Heaven On Earth
Beenie Man Feat. A.r.p. Lyrics

This is ras Moses
The singer introduces himself as Ras Moses.

Dreadlocks, well before one selassi words shall
The singer's dreadlocks existed long before Emperor Selassie's words fulfilled prophecy.

Pass Zion and earth shall boom like ball
When prophecy is fulfilled, there will be a loud and intense reaction in Zion and on earth.

Tell me whey di hell a gwaan a dance hall
The artist questions why negative activity is occurring at a dance hall.

Inna 1957 wen tings just a settle down
In 1957, things were calmer and more peaceful.

When a near independence and Selassie never come
During this time, Jamaica was getting closer to independence, and Emperor Selassie had not yet visited the country.

Outa back a wall a whey di bobo camp did settle down
The Bobo camp settled behind a wall, out of sight.

Housing sheme did all a build up
Housing projects were being constructed.

Tings a bulldozer dung
Things were being destroyed by bulldozers.

Emmanuel mek a wall and a bull bay di man tun
Emmanuel made a wall which served as a bull baton for the men.

Whey him build a di bobo camp and everyone was welcome
He built the Bobo camp and welcomed everyone.

Outa Marcus Garvey a tun him eyes pon Kingston
Emmanuel looked to Kingston inspired by Marcus Garvey's ideals.

Bobo camp an institution for the old and yound for historical fact
The Bobo camp was an institution for both old and young and held significant historical value.

Middle sects, priest Donovan rule the daughters and the sons
The middle sect was led by Priest Donovan and governed the children.

Over surrey, priest Lennon a pure fire him bun
Priest Lennon leads over Surrey and is passionate in his beliefs.

Priest mallard gone a prison fi nearly bun di hill dung
Priest Mallard went to prison for almost burning down the hill.

Right now a one million bobo deh a jamdown
There are currently one million Bobos in Jamaica.

[Chorus]
The chorus is repeated multiple times throughout the song.

Who a di prophet fi Selassie army
The singer asks who is the prophet for Selassie's army.

Guardsman
The answer to the previous question is 'Guardsman'.

Who start the dance hall business
The artist asks who started the dance hall business.

So mi seh hail king sellasi and nuh exalt the flag
The artist praises King Selassie above any flag.

How some bwoy outta road a galang so bad
The singer wonders why some people are so violent toward each other.

Mi siddown and mi wonda
The artist is sitting and pondering.

Tell dat to the son and dem daughter
The singer wants to relay this message to future generations.

All people whey know seh man affi free
Everyone knows that humans should be free.

And man nuffi go round and have bad mind fi other one
People should not have ill will towards one another.

Rasta fi know dem fi live togedda
Rastafarians must know they should live together peacefully.

And fi organise and centralism
They should organize together and practice centralism.

And know sey everyman will be strong in this time
Everyone will be strong during these times.

So everyman waan stand up pon a next man foot
Everyone wants to stand on another person's foot.

Why a next man cyan help a next man which is down
Why can't someone help another person in need?

Meck mi tell yuh something man
Let me tell you something.

If yuh bredda a say something wrong
If your brother says something wrong.

An' yuh see day you can change him
If you can change his ways.

It's up to you to teach him that he can learn
It's up to you to teach him that he can improve.

To say the right in three times
To verbalize the correct message three times.

So let's cut out all the fight and bad mind living
Everyone should stop violent and negative behavior.

And everyone sing
Everyone should sing together.