Bongo Town-Prodigal Sons

[ti:Bongo Town] [ar:Prodigal Sons] [al:Yow Reggae Street Gospel Vol. 4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.05]Bongo Town - Prodigal Sons [00:00.10]Written by：C. Whilby/H. Browne [00:00.20] [00:01.41]Gospel fi preach a bongo town [00:04.39]You see I don't come to 'cause a controversy but [00:06.50]Gospel fi preach a bongo town [00:09.06]I'm just gonna speak some truth from Imperial Majesty [00:11.70]Gospel fi preach a bongo town [00:14.54]Haile Selassie I mi Christian brother [00:16.21] [00:16.76]Gospel fi preach a bongo town [00:19.31] [00:21.12]Jah overh Jireh hear the man say [00:26.95] [00:27.57]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town town town town [00:32.76]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town now watch this [00:38.06]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town town town town [00:43.29]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town watch this [00:48.48]Me love the church but the Christians save [00:50.72]So me start preach the gospel 'pon di highways the by ways [00:53.88]Inspired by Haile Selassie [00:56.16]To the Ras them we want bring clarity boom now [00:59.01]Mi love drumming and the ites gold and green an' yeah [01:02.06]Mi love the ital vege and the beans an' yeah [01:04.43]Mi love the gesture sey man heart fi clean [01:06.86]Wus mi no nyam if yuh know whey me mean [01:09.40]A mi no deh ya so fi 'cause confusion [01:12.41]But did you know that Selassie was a Christian [01:15.20]Him make the most churches give to the Africans [01:17.66]And bring Orthodox to Jamaicans and say [01:20.34]A man without Christ is like a ship without a rudder [01:23.15]'66 when him land inna Jamaica people bow down [01:26.86]Him say rise up mi brother I'm not God [01:29.30]I am sent by the Father [01:30.77] [01:31.59]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town up [01:35.03]A Bobo hill yeah [01:36.03] [01:36.63]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town [01:39.35] [01:39.92]Round a Judgement y'all [01:41.49] [01:42.04]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town [01:45.69]We a go tek it out a 9 mile [01:48.04]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town a nyabinghi [01:51.94] [01:52.48]A make a trod me and mi brethren dem yeah [01:55.35]Nyabinghi a gwaan dung a May Pen [01:57.75]And when mi stop inna the middle a di square [02:00.22]A hear man a bun gays and queers now [02:03.17]Another man a bun a fire 'pon another man [02:05.69]Another man a tell another man him badder than [02:08.35]True mi no Rasta him say mi no him brother [02:10.98]To Selassie that's a big contradiction 'cause [02:13.57]Selassie ano Christ so a Christ yuh fi honour [02:16.33]Inna passa passa business Selassie never walla [02:18.28] [02:19.00]Rastaman this is a tough pill fi swallow [02:21.53]But a Jesus Selassie I follow [02:23.52] [02:24.95]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town up a Wareika [02:30.12]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town a fire house [02:34.89] [02:35.42]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town [02:38.44] [02:40.84]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town so watch this [02:45.83]The truth hurt but the truth set you free [02:48.07]Inna Matthew 24 Jah sey Listen to me [02:50.68]When me come again everybody a go see [02:53.19]So a couldn't him land a Norman Manley [02:55.64] [02:56.15]A full time we put down the confusion [02:58.65]A house that's divided just can't stand [03:01.28]So go read your Bible go read all or none [03:04.03]It say Jesus a the only Son me done [03:08.03]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town [03:10.29] [03:11.09]A dung a Trench Town [03:13.04]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town [03:16.00]Inna tenement y'all [03:17.43] [03:18.09]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town [03:20.73] [03:21.76]A up a Judgement y'all [03:23.68]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town [03:26.26] [03:28.65]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town [03:31.66] [03:32.32]A wey you go a Bobo Hill [03:34.19]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town every corner [03:39.27]The gospel fi preach dung a bongo town [03:42.23] [03:43.04]A just the good news [03:44.19] [03:44.79]The gospel fi preach dung a congo town Jesus alive