After going their separate ways, and each converting to the Rastafari movement, they reunited in Kingston and formed a vocal group. Funding for their first album came in the form of a grant from the Twelve Tribes of Israel branch of Rastafari after Hugh Booth, a member of the Twelve Tribes, had overheard the three men singing in a wooded area outside Kingston. Apple and Wiss were living in the area, which they had converted into a home.
Israel Vibration recorded three albums; "The Same Song", "Unconquered People", and "Why You So Craven" before temporarily disbanding in 1981 after recording sessions for the latter were left incomplete. The three men moved to the United States to seek professional health care and escape the growing Dancehall movement in Jamaica. In 1988, Gary "Dr. Dread" Himmelfarb, founder of RAS Records, urged the trio to reunite and record an album. Skelly, Apple, and Wiss were flown to Washington, D.C. to record a new album at Lion and Fox Recording Studios. "Strength of my Life", the group's fourth album and first of 18 CD releases on the RAS label, was met with great praise and is considered one of the few post-golden era touchstones of the roots reggae genre.
In 1997, Apple Gabriel left the group to pursue a solo career. Skelly and Wiss continue to record albums and tour the world as Israel Vibration, backed by longtime associates Roots Radics.
Dub In The Middle East
Israel Vibration Lyrics
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A way to move yah
Our love for each other
Will have to improove
This ya roots rock reggae
Got the groove, yah
You better take warning
No time to loose, wo yeah
It start from there
This ya third world slaughter
Headin' for the west frontier, yah
Until we find a way
To leave the west, o yes
Our love for each other
Must be the strongest
So much doctrine
So much opinion, o yes
But it's One Jah, One Glory
The Highest Region
The song "Dub In The Middle East" by Israel Vibration speaks about love, unity, and the need for peace in the Middle East. The lyrics begin by acknowledging the need to find a way to move forward and improve relationships with each other. The songwriters emphasize the message that the roots rock reggae genre has the ability to bring people together and spread love. The songwriters warn listeners that there is no time to lose and urge them to pay attention to what is happening in the Middle East, where there is much violence and suffering. They compare the situation to third world slaughter and warn that it is coming to the west.
The songwriters seem to be calling on people to take action to achieve love and unity. They speak about the need to leave the west, indicating that change must come from within. They encourage listeners to look beyond personal opinions and doctrines and focus on the fact that there is only one God – One Jah, One Glory, and we are all equal in His eyes.
In summary, the songwriters of "Dub In The Middle East" convey a message of love and unity, emphasizing the need to bridge gaps and come together to achieve peace in the Middle East and beyond.
Line by Line Meaning
Until we find
Until we discover a way to progress, yah
A way to move yah
A method to advance, yah
Our love for each other
Our affection for one another
Will have to improove
Must better ourselves, o yes
This ya roots rock reggae
Our type of roots rock reggae
Got the groove, yah
The rhythm is on point, yah
You better take warning
Take heed of the caution
No time to loose, wo yeah
We have no time to waste, wo yeah
Watch the middle east
Observe the Middle East
It start from there
Events commence from that region
This ya third world slaughter
The slaughter in the third world
Headin' for the west frontier, yah
Proceeding to the western frontiers, yah
Until we find a way
Until we devise a method
To leave the west, o yes
To exit the western world, o yes
Our love for each other
Our fondness for one another
Must be the strongest
Needs to be the most robust
So much doctrine
Numerous ideas
So much opinion, o yes
Many points of view, o yes
But it's One Jah, One Glory
Yet, it's only One Jah, One Glory
The Highest Region
The most superior realm
Contributed by Hudson G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Garvey Ufot
on Friday Evening
Oh may take a while, Rasta
Oh rabam rabam bastira
Give thanks that you can find it in this time
It′s Friday evening, can't even find a dime, yeah
I say I feel like committing a crime, nooo
Still I know Jah will never leave me behind, no way
Pickney deh a-yard, seh dem waan food
(Friday evening) hey, hey (so deceiving)
Wife a cuss landlord, seh dem get rude
(Friday evening) hey, hey (unbelieving)
I man a-find it hard, in a bad mood
Woah, yeah
Give thanks that you can find your fish and bread (Friday evening, yeah)
It′s Friday evening and I man belly well red (seh the system dread)
I man so hungry, I man a-get swell head, yeah
Can't 'member when I've eaten fish and bread, nooo, hey
Stera stera sterara tenam
Stare stera stare tera tena
Stera stera sterara stera
Woah, woah, woah yeh
Pickney deh a-yard, seh dem waan food
(Friday evening) hey, hey (so deceiving)
Wife a cuss landlord, seh dem get rude
(Friday evening) hey, hey (unbelieving)
I man a-find it hard, in a bad mood
Woah oh, woah oh
Give thanks that you can find your fish and bread (Friday evening, yeah)
It′s Friday evening and I man belly well red (seh the system dread)
I man so hungry, I man a-get swell head, yeah
Can't 'member when I've eaten fish and bread, nooo
Friday evening, yeah (Friday evening)
Can′t even find a dime (so deceiving)
Friday evening, yeah (Friday evening)
Can't really get what′s mine (unbelieving)
It's Friday evening, yeah (Friday evening)
I don′t enjoy it, anyway (Natty crying)
Friday evening, yeah (Friday evening)
Man feel like destroy it, hey, hey (nothing eating)
It's Friday evening (Friday evening)
Woah oh, woah oh, oh, oh, oh (so deceiving)
It's Friday evening (Friday evening)
Woah oh (unbelieving)
It′s Friday evening, yeah (Friday evening)
Weche
on back staba
You skin up your teeth with I and you don't like the rasta dreadlocks
Jacob said we inna tenament yard a bagga wolf de amongst the dread
Licky Licky laba laba susu susu
Demma backstabba
Me back bigger than your dartboard, ooh
You wet your mouth like I told u so
..........
Bredda Michael
on Ball Of Fire
Ahhh-ah-ah,
Ahh-ah,
Ahh-ah.
Say, say, say, now.
(CHORUS) 2X
Ball,
Ball of fire,
Ball of fire,
Gonna…
Clap up inna Babylon.
Ten thousand
Careless Ethiopians,
Went down…
Down inna ground…
Hey-hey,
Hey, Big man,
Your ‘ealth, nor your wealth can save you now (cyan’ save you)
Drivin' in your big limo trap,
Chauffeur-driven an’ you sittin' in di back (when you wake up in fire).
Inna dem a-time, I know,
Fire gonna burn mi den… (gonna burn mi easy).
I-a congo natty rastaman know
That it-a gonna be dread.
(CHORUS)
You can seh yuh know…
Ten thousand
Careless Ethiopians,
Went down…
Down inna ground…
Hey, Big Man
Your ‘ealth, nor your wealth can save you now. (cyan’ save you)
Drivin' in your big Cadillac,
You’re chauffeur-driven an’ you jammin' in di back (when you wake up in fire)
Where ya gonna run?
When this-a fire start to burn? (gonna burn mi easy).
Ten thousand careless Ethiopians,
Went down with Babylon.
(CHORUS)
Where ya gonna run? Where ya gonna run?
When this-a fire, this-a fire start to bu’n?
Ten thousand careless Ethiopians
Clap up inna Babylon.
To di rock,
Waan di Christ for ‘imself
When a fire isn’t the worst, it’s something else
Weh ya gonna run? Weh ya gonna run?
When this-a fire, this-a fire start to bu’n?
James Bouryiotis
on Why Worry
these are entirely different lyrics!
Paul Salcido
on I'll Go Through
These are not the lyrics!!!!
Mitchell Nobles
on Red Eyes
i love the music everything i go in the street..
Eh Shehu
on My Master's Will
good weed boy