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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
Something Go Happen
Capleton Lyrics
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Don't carry no informer
Don't carry no vampire
Now run ya name
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Man I bun corruption and confusion and bun dem dutty life
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Righteousness DAVID HOUSE
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Yute dem say JUSTICE dem chanting fa equal rights
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Yute unno get up, stand up and fight alright CHO
So me tell david house a dem to pass me SUP'M
Now the wicked man head we ago blast it SUP'M
Some bwoy they want fi living in the dark fi NOT'N
Dem a roar and the dog ago bark fi NOT'N
Dem no know bout scared nor bossy SUP'M (?)
Dem no know about ganja nor carafe SUP'M (?)
Dem no know bout fire in Iraqi SUP'M
Dem INFORMA don't ask me NOT'N
King step up inna de place and know the path fi OP'N
Dem a wave for the king to come start a SUP'M
When de king touch de stage I be a torch or SUP'M
Evil man and evil woman get scorched fi NOT'N
George Bush and Tony Blair no haffi ask fi NOT'N
Long time people blaze dem a blast fi NOT'N
Dem a search and can't find de weapon of mass DESTRUCT'N
Whitehouse and pentagon get scorched fi NOT'N
Brooklyn, Vatican get scorched fi NOT'N
EU, G8, get torched fi NOT'N
Global warming, ice age get torched fi NOT'N
Nuff bwoy go burn the beast and take it back fi NOT'N
King Selassie I a dah first and him the last fi NOT'N
Ruler of the universe come ask me SUP'M
Nuff bwoy he ago sit dung inna class fi NOT'N
Dem go dis the education and no pass fi NOT'N
So the yute dem say they ready fi go ask me SUP'M
And dem tell me say that they inna
From the other day me get bout 40 SUP'M
See the tree and them head mi a mash it SUP'M
Swear to god you wouldn't want to cloud mi SUP'M
Cuz if dem cloud then they jeep ago part n OP'N
Nuff a youth them say they in but they nah see NOT'N
And dem tell me say that the inna and then they nah see NOT'N
Straight up front the woman dem a flash me SUP'M
Ya dis King Selassie I'mma ride a SUP'M
Dis Emmanuel mi ago scorch or SUP'M
Dis Queen Amega me pop the SUK'R
If they dis Marcus Garvey me RRRRR
Bigga Judgement again the one ya name
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Man I bun corruption and confusion and bun dem dutty life
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Tell dem say confusion and corruption
Nah go invite
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Jump all over the place and say fire haffi fire haffi light
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Sup'm ago happen Sup'm ago happen
The song "Something Go Happen" by Capleton is a call to action for all those who are oppressed and marginalized. The lyrics urge people to stand up against corruption, confusion and all the other evils of the world. The song speaks to the courage it takes to fight against the ills of society, but that there is hope, as something good is going to happen tonight.
The lyrics speak of "David House," a reference to the Rastafarian group to which Capleton belongs. The group is known for its commitment to Rastafarian principles, which include standing up against injustice, inequality and oppression. The lyrics call on the group to pass something to Capleton, which he will use to blast the wicked.
The song also references various world leaders, including George Bush, Tony Blair, and the White House and Pentagon. The lyrics suggest that these leaders are responsible for many of the world's problems, and that they need to be held accountable for their actions. The song is a call to all people to take action and stand up for what is right.
Line by Line Meaning
This day- don't carry no backbiter
Don't surround yourself with people who talk behind your back.
Don't carry no informer
Don't be friends with people who tell your secrets to others.
Don't carry no vampire
Don't associate with people who are trying to suck the life out of you.
Now run ya name
Make a name for yourself.
Sup'm ago happen tonight
Something is bound to happen tonight.
Man I bun corruption and confusion and bun dem dutty life
I condemn corruption and confusion and those who indulge in it.
Righteousness DAVID HOUSE
We uphold righteousness in David's house.
Haffi invite
We have to invite those who live righteously.
Yute dem say JUSTICE dem chanting fa equal rights
The youth demand justice for equal rights.
Yute unno get up, stand up and fight alright CHO
Youth, you have to stand up and fight for your rights.
So me tell david house a dem to pass me SUP'M
I ask David's house to give me something.
Now the wicked man head we ago blast it SUP'M
We will take care of the wicked and punish them.
Some bwoy they want fi living in the dark fi NOT'N
Some people want to live in ignorance and do nothing useful.
Dem a roar and the dog ago bark fi NOT'N
They make noise and do nothing useful.
Dem no know bout scared nor bossy SUP'M (?),
They don't know about being scared or how to exert authority.
Dem no know about ganja nor carafe SUP'M (?),
They are not aware of ganja or alcohol or how to use them.
Dem no know bout fire in Iraqi SUP'M
They are not aware of the importance of the Iraqi conflict.
Dem INFORMA don't ask me NOT'N
Informants and those who tell secrets are not welcome here.
King step up inna de place and know the path fi OP'N
The King arrives and knows how to lead the way.
Dem a wave for the king to come start a SUP'M
They are calling for the King to start something important.
When de king touch de stage I be a torch or SUP'M
When the King arrives, he is like a beacon.
Evil man and evil woman get scorched fi NOT'N
Evil people will be punished.
George Bush and Tony Blair no haffi ask fi NOT'N
George Bush and Tony Blair will be punished by this fire.
Long time people blaze dem a blast fi NOT'N
People are starting to ignite and blast for nothing.
Dem a search and can't find de weapon of mass DESTRUCT'N
They look but they cannot find the weapon of mass destruction.
Whitehouse and pentagon get scorched fi NOT'N
The White House and the Pentagon will be punished by the fire.
Brooklyn, Vatican get scorched fi NOT'N
Brooklyn and the Vatican will be punished by the fire.
EU, G8, get torched fi NOT'N
The EU and G8 will be torched for nothing.
Global warming, ice age get torched fi NOT'N
Even global warming and the ice age will be burned for nothing.
Nuff bwoy go burn the beast and take it back fi NOT'N
Many people will burn the beast and take it back for no reason.
King Selassie I a dah first and him the last fi NOT'N
King Selassie I is the first and last and is not to be punished without reason.
Ruler of the universe come ask me SUP'M
The ruler of the universe asks me for something.
Nuff bwoy he ago sit dung inna class fi NOT'N
Many boys are only sitting in class for no reason.
Dem go dis the education and no pass fi NOT'N
They ignore their education and receive no return.
Jump all over the place and say fire haffi fire haffi light
Jump and move around if you want to start a fire and raise the light.
Tell dem say confusion and corruption
Tell them confusion and corruption are not allowed here.
Nah go invite
We won't invite them.
Sup'm ago happen Sup'm ago happen
Something is going to happen, something is going to happen.
Writer(s): Capleton, D.r
Contributed by Kaylee A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Linus Middeldorf
Wicked sound :)
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Tracy Collins
Who can tell me the name of this riddim please
Ferantonio Parkes
Want to know the riddim name please
MrRasta4Ever
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