Born and raised in Harlesden (London, England) until he was 2 years old, Mi… Read Full Bio ↴Born and raised in Harlesden (London, England) until he was 2 years old, Mikey General, then moved to Jamaica with his parents. When in Jamaica, Mikey was raised in areas such as Harbour View, Valentine Gardens off Molynes Road in Kingston 19 and Red Hills Road. He recalls completing his stage name when he came back to England in 1982, "General in Jamaica when I used to live in a community named Valentine Gardens. When we used to go outta street, me used to wear some big pants and dem used to say me favour de governor general. Dem used to call me Governor General, then just General because of my skill with de football". Gappy Dread, owner of the UK sound Vinyl Star, was the man who completed Mikey's name as he heard Mikey singing using just the name 'General'. Mikey says, "him say too many people using General like General Trees, etc. My 1st name is Mikey, so him say put that in front of it".

Mikey accepted the Covenant and the Rastafarian faith 7 years ago, but says, "Rasta is an in-born thing". He does not belong to any specific order such as Twelve Tribes, Nyabinghi or Orthodox, but instead says he follows the, "Precepts of Haile Selassie". Mikey's belief is that "Rastafari is the goodness of your heart and the cleanliness of your mind and accepting the precepts of His Imperial Majesty".

Born to sing according to Mikey as his mother said he used to always make noise as a baby. He used to mimic songs on the radio by such greats as Horace Andy, Peter Tosh, Sugar Minot, Desmond Dekker and Bob Marley. Mikey then joined the church choir at the age of 7 and was also in his school choir for 5 years. However, when he went onto high school, there was no choir, so Mikey started singing in the classroom. His teachers even encouraged him and they would call him up to sing. It got to the point where Mikey's community told him he had a good voice and should take singing seriously.

It was 1980 when Mikey was around the age of 16 that he recorded his first song called 'Roots Me Roots'. Produced by Rudie Silence, Mikey recalls, "It wasn't very successful, but it was my first experience in the studio and it gave me a lot of encouragement".

From then it was a natural progression and being a songwriter as well, although Mikey says his songs are "Co-written by Jah", success was not too far away. Hit songs for Mikey are ones that "Have an effect on somebody or touch somebody" and the hits must be rolling as he has done 5 albums to date with the latest being 'Spiritual Revolution' that was released in 2002.

Alongside Luciano, Mikey has a company called Jah Messenjah Productions and they do their own production including Mikey's last album. They also worked with co-producers such as Dean Fraser, the Firehouse Crew and Cell Block Studio to name a few. Those are not the only production people Mikey has worked with; he has worked with Xterminator, Robert French, Black Scorpio and "most of the good producers in Jamaica".

Mikey has worked on non-reggae formats as well including R&B, Blues and Jazz. He has produced artists such as Babatunde, Milton Black, Natural Black, Bitter Roots and a lot of other new artists.

Sinners
Mikey General Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Sinners' by these artists:

Aquilina Lauren Our lives are stores, waiting to be told In search of…
Barns Courtney Fortune, fortune, smiling fate I haven't seen you much of la…
Ben Wells and the Middle Names A Sinner sink, or Sinner swim, Wash the dirt off ocean…
Benjamin Amaru Set Fire, we could really done for real Burned it, science…
big bang - taeyang Jeo haneure hansumeul baetji, Ppalgan noeuri nune deureowan…
Christine Owman Sinners (Music & Lyrics by Christine Owman) How can I be…
creedo I miss them cloudy nights I miss them raining days Before da…
Dallax Where are we supposed to go from here? Yeah  Traveling on…
Dd luxz Get out of my head And on to the tip of…

Deitrick Haddon Sinners Prayer (Sinners Prayer Sinners Prayer) Sinners Praye…
Demxn Take a hit it go straight to my veins Already looking…
Drowning Pool Bend me, shape me Misdirect me It's all the same to me Look…
Everyone you know Nobody′s ever said it, so I'll say it first We can…
For I Am King Bloodshed and malice I will spread for the human race  I…
Herman Frank Called me by name – I would raise all delight And…
Hypernova I'm not afraid To believe That the Gods are crazy and the…
Inmost Ego Always looking for this one pray Stoned by the godless crave…
J. Anthony Brown Spinning in circles, live my life without rehearsal If I die…
Jacob Miller Sinners gonna weep some more, whoah They can't hide for sure…
Jim Bianco My friends and I are sinners each and every one* I…
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes Pecadores, onde você vai correr? Onde você vai se esconder? …
K.A.T.A. Ha ha ha Woah Born Sinner I don't fit in the…
Lauren Aquilina Our lives are stories waiting to be told In search of…
Lauren Aquilinas Our lives are stores, waiting to be told In search of…
Leeboy Yeah, dont play around with no pigs cause I…
Lemon Wax Standing outside in the rain We could go inside if you…
LGND The Dirty kind live 30 lives, behind a curtain closed…
Lior Holzman She said she don't want to be alone in the…
Little Brother [Intro - Phonte] Lord forgive us We all look for guidance …
Little Brothers [Intro - Phonte] Lord forgive us We all look for guidance Go…
Lo-kee Into the fire, into the fire I'm falling Better the devil…
Madleaf Hey brother taking control I got a better view of you. Hey…
Maick-I Heavy lies the crown ima put one on my wrist Where…
Marcus and the Rebels Restless sinner, rest in sin, He's got no face to hold…
Matthew & Me Yes baby imma sinner When you come into my coast lemme…
Nic Koray & Band Welcome to a place where we once were lost but…
No PT They just talk a lot trust me I know that…
Pineapple Thief Purest eyes, Your purest eyes Can see the things I…
Rekuiem born into this world we are clean soon the battle will…
Requiem-X Yah yah yah And I say Eyah yah yah yah (Reachwaves, reachwav…
S.H.O.T. Okay hey, huh, hey, huh... I say All the b****s i done…
Savvy Ani Sinners A sinner’s a sinner I’ll only Be sinning With you …
Spellman Twinz Trying so hard to see right through All your flaws but…
The Cramps Well, I tell you sinners, sinners You're gonna go down ther…
The Pineapple Thief Purest eyes, Your purest eyes Can see the things I…
The Temple Woke up to the evening, kissed my cup of wine Neighbor…
TheKidBhart Chopper with a beam on it Love my Nina put a…
Tommy Trash We used to live in the other lines Just following behind Som…
White Walls I see you burning in a purple flame I see you…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Mikey General:

Inna Million Years INNA MILLION YEARS // Michael Taylor / Genis Trani /…
No Follow Babylon NO FOLLOW BABYLON // Michael Taylor / Genis Trani /…
Pick Yourself Up Please teacher, teach me something, Nice teacher, teach me s…

Roots Rocking Reggae ROOTS ROCKING REGGAE // Michael Taylor / Genis Trani /…

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