Biography:
1. Groundation is a Fusion-Reggae band based in Sonoma County, California. It was established in 1998 by Harrison Stafford, Ryan Newman and Marcus Urani upon their meeting at the Jazz program at Sonoma State University. Groundation's music incorporates the lyrical struggle of Roots Reggae, the progressive musicianship of Funk/Jazz fusion, and other-worldly transcendental Dub.
The 9-piece band creates an altogether new Reggae sound, featuring swirling horns, stout poly-rhythmics, and soulful harmony vocals.
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Other songs:
- Congress Man
- Freedom Taking Over
- Head Strong
- Jah Jah Know
- Undivided
- Weeping Pirates
- Babylon Rule Dem
- Confusing Situation
- Craven Fe Dead
- Daniel
- Down
- Each One Teach One
- Fight All You Can
- Glory To The King
- Groundation Chant
- Hebron
- If I
- Jah Spirit
- Me Na In De
- Nonbeliever
- Nyabinghi Order
- One More Day
- Ratant Crow
- Silver Tongue Show
- Sleeping Bag
- The Seesaw
- Throwing Stones
- Upon The Bridge
- Wanna Know
- Waterfall
- We Na Forget Rome
- Weak Heart
- What Could Have Been
Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
As I couldn't find the sequence anywhere, I tried to tab it out. You let me know
in the comments what you think.
Intro is only: Cm with delay
Verse come into in a 4/4 tempo with classic reggae beat in 2 and 4.
Cm - Ab (two bars for each chord - strum 4 times)
Cm
Well now the youth man say,
Ab Cm - Ab
"I have come a long way, between this Earth and Zion"
Cm
And then the warrior say,
Ab Cm - Ab
"I too have made my way as I roll upon this rod of iron"
Cm (... and so on)
Now dem man go and they shall live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
And dem man go and dem man live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
For the Book does say,
Like the sand of the sea shores we shall lie
& the book does say the time shall come when I & I will testify
Fm Gm Bb Ab
Born out of de masses, cast us into the heart of Babylon
Run upon a Mount Sinai, oh Most High come make it so
*You get the feeling. On this part you only go one bar for each chord (strum twice)
Cm Ab
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, a sit upon a old rock log
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, a coming from the tribe of Judah
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, lie beyond a Wailing Wall
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, Coming from a dis a heart of dragon war
*Now the break, anything in Cm blues scale sounds all right. Mess around with it.
Cm-Ab
Well now the youth man say,
"Yes, I have come a long way, between this Earth and Zion"
And then the warrior say,
"I too have made my way as I rule upon this rod of iron"
Now dem man go and they shall live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
And they shall go and dem man live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
Hollow de, hollow de, hollow their hearts
Hollow de, hollow de, hollow their words
No we'll never hear dem barking
Fm - Gm - Bb - Ab
Coming to dem I say, take them away to Israel
Ya call upon a Mont Sinai, oh Most High come make it so
Cm - Ab
Jah Jah know, know a savior -- a coming from a true lamb Lord
Jah Jah I know, know a savior -- trotted from the tribe if Judah
Jah Jah I know, know a savior -- lie beyond a Wailing Wall
Jah Jah I know, know, know, know
Man & Man & Man & Man dem
Fighting, Jah-Jah, oh Lord could a, could a, I & I a
Fighting, Jah-Jah, dis a wailin' on the wall, wailin' on the wall
Fighting dis a dragon war dem a
Savior to the son, a savior to the son now dis a
Man shall go shall linger, & dis a man shall go shall stumble
Dis a man shall go shall linger, dis a man shall go shall stumble
Oh riding! They fighting so, they rock my soul
De youth de man fighting, oh Jah, now dem a, oh man a
Don't stand there waiting you're the one (repeat)
=Lyrics found online=
in the comments what you think.
Intro is only: Cm with delay
Verse come into in a 4/4 tempo with classic reggae beat in 2 and 4.
Cm - Ab (two bars for each chord - strum 4 times)
Cm
Well now the youth man say,
Ab Cm - Ab
"I have come a long way, between this Earth and Zion"
Cm
And then the warrior say,
Ab Cm - Ab
"I too have made my way as I roll upon this rod of iron"
Cm (... and so on)
Now dem man go and they shall live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
And dem man go and dem man live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
For the Book does say,
Like the sand of the sea shores we shall lie
& the book does say the time shall come when I & I will testify
Fm Gm Bb Ab
Born out of de masses, cast us into the heart of Babylon
Run upon a Mount Sinai, oh Most High come make it so
*You get the feeling. On this part you only go one bar for each chord (strum twice)
Cm Ab
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, a sit upon a old rock log
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, a coming from the tribe of Judah
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, lie beyond a Wailing Wall
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, Coming from a dis a heart of dragon war
*Now the break, anything in Cm blues scale sounds all right. Mess around with it.
Cm-Ab
Well now the youth man say,
"Yes, I have come a long way, between this Earth and Zion"
And then the warrior say,
"I too have made my way as I rule upon this rod of iron"
Now dem man go and they shall live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
And they shall go and dem man live up
But we shall stay to face this dragon war
Hollow de, hollow de, hollow their hearts
Hollow de, hollow de, hollow their words
No we'll never hear dem barking
Fm - Gm - Bb - Ab
Coming to dem I say, take them away to Israel
Ya call upon a Mont Sinai, oh Most High come make it so
Cm - Ab
Jah Jah know, know a savior -- a coming from a true lamb Lord
Jah Jah I know, know a savior -- trotted from the tribe if Judah
Jah Jah I know, know a savior -- lie beyond a Wailing Wall
Jah Jah I know, know, know, know
Man & Man & Man & Man dem
Fighting, Jah-Jah, oh Lord could a, could a, I & I a
Fighting, Jah-Jah, dis a wailin' on the wall, wailin' on the wall
Fighting dis a dragon war dem a
Savior to the son, a savior to the son now dis a
Man shall go shall linger, & dis a man shall go shall stumble
Dis a man shall go shall linger, dis a man shall go shall stumble
Oh riding! They fighting so, they rock my soul
De youth de man fighting, oh Jah, now dem a, oh man a
Don't stand there waiting you're the one (repeat)
=Lyrics found online=
