"Zion Triad" - John Brown's Body *studio version

This is the song "Zion Triad" from the record "AMPLIFY" by John Brown's Body. "AMPLIFY" debuted #1 on the Billboard Reggae Charts in the USA the week it was released.

Date of USA release: September 30th 2008 by Easy Star Records

LYRICS (by Elliot Martin):

ZION TRIAD
Your boots kick up the dust / and they will for maybe a thousand days
But will never cover blood / it will remain
You have convicted us / but weve committed no crime that you say
And you cannot ever stop this flood I guarantee
Youre so predictable / but you make a critical mistake
Cant allow the fear to be our fate
And you will feel the touch of the many who you incarcerate
They will come in greater number, cant you see?
So we come / we can take the battle on
Break the back of Babylon / children, wont you sing along?
Know the real criminal: they come to you and sell their smiling face
Together we will reveal and see
So wont you join to beat the bastards who betray
We can no more live in fear underground for better days
We make no noise to keep the dogs where they lay
We sing to meditate then lay your powers to waste
Ready or not, we come down from the mountain to investigate the story
Nothing shake the determination from
People bleeding for the zion nation / no, it never fall
They become the weaker state and so they call it radical
For the poor people / situation now critical
Ignorant speaking / still fighting in the media
What were all reaching for / something to deliver us
Righteous come to defeat all the beatings of the prisoner
Before its too late
We control the party / dont forget the promise
This nation rise up and be ready for the challenge
Heaven put me here to chase away the disease
Tell the tyrannical well send you down to hell on your knees
So dont you belittle us / earn the trust
Or you will fall and return to dust
This Triad must rise / please realize
Were giving you fair warning
Yes, we make the criminal retreat when beaten to their hiding place
See them crumble when they come to feel the pain
They turn the pressure up / so we keep a lower profile and wait
How much longer do we suffer underneath?
Who put the barrier in between us where the children play
We did / when they came we looked away
Are we a warrior? No, we know better than to go that way
For survival we make our own society
So you speak / shackled to your policy
Believe our conspiracy will soon see supremacy
So we gonna raise a cup and dedicate to your final days
The sun will set on the dreams you seek

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[mfelix717]

this band is the shi t. people will catch on soon enough

[InHumanForm555]

What an amazing jam wow!!!!

[Ziontific33]

@Steezybasslinez Let's see... Most of them live in Boston, the singer lives in Ithaca, NY and the trumpet player lives in Brooklyn, NY. They've changed lineup a bunch of times over the years, drummer and singer are the only originals left, but this album (Amplify) is the current lineup except for the keyboardist. Good luck with your reggae!

[Steezybasslinez]

I am from Mnnesota, also in a reggae band. anyways, this shit is straight raw. Where is this band from? Cause im spreadin jah word... keep it up!

[liveordiemab]

i saw them live the greatest

[SelassieRastaDude]

yes i big tune

[oneloveoneheartletsg]

one of my favorites

[noizfans]

Don't worry bout the world, just keep jamm'n

[fagag220]

dig it. if can can you post the rest of the album?

[JohnJoeJack]

they cant handle the roots and culture