Smoke a spliff and take a lift Smoke a spliff and take a trip There we just... pass me the chalice and say Shango take a sip We goin on a high grade trip We nah go leave we mistress We nah go leave Don and Maris, Susette and Doris Sometimes ah them ah carry me Cannibis Babylon say me rude Me say them haffi honour this
So me tell babylon say no fi touch me grown And me tell the wicked man say no fi cut it down Me never come up ah your place and try fi shut it down And never use my bulldozer and try fi buck it down Me tell the youth them bring some weed and "couchie come" And tell them bring some more food and me "couchie come" I say them want me weed ground Them no merciful Me prefer plant the weed than fi go bust me gun
People want change so them sent fi obama Said them tired of George Bush and them drama Everyday them ah search fi Osama And them can't find him 'pon no corner Tell dem fi legalize marijuana More money fi the youth them inna Ghana Inna Kenya and up ah Botswana Tell them spend more money 'pon the teachers and the farmers yeah !
Dem now dem fight it inna the zone here And now me se them plant up so much of California!
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Why them fi fight the weed? Everyday dem try fi kill the breed yeah Look how hard we have to work to find the seed And plant it up and grow it cause ah that we need yeah Me smoke it till me eyes them bleed When you smoke it ah lead yuh ah lead Ok Smoking No cocaine
GANJA!
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“Acres” was a single off of Capleton’s 2010 “I-ternal Fire”, his 4th album for VP Records. Having taken a 6 year break this was King Shango’s triumphant return to reggae music. The “Indiscretions Riddim” was produced by Shane Brown and The Prophet’s version is one of the more played and known versions.
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