come along! My sisters— Come on long my brother's— Come alone by sister or who? My brothers come, come, oh yes my sisters go home our brothers come, come, come, I guess for sisters gone wrong! You have to pick up the pieces. You have to pick up the pieces. To pick up the pieces. We are here to pick up the pieces. Oh, let the place look good, my brothers. Let the place keep clean, my sisters. Let the place look good, my brothers. Let the place keep clean, my sisters. So come along, my brothers. Come along, my sisters. Come along my brothers! Come along my sisters! Oh my brothers come, come, come! Ah yes my sisters come, come! I hope our brothers come, come, come! Oh yes my sisters come, come! You come, come! You come on! Here to pick up the pieces. Here to pick up the pieces. Here to pick up the pieces. Here to pick up the pieces. Orokise, skapeese. Yes, skapeese, skapeese. Come along, my brothers. Come along, my sisters. Come along, my brothers. Come along, my sisters. Oh, you come on, you come. Yes, you come on, you come. You come, come. You come, come. You come, come. Coming up, coming up, people, coming up. Talk to me, people, talk to me. Are you feeling irie? Are you feeling irie? Yo! He's the first one. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] Yes, he did. Yes, he did. 12 tribes of Israel. 12 tribes of Israel. He's a lion. He's a lion. Yes, he, yes, he, he's a lion. I hope my brother go to the river to carry in the water. I want my sister, my sister wash up the dishes. She who goes to the shop and bring in the groceries Please. And if we should live up in the hills, and if we should live up in the hills, a far over Reggae physician live up in the hills. Yeah, are you feeling iron? My way so long, but the road is so far keep on my head never sway, my heart never lift I never have no fail from within My head never sway, my heart never lift I never have no fail from within though even all the roads be so far he can't get me down Can hardly see. In spite of that, some of them are joking around fully, but never mind, my brother, I will go on. This road is so far, this road is so far. Sofaki, Sofaki, Sofaki. Now come forward, my brother, my brother, my brother. Come forward. Even though this road is so fucking, fucking far, I remember Sopang! Original. To the Holy One of Creation. Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi. Appreciation. Yes. All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right. Oh, what a nice day. Oh, what a happy day. Oh, what a beautiful day. Oh what's up Brian Daye! Oh what's up Lovely Deyi Ugohe? Alright— alright— alright— alright... What's happening happy day?! Happy day!! Watch out for me!!! Are you feeling all right? It was good to be here. When we reach that part, holding on, singing our peace song, peace side by side, singing, oh, what a happy day, oh, what a happy day, oh, what a happy, happy, happy, happy, happy day, oh, what a happy Happy! Happy happy day to watch— A-happy happee happie happened? Happen happee happen haappppeee... Ohhhh?! Hahaha! Wheeww!! Rawr!!! Rrawwwrr!!!! Wow wowowwww!!!!! Wooohooo!? Wiiiieeeeee??? Mmmhm! Ahhhhhaaahaaaahaarrahaaaaaaaoommmmnnnnaaaaaaaaaaarroummeeeee! Weep wep weeeyyiiiiiiyyyyyyyyy eehay yay yo-hey-yo! Ehehy yoyoyo waiiinnyuuuuyoungggeeenneelsssss?? Ooooh my god I'm so good at this game guys! Woop woop wooowoowaoooooop ooohoohaawwooooooooooommpffffff ffffffafoofoongggueeeeeeaauuummnpffaahoopaahooopyeoossh oho ho haha wheeweews heughghaeuh oh yeah baby boy you're going down now dude man what's up it was me who lost that one right there broscha boyschya Don't mess with you, don't mess with you. And I love her so, and I want her to know she's mine, oh mine, oh mine. She's mine, oh mine, oh mine. Don't mess with you, please don't mess with Ochilo, ochilo, ochilo, ochilo. Rastafari. Yes, people, it was good to be here. So we thank you for your presence, we thank you for your support, we thank you for your time, we thank you for your oneness, we thank you for your togetherness. Hopefully in some other future We can do this again together like we never do it again together before. So you want some more? Are you sure you want some more? Let me know you want some more. Tell me you want some more. Talk to me about some more like you never talk to me before. Before. Yes. I love, will love you like we never loved you before. I hope you love me too. From 1969, from that time, the Spear been burning until this time. So this year, 1999, is the 30th anniversary of Burning Spear. Live in concert, studio work, music business, etc. Etc. Rastafari! Ruff, ruff, ruff! Original, original, stay original! Yes, people! Odomo saiba, jarastafari! All the little hearts and tongues and mind and thinking of temptation drop down the balls. So therefore, Jagai don't keep each and every one of us, man, woman, and child, going out and coming in from all evil things and evil doors, accident include. So please, people, be careful, watch your back. One love! Peace! Yeah!
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