Meta Dia – Daylight – VideoMeta Dia – Daylight – Video

Meta Dia a crescut în Dakar, Senegal ascultându-i pe Gregory Isaacs sau Bob Marley. A fost fascinat de creaţia acestora şi la vârsta de paisprezece ani  şi-a luat inima în dinţi şi a păşit pe drumul muzicii. În anul 2000 îşi înfinţează propria trupă sub numele de Yalla Suuren (God Bless), an în care câştigă „best hip hop/reggae group” în opinia „French Cultural Center„.

În 2002, se mută în Brooklyn, U.S.A., loc în care îşi înfinţează o nouă trupă, Meta and the Cornerstones, alături de care prestează şi astăzi. Cântă în engleză, franceză, wolof şi fulani şi abordează stilurile afropop, hip-hop, rock, soul şi nu în ultimul rând reggae. Trupa conţine membri de pe aproape toate continentele: Africa, America de Nord, Orientul Mijlociu şi Asia.

Astăzi a fost lansat clipul piesei Daylight, cu Meta Dia în prim-plan. Artistul colaborează astfel cu Dub Incorporation cântând pe No Doubt Riddim, un ritm care mi se pare superb. Vizionare plăcută!

Lyrics:

Leaders using the name of Jah
Spiritual Ah Gangsta
Rich mans war poor mans debt
We can’t take it anymore
Ohh yeah

We nah deal with those Spiritual Gangsta
Spiritual leaders
Dem ah using the name of God
Ohh we go chant dem down
Chant dem down

Nothing to fear nothing to worry
Bout we go chant dem down
Eyyy

See the politicians try trick we
They wanna keep us hungry but
The Rastaman will stand up and fight
For a better day eh
See the political strategy
They wanna take I Country
The Rastaman will stand up and fight
For a better day eh

Soon they will truth will reveal
And they light will stand
To conquer this battlefield
In this Yah time
Consciousness is like day light, day light

We do not seek your political power
And titles oppressor
We go chant dem down
For so long devil invading
I and I ah Fathers land
We the people of Jacob
Wake up now
See dem ah telling us lies
Oh yeah
See dem don’t know right from wrong yo
Dem ah political, spiritual gangsta

See the politicians try trick we
They wanna keep us hungry but
The Rastaman will stand up and fight
For a better day eh
See the political strategy
They wanna take I Country but
The Rastaman will stand up and fight
For a better day eh
Dem youths from the streets ah bawl
Their hands on the trigger
And their dreams are getting higher
Like never before

Dem ah galang like they don’t know us
We know wah gwan cause
We go the answer
Uh
Dem ah galang like they don’t know us
But the children will rise yo

See the politicians try trick we
They wanna keep us hungry but
The Rastaman will stand up and fight
For a better day eh
See the political strategy
They wanna take I Country but
The Rastaman will stand up and fight
For a better day eh

They call them pirate souls
The Somalis can’t take it anymore
They call us fugitives but
We have to run from the oppression

Why Dem ah galang like they don’t know us
We know wah ah gwan cause
We got the answer
Why Dem ah galang like they don’t know us

We know wah ah gwan cause
We have the answer ehh
We the people of Jacob
Wake up now
Dem ah telling us lies
Oh oh
They don’t know what is
right from wrong yall

They call us immigrants
Take a look back at your
Forefathers

See the politicians try trick we
They wanna keep us hungry but
The Rastaman will stand up and fight
For a better day
They call them Spiritual Leaders
But their hands are dirty with bribes
From Politicians
We believers Sons of Believers
We don’t have no one to rely on
But God
Oh oh

Uprising exists down in Egypt!
We can’t take it anymore
Uprising exists down in Libya!
Ivory Coast in ah Congo!

We can not take it any more
We cant take it any more!

sursa: africanhiphop.com

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