[00:00.00] 作词 : Vaughn Benjamin/Andreas Estrada [00:01.00] 作曲 : Francesco Castellucci/Paolo Baldini [00:02.28]Stimulation mental [00:04.14]Keeping the vibes alive [00:05.85]Yah inna the world street [00:07.20]Depth of people that know the lows and highs [00:09.72]Inhumane overstanding [00:11.31]Should Jah make their paths collide [00:13.38]All who can balance their mental eyes [00:15.33]Upon their principal side [00:17.34]All who would feel it and empathize [00:19.23]When ugly circumstances rise [00:20.94]HAILE I SELASSIE I THE FIRST over [00:23.55]All the princes of guile [00:25.29]Over rhetorical flare [00:27.30]Over rhetorical flare and style [00:29.31]Behold all concepts of light [00:30.93]And implement it to rise [00:33.24]Inna the E.R. [00:34.05]Inna full surgical garments of light [00:37.38]The Emperor himself [00:38.70]When the lord of spirits sent his Christ [00:41.22]As love of the truth [00:42.45]And that love alone oh will suffice [00:44.58]Story teller from the ancient cellar [00:50.52]Keeper of the legend and the Kushite dweller [00:52.65]Angel ah talk when the griot ah whisper [00:54.42]And the rain it ah fall, no umbrella [00:56.52]Words of wisdom like a boat and propeller [00:58.86]Ancient talk coming like an acapella [01:00.33]Roots tea bubble with the great sarsaparilla [01:02.28]Be true to your word, in your cerebella [01:04.23]Biggest tree yo I could ah fell ah [01:06.39]We ah small axe and we bust like Fela [01:08.37]Ras to the bone mi nuh inna no novela [01:10.14]High up in the mountain snow like Sierra [01:11.97]Drum and bass coming like a real guerilla [01:14.25]Liberation sound, warrior no vanilla [01:16.20]Coded speech like the ancient pillar [01:18.18]Boaz and Joachim enigma… [01:22.02]We are the Banton, we are the Banton [01:24.09]Anywhere we go, yeah we are the Banton [01:27.93]We are the Banton Ras are Banton [01:31.74]Yeah, African Banton [01:34.41]We are the Banton, we are the Banton [01:39.87]Anywhere we go, yeah we are the Banton [01:42.27]We are the Banton Ras are Banton [01:47.46]Yeah, African Banton [02:08.01]The Emperor inna the breach [02:10.11]To inite the divine [02:11.67]Some will refuse his way [02:14.52]And desynchronize [02:15.45]And disintegrate instead of holding the love real tight [02:19.77]And make more war than peace outright [02:23.49]The Emperor inna the breach [02:24.93]To inite the divine [02:27.42]Some will refuse his way [02:31.38]And desynchronize [02:32.13]And disintegrate instead of holding the love real tight [02:35.28]And make more war than peace outright [02:39.45]The Emperor inna the breach [02:41.61]To inite the divine [02:43.17]Some will refuse his way [02:47.22]And desynchronize [02:47.91]And disintegrate instead of holding the love real tight [02:51.69]And make more war than peace outright [02:56.10]18 Pharaoh’s sat upon the golden throne [02:59.10]Ethiopian Kushite built way before Rome [03:02.64]Where Memnon and Emathion were born [03:06.90]Rulers of Arabia remember your home [03:10.14]Land where the Gods live no Olympian zone [03:15.33]Cepheus and Cassopoeia, rulers of old [03:18.18]Empress Candace, rulers of Syrian town [03:23.01]All the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Indus Nile ground [03:25.47]Azanian race is the same Bantu now [03:30.81]Son of Vulcan down there yeah, Priest Manetho [03:34.65]Land of sunburnt people so Hesiod spoke [03:38.64]Tall and handsome, longest livers [03:40.41]Rasta hold the crown… [03:43.68]We are the Banton, we are the Banton [03:45.06]Obvious see it and deny [03:46.89]The Iniverse is infinite [03:48.93]We are the Banton [03:49.29]While they fire up inna bottle [03:50.16]And ah riot in this time yeah [03:52.74]Banton [03:53.01]Agitators refusing to be quiet [03:54.75]And they are all mobilized [03:56.52]African Banton [03:56.91]And politicians do what will be hidden from the public's eye [04:00.72]Banton [04:00.90]Look at the scandals that are rocking the political divide [04:04.47]Banton [04:04.74]The same Hitler cabinet melt down time [04:07.56]Banton [04:07.74]African Banton