Stimulation mental Keeping the vibes alive Yah inna the world street Depth of people that know the lows and highs Inhumane overstanding Should Jah make their paths collide All who can balance their mental eyes Upon their principal side All who would feel it and empathize When ugly circumstances rise HAILE I SELASSIE I THE FIRST over All the princes of guile Over rhetorical flare Over rhetorical flare and style Behold all concepts of light And implement it to rise Inna the E.R. Inna full surgical garments of light The Emperor himself When the lord of spirits sent his Christ As love of the truth And that love alone oh will suffice Story teller from the ancient cellar Keeper of the legend and the Kushite dweller Angel ah talk when the griot ah whisper And the rain it ah fall, no umbrella Words of wisdom like a boat and propeller Ancient talk coming like an acapella Roots tea bubble with the great sarsaparilla Be true to your word, in your cerebella Biggest tree yo I could ah fell ah We ah small axe and we bust like Fela Ras to the bone mi nuh inna no novela High up in the mountain snow like Sierra Drum and bass coming like a real guerilla Liberation sound, warrior no vanilla Coded speech like the ancient pillar Boaz and Joachim enigma… We are the Banton, we are the Banton Anywhere we go, yeah we are the Banton We are the Banton Ras are Banton Yeah, African Banton We are the Banton, we are the Banton Anywhere we go, yeah we are the Banton We are the Banton Ras are Banton Yeah, African Banton The Emperor inna the breach To inite the divine Some will refuse his way And desynchronize And disintegrate instead of holding the love real tight And make more war than peace outright The Emperor inna the breach To inite the divine Some will refuse his way And desynchronize And disintegrate instead of holding the love real tight And make more war than peace outright The Emperor inna the breach To inite the divine Some will refuse his way And desynchronize And disintegrate instead of holding the love real tight And make more war than peace outright 18 Pharaoh’s sat upon the golden throne Ethiopian Kushite built way before Rome Where Memnon and Emathion were born Rulers of Arabia remember your home Land where the Gods live no Olympian zone Cepheus and Cassopoeia, rulers of old Empress Candace, rulers of Syrian town All the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indus Nile ground Azanian race is the same Bantu now Son of Vulcan down there yeah, Priest Manetho Land of sunburnt people so Hesiod spoke Tall and handsome, longest livers Rasta hold the crown… We are the Banton, we are the Banton Obvious see it and deny The Iniverse is infinite We are the Banton While they fire up inna bottle And ah riot in this time yeah Banton Agitators refusing to be quiet And they are all mobilized African Banton And politicians do what will be hidden from the public's eye Banton Look at the scandals that are rocking the political divide Banton The same Hitler cabinet melt down time Banton African Banton

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