LYRICS FROM THE CD TheFour Directions BY ROOT 1
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Footprints [Lyrics by Jerry, music by Jerry and Mikey] The river is deep I sow my seeds it's just life I reap/ The river is wide Peace and forgiveness on the other side/ The river is cold I got Jah love to warm my soul/ The river is strong To give me strength so I can carry on [chorus] Footprints Oh Jah Jah/ I have seen your footprints in the sand and I hope and pray you'll help me understand/ I'm just glad to know that I'm part of your plan And to know my fate is resting safe in your hands The rain just falls Sounds of jah voice I hear you when you call/ The rain is so hard Leaves a heavy load upon my heart/ The rain is my soul To know Jah love will be my higher goal/ Can't stop the rain Can't stop the wind across the fields of grain |
Take it in Stride [Lyrics and music by Mikey] Sending the message to all my brother/ No fussing and fighting in the
ram jam session/ Also to every one of my sister Peace and love and that's
the fashion What we need is a solution/ And we see unification /We got the power /We got the power/ This is the hour |
Mood for Love [Bassie lyrics and music] I'm in the mood for love/And I just can't sleep/ I'm in the mood for
love /You're not around/ I'm in the mood for love/ YesI'm talkin to ya
yea /I call you on the phone To see if you're home I gave you my heart I gave you my love I gave you my honey And I gave you my money too now |
Here with me [Lyrics by Jerry, music by Bassie, Mikey and Jerry] Whenever you go away I can still feel you here with me/ I know my love won't blow away/ I can still feel you here with me/ And if I can't find my way I can still feel you here with me /I know I'll never go astra/y I can still feel you here with me [chorus] Here with me Inside my heart, setting my mind at ease /Here with me Soothing my soul, there's no place I'd rather you be than here with me If ever you're not around I can still feel you here with me/ I know I won't be feelin down I can still feel you here with me/ If I can't see your face in front of me I'm gonna dream about you anyway/ If ever you're not around I can still feel you here with me |
Can't Keep Going Back [Music and lyrics by Mikey] I've wasted all my time/ Pretending what you mean to me/ It's not the same anymore/ Livin that same old fantasy Movin on I'm movin on Baby /Wait for you I cannot wait for you /In the past Can't ;keep livin in the past /Love that's true I got to find me a love that's true [chorus] Can't keep goin back To the way it used to be Can't keep goin back To the way it used to be It's too late to go on tryin /Time keeps slippin away No use to go on hopin /Life can sometimes be this way |
Jeanna [words and music by Bassie] Pretty little girl by the name of Jeanna /She promised to take me to the arena/ She say she love Rastafari /She love Rastafari /No matter what she do no matter what she say /No matter what she do she always run away/ She love Rastafari /She say she love She love love love my dub |
Voice of Reason [Jerry lyrics and music] [chorus] What we seek is just a voice of reason/ Some kind of future that we might agree on /Searching for a voice of reason/ Sanity is still the side we like to be on Voices everywhere /Some come to heal Some might not care /Voices they take up my time /They're trying to change my mind /Some people listen to the voice of reality /Some to the voice of legality/ Some listen only to who they're told to /We could use a little more to hold on to Some listen to the bartender/ Some may listen to the money lender /Some listen to the biggest spende/r Some listen to the other gender/ Many listen to the voice of biology/ Some to the voice of psycology/ Some listen to the president even if the truth's not evident /More and more We sit and reason and we bless the land /More and more We seek the guidance of the Father's hand /More and more We need a voice of reason |
Always Been There for Me [Mikey lyrics and music] You are the someone who gets me through /You are the someone who's there/ When my troubles get me down/ I know my best friend will be there/ If you happen to go away/ There is something you should know/ I'll always keep you close to my heart [chorus] Cause you've always been there for me I've been struggling for quite some time /Same old problems never go/ But I know things aren't so bad Strength and courage is what you show /If I happen to go away there is something you should know/ I'll always keep you close to my heart /Cause you've always been there for me |
The Four Directions [Jerry lyrics, lead vocal][ Bassie, Mikey, Jerry music] I heard a message of harmony written in a Hopi prophesy from the Four Directions/ Talkin about my home, thousands of years I roam The Four Directions /the message is to take care of her be aware of her spread love to the Four Directions/ I wake up every day I open up my eyes and pray to the Four Directions [chorus] Natural Wisdom keeps on calling me 'cause I was wondering what
the world needs now/ Natural Wisdom keeps on calling me to spread my love
to the Four Directions |
Flesh and Blood [Lyrics and music by Jerry] Somebody had to be the father before me /Somebody had to be the father before him /Nobody knows how long this has been goin on it just goes and goes all the way back to the last of kin We are [chorus] Flesh and blood In need of spirit of unity/ we are Flesh and blood Show us a light we all can see my God/ Flesh and blood In need of spirit of unity we are /Flesh and blood It's all a matter of family There is a thread that runs between us /There is a thread that runs back
from the start /There is a thread and then it's gone again/ There is a
thread that runs through every heart Some want to know of the place where the first of us were born/ Some want to know of the time when the first ones got their start/ Searchin the world for the garden of eden/ Some are the lucky ones they know these things in the heart |