Reggae Music lyrics
by Lee “Scratch” Perry
[Intro]
Get into action
The musical sound called "Reggae"
Oh-oh, you know (Wow!)
Get into [?]
[Chorus]
I make it vibrate on (Oh-oh, you know)
I make it vibrate on (Yeah)
I make it vibrate on (Down there, you know?)
[Verse 1]
Reggae music; is going to your- (Going to your mind an' your soul)
Going to your mind
The dreadlocks are jumpy (You know?)
An' the ballhead are scrumpy (Yeah)
A soul, dem a rub it
An' the whitie just dub it
Itinually (C'mon!)
Itinually, itinually (Oh-oh, you know?)
It mighty go, chali-chali, chali-chali (Yeah)
An' that's no folly (Could a never)
I man a go sip it with mi challis ('Cause Jah know)
I man sip it in mi palace (Chali-chali, chali-chali)
I-ya listen to di Reggae, to di Reggae-Reggae music (Yeah)
[Chorus]
I make it vibrate on
I makе it vibrate on (Reggae music)
I makе it vibrate on (The music of this dispensation of time)
[Verse 2]
I say, di music with di message
I say, the music with di blessing
A dis a Reggae-Reggae music
A dis a Reggae-Reggae music
Di Chiney, dem love it
An' di dawta, dem a scrub it
Singing dat di Indian love it (Yeah)
And di troder, dem a rock it
Singing, singing dat di white man love it (You know)
An' then di sister, dem a scrub it
I say, di black man love it (Yeah)
I say, di brother, dem a rock it
Singing, singing dis a Reggae-Reggae music (Uh!)
A dis a Reggae-Reggae music (Wow!)
Oh-oh, you know (Yeah)
[Chorus]
I make it vibrate down there (Singing-singing-swing)
Vibrate down there (Way-way-way-way-way)
Vibrate down there (You know, yeah)
[Verse 3]
Say, mi satta in mi palace
I say, mi sip up mi challis
I man just sip up mi challis an' feel well irie
'Cause I man a listen to di Reggae-Reggae music
Singing an' swinging to di Reggae-Reggae music
You know, I man carry dis worldwide (Yeah)
I say, fi rock it dis a Reggae (Move!)
I say, fi rock it dis a Reggae (Wow!)
Singing, say, fi rock it dis a music
Dis a, a dis a, a dis a Reggae-Reggae music (Wow!)
Oh-oh, you know
[Verse 4]
I say, di drum man a play it (Singing, singing)
Say, di bass man a play it (Singing, a singing)
Say, di guitar man a play it (Singing, singing)
Dat di piano man a play it (You know?)
I say, di horns man a rock it (Wow!)
I say, di drum man a rock it
Singing, say, di drum man a play it
Play it, singing, say, di horns man a play it (Hear deh, oh-oh)
Reggae-Reggae music (Wow!)
Singing dis a Reggae-Reggae music (Sweep dem nice, ya)
[Refrain]
Singing, I go jam it with di Reggae (Reggae, Reggae)
Ya-ya jam it with di Reggae (Singing)
I man go jam it with di Reggae (Reggae)
I man a go jam it with di Reggae
Jam it, jam it, jam it, jam it, jam it
Jam it with di Reggae (Singing, singing)
Say, fi jam it with di Reggae
Jam it, jam it, jam it (Oh, ya!)
[Bridge]
Rasta a musical nice, it dread
Yes, I-ya; You no know, a di musical of di seventies
Di musical sounds call Reggae (Wow!)
[Refrain]
Jam it with di Reggae (You know?)
I-ya-ya jam it with di Reggae (Singing, singing)
Say, fi jam it with di Reggae (Di Reggae, di Reggae)
Jam it with di Reggae (Oh-oh; wow!)
Uh-uh-uh-uh (Wow!)
Uh-uh-uh-uh (Nice, Rasta)
[Outro]
Sing it with di Reggae (You know?)
I say, fi rock it with di Reggae (You know?)
I say, fi shake your feet, shake your body like [?]
Shake your head, you move, you shake, you shake-shake-shake
Reggae-Reggae-Reggae