Name: Damage
Duration: 4 min 49 s
Channel: Jerry Stevens, Philip White
Description: "Damage" is a song by Root One.

Damage

Root One

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reggae hypocracy

Root One

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 • Reggae

Charts

Peak #12

Peak in subgenre #2

Author

Jerry Stevens, Philip White

Rights

1996

Uploaded

May 21, 2014

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.5 MB • 160 kbps • 4:49

Lyrics

Damage [J. Stevens, P. White] Jerry and Philipidon on vocals

Jerry: forgiveness is in the forgiving/ it's alright alright life is for living

Philip: blessed is the man who can forgive/ longer the life the man shall live now sometimes we have to forget,/ you know reality, never neglect the past

Jerry: some people are preaching ideas with which I may not agree/ because they want the world to be the way they think it should be/ but when I hear the judgement passing and singling out /I'm wondering if they're living the life they're preaching about/ to be living up is difficult enough/ to be pulling people down makes it prohibitively rough/ may the words ring true in the songs we sing /but in my heart I pray we're not gonna bring any

[chorus] damage from the stones thrown by the people living in the plate glass homes/ I feel the pain but it's alright /rain but it's alright/ pain but it's alright

Philip: rain down thunderstorm and cool the warm/ 'cause we coming just like a charm/ flinging rockstone after me once again/ it's like inna de brain me seh me catch a migrain /using up the crack heroin and cocain/ come inna de dance and you wan give me the blame/ don't you know a man a seh you acting very lame/ come inna de session and you a get a shame/ goosey goosey gander why you acting so strange/ it's like inna you brain man you get rearrange/ so me naw go look go seek me naw go deal with damage/ naw go look go seek me naw go deal with damage

Jerry: to trod a righteous path takes nerve/ but to be minding one's business might make it easier /one man's treasure could be another man's trash /one man's pleasure could be another man's clash /the whole world won't cater to one point of view/ that's why I cannot dictate the path another must choose/ our fates are not set our future's not sealed/ and even though I understand sometimes I feel [chorus]

Philip: you live inna glass house then you don't throw stones/ sticks and stones may break my bones names will make a giant moan /fling low blows, box off your own toe heavily /on your mind or on your face heavy nose /do you smell the fragrance of a perfumy rose /or do you sniff the odor of a rotten mango/ weigh yourself down with you own problem/ 99 percent of the time is only you creating them/ be responsible for the errors that you make/ instead of coming after me with the fullest of blame/ 96 degrees it coulda be inna de shade /real hot then cool off with some lemonade /rustle the leaves shoot the breeze roots will flog you from the trees of life that you ignore/ rough up mother nature and you bound fe feel sore /no more whirlwind of damage I saw the rain and it pours/ seek a path I pray more safe and secure

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