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A wise man once said that a prophet is not without honour save in his own country and so it has been with Capleton. While the veteran DJ's words and works long ago earned him the title of "The Prophet", the respect and honor that should rightfully be his have been a long time coming. "Anytime you try to uplift righteousness and upliftment of the people them, then you ah go get a fight", says the hottest entertainer in the worldwide reggae fraternity. "Bob Marley come do it and them fight him. And when Bob Marley dead, that's when they start to endorse him. I already aware of this, I am not unaware. So I know the more them fight I is the more I get stronger" In the fast-moving world of dancehall reggae, fame and success are hard to obtain and easy to lose. Fans can be fickle, and trends change in the blink of an eye, leaving most entertainers with painfully short career spans. Only a rare few can remain relevant from year to year, holding their audience's attention and leaving them crying for more. His lyrics are deep, precise, and thoughtful. His stage shows are nothing less than dynamic, explosive performances. But his remarkable staying power and longevity may be Capleton's greatest gift.
Born Clifton George Bailey III on April 13, 1967, in the rural parish of St. Mary, Capleton earned his future stage name from friends who were so impressed with his sharp reasoning skills that they named him after the most famous lawyer in town. From a tender young age, he was a lover of the traveling sound systems, sneaking out at night to catch the vibes until dawn. But it wasn't until he turned 18 and moved to Kingston that he was able to realize his destiny.
It was Stewart Brown, owner of a Toronto-based sound called African Star, who gave the untested artist his first break, flying him to Canada for a stage show alongside giants like Ninjaman and Flourgon. The audience poured out their appreciation, and he never looked back. When Capleton first burst on the scene in the late 1980s, the dancehall was a very different place than it is today. Slackness and gun talk were the order of the day. This bright promising newcomer announced his arrival with a string of hit songs from "Bumbo Red" to "Number One on the Look Good Chart" and "Lotion Man." Everything he touched hit the sound-good charts, and the youthful artist with the nimble vocabulary and hardcore voice quickly established himself as one of dancehall's most reliable hitmakers. But even he could not have predicted that eleven years later, at the start of the new millennium, he would be dancehall's ruling voice.
"I think the people dem see say me really deserve that because of the amount of years me put in," Capleton says, "and we never really bow and we still hold the faith. We stand up for whatever we a say. Yeah and we really work for it. And them say by your works, a so you get your pay. The people them see the amount of fight me face and the whole heap of accusation. And me still never give up"
When he dropped the tune "Alms House" in 1992, Capleton established himself as more than an entertainer but as a guiding light of righteousness through music. "United we stand and divided we fall," he sang for the benefit of his fans and dancehall comrades. "Nuff of them nah go know themself till them back against the wall." A few years later he came back with yet another antidote to the clashing and rivlary that had taken hold of the dancehall business. "Music is a mission," he reminded his fellow artists, "not a competition. Some man use the music to cause confusion." The path of this dancehall Prophet was clearly established in 1994 with a string of songs that declared his newfound faith in Rastafari. "INI sight up the light and see say really, yunno, Rasta is real," he recalls. "founder of the world, because Rasta did come set the trend. Y'unnerstand. Rasta is life."
The first words of his mega-hit "Dis The Trinity" made it plain that the DJ had experienced some kind of revelation. "I was once lost but now I'm found," he stated, "Selassie I live every time." Capleton became a strong advocate of the teaching of the Jamaican National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocate of universal black repatriation. "Babylon rewarded us with hatred for our love," he declares. "They taught us to rape, steal and kill. For instance, they stole our literature and taught it back to us in a different manner so as to infiltrate our minds with foolishness and other misconceptions. Now we as black men do not see ourselves as prince and prophets, but as punks and guys. Our women do not see themselves as queens, princesses or empresses anymore, but as harlots and concubines." The only solution, as Bob Marley advocated, is to emancipate oneself from mental slavery.
"Over the years INI as a nation and a people, them no really teach INI nuttin' bout INI black self. You know I mean? Them teach INI them give we European philosophy. So INI and some other youths a try emerge now, we ask certain question and we ask fi certain things. Caw we know say an institute, or in a college, or in a certain organization we need we Ethiopian curriculum, we need the black man thing. We need to know about weself. Becaw the prophet Marcus Garvey did show we say, A nation without no knowledge of them own history is like a tree without a root. And if you don't know where you're coming from, you're not gonna know where you're going."
Even as he uplifts the black race, Capleton always makes a point of clarifying that he does not seek to alienate any race. "We are not being racial nor prejudiced star," he says. "Becaw we know Jah is for everyone. But where history and prophesy in concerned, that is our witness and we have to be ourself, and we cannot hide from the truth. Caw we woulda be a traitor and a sellout to ourself. And you cannot sell out yourself."
Soon thereafter came the song "Tour" a blazing state of the dancehall report written in the weeks following the slaying of Panhead and Dirtsman, two of Capleton's fellow artists. That song not only became an anthem of the roots revival within the dancehall, but a hip hop flavored remix of that song hit the Billboard charts, opening up a huge new audience to Capleton's messages of righteousness.
There followed a relationship with Def Jam records, who released two Capleton albums, Prophecy and I-Testament, which featured memorable collaborations with rap stars like Method Man and Q-Tip. Both records were warmly accepted by the international audience, but as the millennium drew to a close, Capleton sensed that it was time to return to his core audience. He had work to do. "I have to be myself, right? And I only can be me," he reasons. "So whichever way fi make me be me, I work with dat. Y'understand."
Capleton is now at the height of his powers. 1999 and 2000 have brought a ceaseless string of sound system favorite and dancehall chart toppers like the anti-violence anthem "Jah Jah City" and "Good In Her Clothes," a message of respect for the sisters who carry themselves like Empresses rather than. But even as he completes his mission of upliftment, Capleton has had many critics. One of his biggest hits, in fact, is addressed the naysayers in the press and the ivory towers of power. "Critics won't leave I alone," chats the Prophet. "They say they can't take the fire weh me put pon Rome"
Many of Capleton's songs "and most of his critics" make mention of this blazing fire. Capleton hopes to clear up the confusion once and for all. "Is not really a physical fire. Is really a spiritual fire, and a wordical fire, and a musical fire. You see the fire is all about a livity. But is people get it on the wrong term. People get confused.So when a man say "more fire" him think that mean say you fi go light the cane field or go light the church." Fire, Capleton explains, is a way of reminding one's brother that they are going astray. "That way a man know say him doing something wrong. That even give him the urge to know say Yo check up on yourself. What you're doing is not right, or else him would not say "Fire fi dat," or "Burn dat" or "More fire." "If we go check it back now," he continues, "fire is for the purification of earth, anyhow you check it. This earth itself have to even emerge from the literal fire also, which is the volcanic activity, we a talk bout lava. The hottest element to rise us in the morning is the sun. The water cleanse, but it's still the support from the fire that burn the water, burn out of the bacteria so the water coulda heal we fi cleanse. The herb heal, but it's still the fire fi burn the herb so the herb coulda heal we also."
{Bio is courtesy of Rob Kenner} www.vprecords.com
In Her Heart
Capleton Lyrics
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In her heart, in her heart, in....
[Chorus 1:]
In her heart, real rastaman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play wid her parts
She nuh waan nuh man fi break dung her heart
Real fireman she waan in her heart
Real fireman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her...
In her heart, in her heart
In her heart, real rastaman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play wid her heart
Real rastaman she waan in her in her heart
Weh mi seh again? In her heart
Weh mi seh again? In her heart, in her heart
In her, in her heart, in her heart
[Verse 1:]
Oh! Rub up di fat piece a somethin on my willy
Long time she tell mi seh she waan mi fi filly
Oh she tell mi seh she nah go get dilly
Waan di fireman anytime she feel chilly
Have somethin weh empty she waan mi fi feely
Seh she have a farm a she waan mi fi feely
Water weh she get it come from Spring Billy
Nuh she nah spilly she nuh silly
[Chorus 2:]
In her heart, real rastaman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play wid her parts
She nuh waan nuh man fi break up her heart
Real fireman she waan in her, in her heart, in her heart, in her
In her heart, in her heart
In her heart, real rastaman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her heart
She nuh waan nuh bwoy fi play wid her parts
She nuh waan nuh man fi break up her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play wid her heart
Real fireman she waan in her, in her heart, in her heart, in her heart
In her heart, in her heart
[Verse 2:]
Yuh love di wey mi winnin it
Tell mi seh fi seek and mi search weh mi findin it
Ask if a platinum or a gold mine in it
Right a now she tell mi seh she waan mi full time in it
Dawta mi son dem mi really haffi shine in it
So she put a fire pon di bwoy Joe Grindin it
Right a now she seh a mi alone in time in it
So mi gal alot mi strength and a time in it, time in it...
[Repeat Chorus 1]
[Verse 3:]
In her heart, real rastaman she waan in her heart
So she tell mi seh she nah sleep wid di boss
And she tell mi seh she nah give himnuh (?)
Yo! Virtuous, courageous and smart
Yo bun di bees cau she nah tek di mark
And she nah go walk pon di wicked man
Wicked man part, wicked man part
In her wicked man, wicked man, wicked man part
[Chorus 3:]
Her heart, real rastaman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her parts
She nuh waan nuh man fi bwoy fi break up her heart
Real rastaman she waan in her heart
Real fireman she waan in her, in her heart, in her heart, in her
In her heart, in her heart, in her
In her heart, real fireman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her parts
She nuh waan nuh man fi bwoy fi break up her heart
Real rastaman she waan in her heart
Real fireman she waan in her, in her heart, in her heart, in her
In her heart, in her heart
[Verse 4:]
In her heart, real fireman she waan in her heart
Real rastaman she waan she waan in her heart
Tell mi seh she love di rastaman talk
Tell mi seh she love di rastaman walk
Real fireman she waan in her heart
Real fireman she waan in her
In har heart, in her, in her, in her
In har heart, in her, in her
[Outro:]
Real fireman she waan in her heart
Real rastaman she waan in her heart
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her parts
She nuh waan nuh man fi break up her herat
She nuh waan nuh man fi mash up her half
She nuh waan nuh man between her and....
She nuh waan nuh a...a.....
In her heart, in her, in her.....
Giggle and laugh, yuh nuh waan nuh bwoy weh a giggle and laugh.....
Capleton’s song “In Her Heart” is about a woman who seeks a genuine relationship with a real Rastaman. The lyrics convey a message that the woman desires a partner who is virtuous, courageous, and smart, and who will not toy with her emotions but rather love and respect her. Capleton says in the chorus, “Real fireman she waan in her heart,” which means that she wants a partner who is passionate and strong. She is not interested in a man who will only use her physically, play with her heart, or break it down. She is looking for a companion with whom she can build a solid connection and spend her life.
The first verse of the song talks about the physical attraction between Capleton and the woman. She wants him to seek her love and desires his attention. Moreover, she trusts him enough to share all her secrets, including her farm, which is her source of livelihood. The second verse shows how committed the woman is to Capleton, and she wants him to spend his energy on her alone. She burns the bridges with the boss and wicked man, hinting that Capleton is the only one for her. The last verse emphasizes that she desires a real Rasta man who will talk and walk with her rather than someone who is only looking for a good time. She loves his fire (passion) and respect for himself and others.
Line by Line Meaning
In her heart, in her heart, in....
The woman referred to in the song has a desire for a specific kind of man in her heart.
In her heart, real rastaman she waan in her heart
She desires a man who is a true follower of Rastafarianism in her heart.
She nuh waan nuh man fi play wid her parts
The woman wants a man who is serious about her and won't use her for his own pleasure.
She nuh waan nuh man fi break dung her heart
The woman wants a man who won't break her heart or betray her trust.
Real fireman she waan in her heart
She wants a passionate and devoted man who can light her up with his love and attention.
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her...
The woman doesn't want a man who will use her for his own amusement and entertainment.
She nuh waan nuh bwoy fi play wid her parts
She doesn't want a boy who is immature and inexperienced in relationships.
Weh mi seh again? In her heart
The artist is emphasizing the importance of understanding the woman's desire for a true and dedicated rastaman.
Oh! Rub up di fat piece a somethin on my willy
The artist is expressing his own desire for physical intimacy with the woman.
Long time she tell mi seh she waan mi fi filly
The woman has been expressing her interest in the artist for a long time.
Oh she tell mi seh she nah go get dilly
The woman assures the artist that she won't be unfaithful to him.
Waan di fireman anytime she feel chilly
The woman wants the artist to be there for her emotionally and physically whenever she needs him.
Have somethin weh empty she waan mi fi feely
The woman has an emotional void that she wants the artist to fill.
Seh she have a farm a she waan mi fi feely
The woman has something valuable that she wants the artist to experience and appreciate.
She nuh waan nuh man fi play pon her heart
The woman is serious about finding a committed and genuine partner.
Yuh love di wey mi winnin it
The artist boasts of his prowess in pleasing the woman.
Tell mi seh fi seek and mi search weh mi findin it
The woman challenged the artist to find love and he has succeeded in finding it with her.
Ask if a platinum or a gold mine in it
The woman's love for the artist is precious and valuable to him.
Right a now she tell mi seh she waan mi full time in it
The woman has expressed her desire for the artist's full commitment in their relationship.
Dawta mi son dem mi really haffi shine in it
The artist has children with other women and he emphasizes that he still intends to prioritize the woman in the song.
So she put a fire pon di bwoy Joe Grindin it
The woman has rejected other men who have pursued her in favor of the artist.
Yo! Virtuous, courageous and smart
The woman is looking for a man who possesses these qualities.
Yo bun di bees cau she nah tek di mark
The artist and the woman share a disdain for men who deceive and manipulate women.
And she nah go walk pon di wicked man
The woman is independent and refuses to be controlled by wicked men.
In her wicked man, wicked man, wicked man part
The woman has been hurt by wicked men in the past and is looking for a man who is the opposite of them.
She nuh waan nuh man fi mash up her half
The woman doesn't want a man who will ruin her happiness and well-being.
She nuh waan nuh a...a.....
The artist is interrupted and doesn't finish his sentence.
In her heart, in her, in her.....
The woman's desire for love and companionship in her heart is something she holds dear and values deeply.
Giggle and laugh, yuh nuh waan nuh bwoy weh a giggle and laugh.....
The woman is looking for a mature and serious man, not a boy who is foolish and immature.
Contributed by Jayden M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@anthonyjacome5240
First to have a song featuring himself 😂😂 2023 still bumping !
@tamara2170
Thank you Capelton for making a tribute to WOMEN ❣️💕 MUCH LOVE 😎💕❣️
@cythialong1674
this song is much older than 2011. this song came out around 2003-2005.
@andfiker
It was uploaded in 2011, doesn't mean it was made then.
@spinnaz4110
04'
@HouseJawn
Sounds like 80s reggae haha
@reefermadniss9453
I was in Jamaica in ‘04 and this was playing everywhere
@tenenciapinya2854
This song older than 2003-2005
@dwightwilkinson
Who don't like it don't know reggae
@jugurl2359
dwight wilkinson still dance to it