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Sleeping in the Jungle
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from 2003 Root 1 "Love Dub and Guitars".
reggae activism
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Root 1 was voted #1 world music group in the Austin Jazz Players and Critics poll. For the past 12 years they have been touring throughout the U.S., Belize, and
Root 1 was voted #1 world music group in the Austin Jazz Players and Critics poll. For the past 12 years they have been touring their unique mix of Afro Caribbean American dance crossover throughout the U.S., Belize, and Mexico. The music is centered around the conscious, spiritual, empowering, and award winning songwriting from all members of the band.The CD album Roots Trade has been widely distributed in Brazil by the Garra Communications label.
Song Info
Genre
World • World Fusion
Charts
Peak #12
Peak in subgenre #3
Author
Jerry Stevens
Rights
2003
Uploaded
October 29, 2011
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.9 MB • 160 kbps • 6:03
Story behind the song
Written while camping with Deb (on our honeymoon!) in the Kalalau Valley on the island of Kaua'i in the state of Hawai'i, where we met many fugitives from drug laws. 9/11 happened 2 weeks later, and it appears to me the song has a lot to do with that as well.
Lyrics
Sleeping in the Jungle [J. Stevens] I got to slow down, must get rest tonight/ Been runnin' for miles on the trail 'til we ran out of light/ Lawyers courts and money all be damned/ I set my sights on the jungle and away I ran The rain has soaked us all the way to the bone, won't leave us alone/ It's such pervasive invasion/ I need to know this, I need to know somehow but please don't wake me now because we're Sleeping in the jungle Sleeping in the jungle System are you really with them it makes me so blue/ Protect us from ourselves is that the best we can do?/ Cities are your prisons you keep them in their cells /They all still hold the keys but they're still under your spell/ Your rain has soaked them all the way to the bone won't leave them alone/ It's such pervasive invasion/ They need to know this, they need to know somehow, but please don't wake them now because they're Sleeping in the jungle Sleeping in the jungle
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