A Place Called Earth
Exuma Lyrics
Baäl Baäl Baäl oh Baäl
Baäl will cause
your downfall
you will fall down
in your hole
then you'll find
you'll find
you've lost your Soul
you cursed the moon
I saw you fighting the Sun
your hand is withered
and your life
your life is done
in the manger oh
in the manger
in the manger
there is
big danger
you have crucified
your sacred saintly
king
now now now
you don't have
you don't have anything
Baäl Baäl
oh Baäl
Baäl Baäl
Baäl will cause
your downfall
you've born your babies
oh they eat your flesh
they said they'll put your souls
your souls at rest
your big search
your big search
big search for Gold
made you kill your Young
now your blood
your blood runs old
from life
to your death
you've lived without your son
you were shooting everybody
everybody
with a paper money gun
money money money Money
money has been your Baäl
money's been your Baäl
now for eternity
oh your Soul
your soul's in jail
jail
jail
Baäl Baäl
Baäl oh Baäl
Baäl will cause
your
your downfall
Baäl Baäl
oh Baäl
ohh Baäl
Baäl will cause
your
your downfall
Baäl will cause
is gonna cause
your downfall
Baäl will cause
your
your downfall
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Exuma was Bahamian musician, artist, playwright and author Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey (born 18 February 1942 on Cat Island, Bahamas; died 25 January 1997; Nassau, Bahamas). Known for his almost unclassifiable music, he recorded many albums, starting with Exuma, The Obeah Man in 1970 and ending with Rude Boy in 1986. His songs invoke influences from calypso, junkanoo, reggae, African and folk music with his lyrics dealing heavily with Obeah, a sorcerous Caribbean folk religion resembling African voudou. Read Full BioExuma was Bahamian musician, artist, playwright and author Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey (born 18 February 1942 on Cat Island, Bahamas; died 25 January 1997; Nassau, Bahamas). Known for his almost unclassifiable music, he recorded many albums, starting with Exuma, The Obeah Man in 1970 and ending with Rude Boy in 1986. His songs invoke influences from calypso, junkanoo, reggae, African and folk music with his lyrics dealing heavily with Obeah, a sorcerous Caribbean folk religion resembling African voudou. He toured with a backing band of six people, known as The Junk Band.
McKay moved to New York City at the age of 17 to study architecture. In 1969 McKay launched the group "Exuma" with his then-partner and lifelong friend Sally O'Brien. He enlisted several musician friends, forming his backup band, the Junk Band. The band included O'Brien (as Princess Sally), Bogie, Lord Wellington, Villy, Spy Boy Thielheim, Mildred Vaney, Frankie Gearing, Diana Claudia Bunea (as Princess Diana), and his good friend Peppy Castro (Emil Thielhelm, lead singer of the Blues Magoos).
By the 1980s McKay had moved to New Orleans and was a regular at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Over the years the group Exuma played and / or toured with Patti LaBelle, Curtis Mayfield, Rita Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & the Maytals, Sly and the Family Stone, Steppenwolf, Black Flag and the Neville Brothers. Numerous artists performed on his recordings and in his stage shows.
After growing up on Cat Island, Tony McKay moved to New York City at the age of 17 to study architecture. However, he did not complete his studies and soon entered the music industry in a group called Tony McKay and the Islanders. In New York's 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene McKay often found himself performing with such greats as Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, and Barbra Streisand among others.
He soon gained the attention of Blues Magoos manager Bob Wyld. Wyld brought McKay to Mercury Records and convinced them to sign him. In 1970 McKay, now redubbed Exuma, released the albums Exuma and Exuma II. From those albums he released the singles "Exuma, The Obeah Man", "Junkanoo", "Damn Fool", and "Zandoo". Exuma also garnered recognition for his song "You Don't Know What's Going On", which was featured on the soundtrack to John G. Avilsen's 1970 film Joe starring Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, and Dennis Patrick.
Exuma left Mercury in 1971 to sign with the Kama Sutra label, where he released the albums Do Wah Nanny (1971), Snake (1972), Reincarnation (1972), and Life (1973). From these albums he released the singles "Do Wah Nanny", "The Bowery", "Brown Girl", "Rushing Through the Crowd", and a cover of Paul McCartney's "Monkberry Moon Delight". After low sales and seeking the freedom of independence, Exuma was no longer featured on a major record label for the rest of his career. He released Penny Sausage, Going to Cat Island, Universal Exuma and Street Life in the early 1980s, but none of these albums received much exposure.By this time, Exuma was enjoying his greatest recognition. In the Bahamas, he even scored two hit singles, "Shirlene" and "Rose Mary Smith." He had moved to New Orleans and was a regular at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. He performed regularly at the Old Absinthe Bar. These nights could become jam sessions, as he had a habit of starting songs that were not in the set list and he still attracted great musicians, such as Bill Wyman and Bob Dylan's backing band. In 1986 under the ROIR label, Exuma released Rude Boy, which garnered slightly more attention and featured songs from some of his previous 1980s releases.
Over the years Exuma has played and/or toured with Patti LaBelle, Curtis Mayfield, Rita Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & the Maytals, Sly and the Family Stone, Steppenwolf, Black Flag and the Neville Brothers. Exuma was even recognised by Queen Elizabeth II in 1978 when she awarded him the British Empire Medal for his contributions to Bahamian culture.
In the late 1980s, Exuma suffered a mild heart attack, and thus devoted much more of his time to painting, his other great talent. His paintings have been exhibited several times and collected by many art lovers. Never abandoning his music however, he still wrote and performed his original music. He continued to perform at the New Orleans Jazz Festival until 1991. The last years of his life saw him splitting his time between Miami, Florida and Nassau, in a house that his mother had left him. He died in his sleep in 1997.
Professor and fellow Bahamian Alfred M. Sears stated that Exuma was "A Bahamian visionary, humanistic philosopher and people's poet. Exuma gives expression to the beauty and power of the cultural life of the Bahamas - the people's every day experiences, folklore, myths, stories, junkanoo, rake and scrape, pain, joy, struggle and survival. His life and art reflect the wonderful cultural heritage and personality of Bahamians, drawing on the roots of Africa and the branches of the Amerindians, Europeans and Americans."[2]
Tony McKay had many children including Gavin, Kenyatta, Acklins and Jahleena. His first son, Shaw and his mother, "Sammy" were murdered in the early 1970s in New York's Lower East Side. Both Acklins and Kenyatta Alisha are vocal artists, carrying on the tradition of their father through their individual genres.
McKay moved to New York City at the age of 17 to study architecture. In 1969 McKay launched the group "Exuma" with his then-partner and lifelong friend Sally O'Brien. He enlisted several musician friends, forming his backup band, the Junk Band. The band included O'Brien (as Princess Sally), Bogie, Lord Wellington, Villy, Spy Boy Thielheim, Mildred Vaney, Frankie Gearing, Diana Claudia Bunea (as Princess Diana), and his good friend Peppy Castro (Emil Thielhelm, lead singer of the Blues Magoos).
By the 1980s McKay had moved to New Orleans and was a regular at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Over the years the group Exuma played and / or toured with Patti LaBelle, Curtis Mayfield, Rita Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & the Maytals, Sly and the Family Stone, Steppenwolf, Black Flag and the Neville Brothers. Numerous artists performed on his recordings and in his stage shows.
After growing up on Cat Island, Tony McKay moved to New York City at the age of 17 to study architecture. However, he did not complete his studies and soon entered the music industry in a group called Tony McKay and the Islanders. In New York's 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene McKay often found himself performing with such greats as Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, and Barbra Streisand among others.
He soon gained the attention of Blues Magoos manager Bob Wyld. Wyld brought McKay to Mercury Records and convinced them to sign him. In 1970 McKay, now redubbed Exuma, released the albums Exuma and Exuma II. From those albums he released the singles "Exuma, The Obeah Man", "Junkanoo", "Damn Fool", and "Zandoo". Exuma also garnered recognition for his song "You Don't Know What's Going On", which was featured on the soundtrack to John G. Avilsen's 1970 film Joe starring Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, and Dennis Patrick.
Exuma left Mercury in 1971 to sign with the Kama Sutra label, where he released the albums Do Wah Nanny (1971), Snake (1972), Reincarnation (1972), and Life (1973). From these albums he released the singles "Do Wah Nanny", "The Bowery", "Brown Girl", "Rushing Through the Crowd", and a cover of Paul McCartney's "Monkberry Moon Delight". After low sales and seeking the freedom of independence, Exuma was no longer featured on a major record label for the rest of his career. He released Penny Sausage, Going to Cat Island, Universal Exuma and Street Life in the early 1980s, but none of these albums received much exposure.By this time, Exuma was enjoying his greatest recognition. In the Bahamas, he even scored two hit singles, "Shirlene" and "Rose Mary Smith." He had moved to New Orleans and was a regular at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. He performed regularly at the Old Absinthe Bar. These nights could become jam sessions, as he had a habit of starting songs that were not in the set list and he still attracted great musicians, such as Bill Wyman and Bob Dylan's backing band. In 1986 under the ROIR label, Exuma released Rude Boy, which garnered slightly more attention and featured songs from some of his previous 1980s releases.
Over the years Exuma has played and/or toured with Patti LaBelle, Curtis Mayfield, Rita Marley, Peter Tosh, Toots & the Maytals, Sly and the Family Stone, Steppenwolf, Black Flag and the Neville Brothers. Exuma was even recognised by Queen Elizabeth II in 1978 when she awarded him the British Empire Medal for his contributions to Bahamian culture.
In the late 1980s, Exuma suffered a mild heart attack, and thus devoted much more of his time to painting, his other great talent. His paintings have been exhibited several times and collected by many art lovers. Never abandoning his music however, he still wrote and performed his original music. He continued to perform at the New Orleans Jazz Festival until 1991. The last years of his life saw him splitting his time between Miami, Florida and Nassau, in a house that his mother had left him. He died in his sleep in 1997.
Professor and fellow Bahamian Alfred M. Sears stated that Exuma was "A Bahamian visionary, humanistic philosopher and people's poet. Exuma gives expression to the beauty and power of the cultural life of the Bahamas - the people's every day experiences, folklore, myths, stories, junkanoo, rake and scrape, pain, joy, struggle and survival. His life and art reflect the wonderful cultural heritage and personality of Bahamians, drawing on the roots of Africa and the branches of the Amerindians, Europeans and Americans."[2]
Tony McKay had many children including Gavin, Kenyatta, Acklins and Jahleena. His first son, Shaw and his mother, "Sammy" were murdered in the early 1970s in New York's Lower East Side. Both Acklins and Kenyatta Alisha are vocal artists, carrying on the tradition of their father through their individual genres.
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Un Maledictows
Hemlocks
The front wing of time
Backwards is life
Sideways is the spirit of life
Frontways [frontless?] three times is death
Land of evil!
Land of sin!
Your own evil will do you in!
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
A man should, a man should be free
From his birth to his death
I've searched this whole land through
I've seen no free man yet
I've seen no free woman yet
[Wailing cry]
I saw the sperm swim to crack the egg
Then I saw an arm and I saw her leg
The journey was long
The journey was wet
The journey was hot
The journey was cold
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
I know that you dead because I've been in your head
I know you're dead, I know you dead because of all the things that you've said
I know you're dead, I been in your head, I been in your head, oh
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
The tube, the tube brought the food
I kicked and I punched, yes I was rude
I was so, I was so down in a watery cold
Tucked safely away in my mother's womb
The [? Hear?]
The [hear?] it cut my face!
Then I first met
I first met, I first met, I first met
You know, I first met the human race
They put a rubber hand over my mouth
Oh, so I could not shout
They smacked my behind and I screamed out
A stranger in the land
Then I could not see until I was nine days old
Until I was nine days old
Then my sight became tenfold
I went ahead and I got my fill
Then I stood still
This was the life, this was the death
This was the beginning, this was the end
On a place called Earth, on a place called Earth
On a place called earth, on a place called earth
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
This was the beginning, this was the ending
This was the life, this was the death
On a place called Earth, on a place called Earth
On a place called earth
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
This was the beginning, the end
The life and the death
On a place called Earth
Land of evil, Land of sin
Your own evil will do you in
Nazebo
Oh shit i'm feeling it
Clevrland James
The Greatest Exuma he got message from the future and goes into trance to reveal it all.
Gianni Salustri
I know Exuma when i was 18tenn now i am 67 yo , revelation,,,,i am italian
Shmii
i think this is the scariest song i've ever heard. beautiful, though
AnuxeL
That's childbirth for ya
Un Maledictows
Hemlocks
The front wing of time
Backwards is life
Sideways is the spirit of life
Frontways [frontless?] three times is death
Land of evil!
Land of sin!
Your own evil will do you in!
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
A man should, a man should be free
From his birth to his death
I've searched this whole land through
I've seen no free man yet
I've seen no free woman yet
[Wailing cry]
I saw the sperm swim to crack the egg
Then I saw an arm and I saw her leg
The journey was long
The journey was wet
The journey was hot
The journey was cold
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
I know that you dead because I've been in your head
I know you're dead, I know you dead because of all the things that you've said
I know you're dead, I been in your head, I been in your head, oh
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
The tube, the tube brought the food
I kicked and I punched, yes I was rude
I was so, I was so down in a watery cold
Tucked safely away in my mother's womb
The [? Hear?]
The [hear?] it cut my face!
Then I first met
I first met, I first met, I first met
You know, I first met the human race
They put a rubber hand over my mouth
Oh, so I could not shout
They smacked my behind and I screamed out
A stranger in the land
Then I could not see until I was nine days old
Until I was nine days old
Then my sight became tenfold
I went ahead and I got my fill
Then I stood still
This was the life, this was the death
This was the beginning, this was the end
On a place called Earth, on a place called Earth
On a place called earth, on a place called earth
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
This was the beginning, this was the ending
This was the life, this was the death
On a place called Earth, on a place called Earth
On a place called earth
[Chorus]
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
Lalalalala, Lalalalala, Lalalalala
This was the beginning, the end
The life and the death
On a place called Earth
Land of evil, Land of sin
Your own evil will do you in
Gianni Salustri
Thanks Elias, I discover Exuma in 1970, I both the early 2 lp ,me and friends were enthusiast ,got big deep feeling about this ritm and music sound and screem voice, we played every day with lot fun, but at far eve, i dint understood any lyrics, only we can belive some about voodoo or black people rebellion ,now all is clear i can read english ,thank again to you and you tube after 47 years i discover again Exuma
Ben Watford
This some good shit here
sky lucid
god
Robert Skvarla
@Leberator I reached out to Tony's family but they weren't interested in doing an interview. Sally also never responded to my comment above so I have no real way of getting in touch (have tried using public records databases to find contact info, to no avail). So it's never moved beyond the research stage. :(