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Ras Shiloh Coming Home
Article by Diane “Livonn” Adam
“Ras Shiloh’s voice remains piercing yet amazingly gentle. He displays a different range on Coming Home than previously heard. Clearly, this young Rasta’s voice is maturing in a direction that still places him as one of the highest order of Jah’s angels --- a Seraphim for the new millennium and beyond.” – Diane “Livonn” Adam
Ras Shiloh has been a truly missed live performance artist in Northern California. So it’s with much anticipation that this Brooklyn-born artist is back to the business of delivering the sweet sound of reggae in his own unique way with his superb new 2007 CD release, Coming Home (VP Records) produced by the legendary Bobby “Digital" Dixon.
Coming Home is truly a work of art and a labor of love by Ras Shiloh and producer Bobby Digital. A winning combination considering the Garnet Silk-like vocals of Ras Shiloh and Digital’s many accomplishments including his production work on Sizzla’s Da Real Thing and Black Woman & Child. From start to finish Coming Home is roots and culture at its highest and easily one of the best reggae releases this year. No doubt, this one will keep rotating in your music players day and night! Opening the album is the soul-stirring, “We Need Love” refraining that, We need more / Our nation is crying out / We need more love (love is what we’re searching for) in this world today / Promise us a better way / We need more joy (joy is what we need today) / a place for the children to play / Where is the sunny day...” Coming Home’s success can also be attributed to some brilliant musicianship from Squidley Cole on drums, Donald “Danny Bassie” Dennis on bass, Dalton Browne on guitars, Paul “Right Move” Crossdale, Sidney Mills, Mikey Spice and Benjy Myaz on keyboards and the great Dean Fraser on sax.
For many of us the introduction in 1998 of Ras Shiloh came by way of his 1998 CD release, Babylon You Doom which subsequently took him on tour to California to perform. His distinctive a cappella vocals literally took wings throughout the San Francisco Bay Area as he performed from Maritime Hall to Reggae In The Park and seemed to take root as a young artist who was destined to make it to the top. Personal issues may have played a part in his departure from the music scene in the Bay Area but it has not stopped this young Rasta from continuing what he does best, releasing a comeback album in 2002 with From Rasta To You (VP Records).
Accolades for Coming Home are many since every track on this CD is pure gold. Songs I find particularly impressive are “Give A Little Love”, the spiritually felt, “What You Have Done” and “Come Down Jah Jah”, “The New Rising Day” featuring Bascone X and “It Will Be Over” featuring Natural Black. The album also features Morgan Heritage on the song “Let The People Voice Be Heard”.
Ras Shiloh’s voice remains piercing yet amazingly gentle. He displays a different range on Coming Home than previously heard. Clearly, this young Rasta’s voice is maturing in a direction that still places him as one of the highest order of Jah’s angels --- a Seraphim for the new millennium and beyond.
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Are You Lonely
Ras Shiloh Lyrics
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Oh Shiloh wants to know, wants to know ooh
(Chorus)
Are you satisfied
wipe the tears form your eyes,
I?m all alone still you thought,
Are you satisfied no ones with me tonight,
only Jah and he is always by my side?
(Verse 1)
Pretty little woman don?t you trust me no more?
You don?t have to break down my door,
I?m all alone.
Come inside and you will see,
there?s no one here but me,
told you I?ll still be over,
still you refuse to believe.
(Chorus)
Are you satisfied
wipe the tears from your eyes,
I?m all alone still you thought,
I was telling a lie.
Are you satisfied no ones with me tonight,
only Jah and he is always by my side?
(Verse 2)
Girl you know I love you so,
I cant hurt you no no no no,
want you do what Jah say,
I won?t desert you no way,
you will over stand as Jah (provide?) oh ayy
(Chorus)
Are you satisfied
wipe the tears from your eyes,
I'm all alone still you thought,
i was telling a lie.
Are you satisfied no ones with me tonight,
only Jah and he is always by my side?
Lay a virtue, how could I ever leave you?
A virtuous woman is so (ohh?)
Always be by your side,
that I can not deny,
you wont ever have to cry-y.
(Chorus)
Are you satisfied
wipe the tears form your eyes,
I?m all alone still you thought,
I was telling a lie.
Are you satisfied, no one is here with Ras Shiloh tonight,
only Jah and he is always by my side?
Pretty little woman don?t you trust me no more?
You don?t have to break down my door,
I?m all alone.
Come inside and you will see,
There?s no one here but me,
Told you I?ll still be over,
Still you refuse to believe.
(Chorus)
Are you satisfied
wipe the tears form your eyes,
I?m all alone still you thought,
I was telling a lie.
Are you satisfied, no one is with me tonight,
only Jah and he is always by my side?
The song "Are You Lonely" by Ras Shiloh is a reggae track that talks about a man trying to reassure his significant other that she can trust him despite being alone. The song begins with the artist asking his partner if she is satisfied and wiping the tears from her eyes, even though he is all alone beside Jah. The chorus repeats the same message, emphasizing the idea that Ras Shiloh will not lie to her and that he is genuinely alone. In the first verse, he pleads with his girlfriend to come inside and see that he is telling the truth while assuring her that he will be the same person she fell in love with. In verse 2, he continues to profess his love for her and promises not to hurt her.
The lyrics of the song are a plea for trust in a relationship. The artist is reassuring his partner that he loves her and that he is not lying about being alone. He asks her not to doubt him anymore and to believe that he will always be with her. The song's message is that love and trust should be the foundation of a long-lasting relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh well now, o well now, yeaah ohhh
Shiloh wants to get his point across and is adding emphasis to his words.
Oh Shiloh wants to know, wants to know ooh
Shiloh is asking a question, and wants to know the answer.
Are you satisfied
wipe the tears form your eyes,
I?m all alone still you thought,
I was telling a lie.
Are you satisfied no ones with me tonight,
only Jah and he is always by my side?
Shiloh is asking his significant other if they are happy, and then proceeds to remind them that he always tells the truth and is still alone despite being accused of lying. He then affirms that God is always with him.
Pretty little woman don?t you trust me no more?
You don?t have to break down my door,
I?m all alone.
Come inside and you will see,
there?s no one here but me,
told you I?ll still be over,
still you refuse to believe.
Shiloh is trying to reassure his significant other that they can trust him, and urges them to come inside and see that he is alone.
Girl you know I love you so,
I cant hurt you no no no no,
want you do what Jah say,
I won?t desert you no way,
you will over stand as Jah (provide?) oh ayy
Shiloh is telling his significant other that he loves them and would never hurt them. He also encourages them to follow God as he will never leave them and they will gain understanding.
Lay a virtue, how could I ever leave you?
A virtuous woman is so (ohh?)
Always be by your side,
that I can not deny,
you wont ever have to cry-y.
Shiloh values his significant other's virtue and would never leave them. He acknowledges the importance of a virtuous woman and promises that they will always be there for them and they will never have to cry.
Pretty little woman don?t you trust me no more?
You don?t have to break down my door,
I?m all alone.
Come inside and you will see,
There?s no one here but me,
Told you I?ll still be over,
Still you refuse to believe.
Shiloh reiterates to his significant other that they can trust him and that he is alone.
Are you satisfied
wipe the tears form your eyes,
I?m all alone still you thought,
I was telling a lie.
Are you satisfied, no one is with me tonight,
only Jah and he is always by my side?
Shiloh repeats his question about his significant other's happiness and reminds them that he is alone and not lying. He affirms his belief that God is always with him.
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Written by: WAYNE, Patrick Barrett, Willie Lindo, 0 Wayne, STEVE LINDO
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