Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
We moving down a Babylon
Woii, yeah, yeah, yeah
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, whoa, oii
Yes, Rasta so what's di story again?
So many Rasta children dead and bury, yeah
I see some bredrin embrace di dutty nine again
I see dem dirty arms taking sons away
We going to make a peaceful revolution inna Jamdung
We gonna set di clock back inna di right direction
We gonna fire the amplifier and then jump up everywhere
We gonna bring back Rastafari inna di square, well
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, oh
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, woii
I remember how much tears it cost for us to be free
Free to flash out di dreadlocks and our dignity
Cah di rumors dem a spread was negative publicity
Dem time deh we used to live in captivity
For all di blood that drip from our fear straight to di ground
For all di victims and the innocents we push in a sound
In memory of those who fall just for us to be free
We keep on singing Jah Jah music, well
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, oh
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion
Woii, yeah, yeah, yeah
So much work we did already in di past
And so much more gonna put we on a test
But we just ready, we ready, we ready
We are the children of di blues rock steady, well
Reggae our gospel, Rasta our livity
We trying to pressure Babylon society
Dem wearing shoes, so we gonna walk bare foot
We pushing away their lies, promoting our truth, well
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, oh
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion
Woii, yeah, yeah, yeah
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, whoa, oii
Yes, Rasta so what's di story again?
So many Rasta children dead and bury, yeah
I see some bredrin embrace di dutty nine again
I see dem dirty arms taking sons away
We going to make a peaceful revolution inna Jamdung
We gonna set di clock back inna di right direction
We gonna fire the amplifier and then jump up everywhere
We gonna bring back Rastafari inna di square, well
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, oh
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, woii
I remember how much tears it cost for us to be free
Free to flash out di dreadlocks and our dignity
Cah di rumors dem a spread was negative publicity
Dem time deh we used to live in captivity
For all di blood that drip from our fear straight to di ground
For all di victims and the innocents we push in a sound
In memory of those who fall just for us to be free
We keep on singing Jah Jah music, well
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, oh
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion
Woii, yeah, yeah, yeah
So much work we did already in di past
And so much more gonna put we on a test
But we just ready, we ready, we ready
We are the children of di blues rock steady, well
Reggae our gospel, Rasta our livity
We trying to pressure Babylon society
Dem wearing shoes, so we gonna walk bare foot
We pushing away their lies, promoting our truth, well
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion, oh
We moving dung a Babylon and we no fear no one
No pope, no cop, no politician
We moving dung a Babylon, we coming from Zion
Yes, yes, we lion
Lyrics submitted by libertad311
Dung a Babylon Lyrics as written by Dillon Clifton Alberto D'ascola
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