Steel Pulse - Babylon Makes The Rules

[brendonkas]

30 years on and this album is as good as ever! probably eeven better than when it first came out thsi is historic, a classic by all mean! RASTA SAY GUIDANCE FOREVER! - Only true rasta will come here to listen this, Black, white, brown yellow, bald head, straight hair, kinky dread, bong dread ALL IS RASTA , ONCE YOU HERE TO ENJOY THIS MUSIC!

[28846m]

they don't make music like this any more, gone are the day's.

[ethompbra]

so irieee-_-

[persevere4]

@momskid - well you did say we or you - no we had some vibes going and as I said we had the "kindred spirits" working in our favor...maybe we both get at least one right - give me an air five girl.......

[skrapclan]

Why is there minutes of silence at the end of the video...? Your making breaks in my playlist, man...

[docfraktal]

Steel Pulse+Black Uhuru+Burning Spear = the Holy Trinity

[slatan420]

@docfraktal lol feels good to know people still have vocabularies.

Trinity haha good stuff. And true.

[purlata]

Babylon does not make rules. Only if we choose to worship our servility, then he does.

[aneros988]

@purlata Babylon makes the rules... but Jah love will carry I home!

[aronnuttall]

them playing their instruments!x x x

[hurryupche]

i think blah baub ib ni ton lac ot praz jah

[tonymusicluva]

I agree let the music soothe us from all our hangups

[Love2TravelAway]

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[Speechrec]

@Love2TravelAway YES!

[EternalProdParis]

peace I

[elephantbarbiegirl]

From 1979 to 2011. Some things don't change

[Flandesexpress]

Only God is our Saviour! Wise men know what holy is. Once you open your eyes and see the whole Matrix from a different angle and how it functions then your life is going to change for real. But, once you know the truth, then suddenly you are going to have more enemies than ever before. If you meditate and keep the vibe high on a positive level, darkness wants to attack you. Temptations all around you. Man, demons always want to fight, but like these guys, you chant a psalm a day for protection!

[MrStvo1]

steele pulse used to tour with bob marley .... that for all the nubies f.y.i

[renaldo450]

Steel pulse , one off the best reggae group ever in history !

my favorite speciaal ?

[dododofag]

FUCK RX BABDITS this is music

[tnester1]

So Irie...

[TheAnnoyingBrat]

love steel pulse4ever hugs shari

[the1onejam]

david and selwyn you f... gospel singer f... jazzreggae singer ! We love U - Grenoble 1986

[rachid26800]

jah bless

[momskid]

JAH GUIDE I



[anuradha40]

Ah it nice day in San Diego Paradise, homie. Rasta 4ever on the beach.

[TheAnnoyingBrat]

rasta sah guidance .. but marcus say a different still....love.steel pulse

[TheAnnoyingBrat]

great song love steel pulse

[TheRowz]

RE: FSSB/MCA, this song is dedicated to our Martyrs who "walked the talk" with their Hikoi, NGA MIHI and like the song says "Babylon makes the rules and my people suffer.

[stardistroyerben]

Steel Pulse Are Legends

[slatan420]

Badass album art!

[Vrzwta]

How is rasta's Babyon connected to jewish Babylon if it even is? Can anyone explain?

[ericjungleboy]

@Vrzwta There is no Jewish Babylon in the first place. Babylon was a city in the area of Syria. The Babylon of Rastas is reference to the sinful and corrupt modern cities and their lifestyles, such as in Kingston Jamaica. It's inspired by the biblical Babylon.

[teachingandlearning]

Babylon represents the corruption of the oppressive political system; Babylon represented many political regimes that oppressed the people that lived there. It was conquered over and over by different invading armies which imposed rule and slavery over its inhabitants.

[Flandesexpress]

@teachingandlearning More than correct! Babylon is the shitstem ruled by hypocrites who want to keep us stupid and ignorant through Hollywood, MTV, pornography, football, NBA, hard drugs, manipulated news, Mcdonalds, false world religions, sects, publicity bombing your brain, violence, hooliganism, maffia, prostitution, alcohol, tobaco, on stage terrorism, HAARP, radiation, sound and visual frequencies, manipulated education systems, AIDS, Red Cross... The battle is going to be hot, my friend!

[momskid]

MY PEOPLE ARE IN A MESS

BUT NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW....

[TheManolakis]

Now that steel pulse writes election songs for obama. i think they should change the name of this song from "babylon makes the rules" to "BABYLON PAYS THE RENT". steel pulse = sell outs!

[teachingandlearning]

nothing wrong with racial or ethnic pride. we should all learn to admire and celebrate other cultures, but also, there is nothing wrong in celebrating one's own culture. in the united states we all celebrate the cultures under control, for example, the fourth of july celebrates a culture that invaded and eliminated the indigenous populations and enslaved another culture. that is what the United States was founded on. every country celebrates the conquering culture-- to the winner goes the ...

[blobrana]

\o/

[Syeal7]

Whats up with reggea and Babylon? Never got the relation between those two. When in history did Babylonia ever do anything bad to the black-race? Or maybe they were used as slaves over there too, or maybe something about where they once came from... or something

[abidoonah1973]

@Syeal7 babylon is seen as the control of the zionists the people who look to control the world !

[Syeal7]

@abidoonah1973 I doubt that. babylonia was in todays Irak, a very developed and high social and cultural society. The zionist cult wasn't current at that time.

[Vrzwta]

@Syeal7 As far as I heard zionist cult is fighting for old babylon as they think it belongs to them and they are exiles or something.

[ericjungleboy]

@Vrzwta It's really horrible to hear you say something like that. Here you are on a Steel Pulse video spreading anti-Jewish propaganda that comes from hate-filled people.

[teachingandlearning]

see my earlier post to the notion of Babylon

[mcrory99]

peace :-)

[apple1958ableable]

This song is prophetic. It is fulfilling right now.

[goodythunderrebel]

Greetings roots rastafari community all over the world

Time to LIVE this TRUTH to the FULLNESS

LOVE POWER GUIDANCE and PROTECTION on all of your JOURNEYS

TOWARDS the ONE

[marcuskarcus]

peace and unity....

[UFO89TR]

STEEL PULSE  4EVER

[Tophe737]

@UFO89TR, Ronnie "Stepper" McQueen, best reggae bass guitarist IMO. Very melodic, very underrated.

[elsonysamurai]

the best music to my ears

[dreadlockrastaamy]

Great Song!

Babylon does make the rules!

Jah Bless you Steel Pulse! ♥

[Ramatulai1]

JAH LOVE WILL CARRY i ON!!!!!

[war21len]

Una gran cultura,que profetiza el amor a babilon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[war21len]

Una gran cultura,que profetiza el amor a babilon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wonkeydonkeyleg]

what keeps us together is Jah herb that we smoke......

skin up a fat blunt

and recapture our culture

[SheikahZeo]

Seh fire a go bun dem.

[TheofficialStewed]

Like reggae? You’ll love this! Mainstreet Dubsacks, Small time struggling reggae/ska group, in comparison to Sublime and Slightly Stoopid, These guys rock! Give them a chance! Help us get the sound out! You wont regret doing so!!

[dereksoundcloud]

..... why the fuck does babylon always make the rules?

[dreadlockrastaamy]

@dereksoundcloud cos babylon bad place?!

[dereksoundcloud]

@dreadlockrastaamy WTF?

[Patiki100]

come to hokianga 2014 dec rastaman convention.aotearoa nz all know the truth of DNA H3068 CONNECTED TO ARIKI the line of personal covenant ariki decend out of moab jacob predesesers of the king of kings come one ire haeremai

[MrCongoman7]

fire more fire

[racenemo]

After all these years;

Babylon still makes the rules

[changospank1]

@racenemo there are no rules if you refuse to play the game.

[Patiki100]

jah unification omapere aotearoa dec 2014 calling all rasta hosted by utaonga

son of the ngapuhi confederation & imperial majesty protected by treaty of waitangi pass it on

[lukefukinmiller]

classic

[jamjr1972]

If King David was still alive Steele Pulse would make him dance!

[LoveSmokinWeed]

!!LIFE WITHOUT RULEZ!!

[joseyrobinson]

love it,brings me back 2 my childhood,with my parents music,love pulse xxxx

[sirkettle]

even the older generation dont like the rasta man in ja , and you a fool if ya think they do , ask and you will be told this , its tolerated now , but ask any one over 50 there apaion and are from ja not some faker . , and when your then check out reble salute peace n lve all

[Saree3]

re-capture our Culture.........

[iN33dm0ney1]

GUIDANCE FOR EVA!

Jah Love will Carry i Home..

[MsKapooo]

el chivillo!

[LGLG69]

One of my all-time favorites from Pulse.

[rohmeenah]

@LGLG69 me too

[DREADDY100]

back (RAW) - from the lash/whip -could b a "black" overseer doin' his job - as well as "whitepeople" - get it?

New Orleans had alot of "Black" Slave owners at the brink of the U.S Civil War

[Neffstradamus]

backrah is jamaican patois for "white people" but... in this case I view backrah as meaning popular society in general, that looks on Rastaman culture with disrespect and scorn.

[acidhouser1]

Babylon Makes The Rules

[denzelsnipes69]

My people are in a mess

[Neffstradamus]

Rasta seh GUIDANCE but Backrah say' different still

[rastapreto]

Hello!

Do you know who or what is Backrah? I can't put a meaning on this... could you help me?

Thank you, wether you can or not!

[denzelsnipes69]

Selwyn has a nice clear as a bell singing voice.

[alienlivingform]

this goes str8 into my favorites! tnx for uploading

[lv42daze]

thanks fer the post, excellent song

[fishpirate808]

does anyone know the tabs

[fishpirate808]

Take Rastaman culture for instance, Dem think is political joke, But we people know better then that, Cos what keeps us together is Jah Herb that we smoke I and I know the truth of it all, Cos we have smashed our heads 'gainst that wall, And now I seh we must create a scene, We must recapture our culture by any means.

[sgaleran]

haille sélassié hi jah rastafar i

[aliougator]

@fishpirate808 Don't make any damn sense. I wonder what ur smokin', poor being

[fishpirate808]

@aliougator

Those are the lyrics you child

[DubbPeeh]

@fishpirate808 true words.

[BrnWitGrn]

@fishpirate808

Gotta live off the land as much as possible

[BrnWitGrn]

@fishpirate808 BTW, you from Hawai'i? Chee!

[slatan420]

@fishpirate808 Well put buddie.



[reggaemeditation]

@fishpirate808

Ok but wat will happen if the herb is no more? where will the "strenght" come from this time? Jah? Then what if Jah never comes? Who is Jah? Who are we? Really.

Self-enquirery before anything else, the goal is to know thy self, thy real self, THE real self, the one that depends on no things or beliefs, where is that one?

Nothing last appart from what remains once everything that we are not is revealed.

We are all that, how can we ever need more?

[psmmaster007]

@fishpirate808 True wisdom

[canaldosam]

oh yeah!! STEEL is the best

[kofiata]

That is Selwyn Bombo Brown `Keyboardist of the band`on lead vocals, he also sang lead on `Dont be afraid`- also a smash....Mr Bombo.... respects to you man, Steel Pulse.. respects and love.

[meliskooi]

dit is de goeie ouwe tijd en het blijft goed genieten ........

[eskimoposh]

I found a copy of this album in some dingy little record shop in TAIPEI of all places.....I put it on when I got back to my place and proceeded to sit in the same position for the entire album. I couldn't move. Unbelievable album.

[Adzeoda]

This song reminds me so much of my senior bro Frankie Westmacott...Awaaally!! Babylon still makes the rules but rasta gaining ground.

[mlodzin90]

It's great! The best Steel Pulse song! One love

[Lordithirsty]

Not a King James Version

is farrr the best song.

[whatumacallit2]

I could never decide which song of them is the best because when I give one song the best grade then I would at the same time give an other song a bad grade, which I just couldn´t stand.

"Not a King James Version" is great, and so is "Babylon makes the rules".

Important is only, that we learn from every truth.

I thank you brother!

[fishpirate808]

Most people don't appriceate the awesomeness of this song. Sends chills down my spine everytime woop jah

[anilomd]

especially when you are smoking a joint while staying at your cousin's place in Santa Barbara on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

[srbrant]

yea im in Isla vista right now listening to this and puffin on some good herb

[sdh568]

JAH love will carry I on...!

[bigga1975]

amstel biertje haze jointje en deze muziek en je hebt een geweldige middag, ff de kids naar buiten en dan lekker gaan, jammer genoeg begint mijn zoon dit ook leuk te vinden.....die ouwe luistert al black uhuru

[sheepblitzer]

what keeps us together is jah herb that we smoke

i and i know the truth of it all

[damarez]

in Suriname ba stands for basi or boss in english

and kra means i and i

so backra really means boss over i

for in slavery i had no own voice

but in these time the only backra is i and i

i am boss over myself

ras tafari!

[WhyNotTruth]

Rasta seh GUIDANCE... but Backra seh d-d-different still...

"Backra"- White slave owner

[WhyNotTruth]

So glad people are hearing this!!! It's been my fave for many years...

[jab281180]

roots forever

[brendonkas]

Nice post brother!, Those who are chosen by the fathers hands will not get left behind. GUIDANCE, FOREVER!