01) LOVE IS A NEED. It is the song that opens the album and that reports the need for more love in this humanity. It comes from a deep meditation by ZebLion who, from his yard together with Judah’s guitar (nuff respect), interpreters masterfully an acoustic style song highlighting the need for love, calling the listener to remove negativity and bringing him back to the only essential thing in this existence: unconditional love. Supporting this vibration is LightAdey who conveys with his original style a song of irresistible love and suffering for the evil still present in the world. RasMarcel’s harmonica produces inspired melodies that not only reinforce the message but at the same time accompany these IZN frequencies to reach and directly strike the heart of the listener.
(ZebLion)
From mi ah Likkle pickney mi know ow it feel
Caring for One another as Human Family
don’t watch de youths stan by with noh food to eat
it’s Financial Journey Dem end up with no Shoes pan Dem street
who ah go free Dem from de claws of the Beast
Dat got de Bobo Hill Chant Facing
de East
To Attract the Jah Lazer Beam Frequency Amongst de Meek
To Obey de Laws Through Moses
Depart de Sea……
Give me Good Cali
Give me Good Cali
we nuh know About Tomorrow
Fuss Nd Fighting no more
We ah Living in this Jungle
It’s Ah Concrete Jungle
it’s ah World of Trouble
Love is All I need
Love is all I Want
We ah living in this jungle
It’s a concrete jungle
This World of Trouble
Love is All I need
Love is all I Want
(LightAdey)
What a Holy sacred scroll love Selassie I bring I
The blood that I bleed of is what you bleed Child
Babylon rules divide us with all the wars
This is the section that I and I speak of
Man must walk of it and not just speak of It
Higher love is what Christ teach I
So me turn it around and preach to your inside
The gospel good news communal messiah
Be thy neighbor, share the labour, sail with Selassie I the sailor
Jah Captain I and I heart
I don’t need no heart to hate
Jah Captain I and I heart
I don’t need no heart to hate
Feed thy neighbor, me share the labour, finally we sail with Jah Selasie I the Sailor
Harmonica
(ZebLion)
Look out for de Young Generation
nd dispose de Crack
Done weigh Dem Worth
like Dem ah scrap
Government nuh giv Dem Employment no no..
Give em Education nd Opportunity
don’t Make it scarce to Find
We ah Living in this Jungle
It’s Ah Concrete Jungle
it’s ah World of Trouble
Love is All I need
Love is all I Want
We ah living in this jungle
It’s a concrete jungle
This World of Trouble
Love is All I need
Love is all I Want
02) STICKY GROOVE. It’s an homage to the personality and jazz genius Milt Jackson that composed what will become after a jazz standard “Bags’ groove”. Starting from that riff IZN Anbessas produced a singular tune where they stick to that groove expressing their feeling for reggae music that is not merely a kind of music but it brings naturally a Rastafari vibes, it invites the listener to just “forget the troubles and to dance”, to lively up and to follow the natural mystic flowing, to not surrender to the difficulties and pressure of babylon, and to coming in hot just staying sticky and sticky to the positive frequencies.
(LightAdey)
Chorus
Sticky sticky Groove
Steaming Steaming Mood
Jah Shaky Shaky Groove
Jah Rebel Rebel Mood
Verse1
Give Thanks Fi Jah Fi giving Livity to I and I
Slaying the Reptilian Dragon without no device
Jah Jah word is the sword, offerings and sacrifice
Just like Elijah cry against all Babylon vice
When the bass ah leak? what’s the major trick?
Good tidings inna music make you jump to the magic
This is not just Culture, structure or adventure
Selassie I light passed through word sound and power Mixture
Chorus
Sticky sticky Groove
Steaming Steaming Mood
Jah Shaky Shaky Groove
Jah Rebel Rebel Mood
Verse2
(Wexcohman)
Big up di man dem call @Wexcohman!
With lightadey pin dis!
we make it sticky and grove Oh hi !
No fyah can cool Mi seh oh hi !
Big up the lion dat roar So high !
We make it stick and grove Till the moonlight !
Son of the light, wexcohman Take the frontline!
We make it sticky sticky grovey Till the sunrise!
Mi set mi feet pon di rock So high!
(LightAdey)
Chorus
Sticky sticky Groove
Steaming Steaming Mood
Jah Shaky Shaky Groove
Jah Rebel Rebel Mood
(RasMarcel)
Verse3
E quannu sentu lo suonu ca se libera
Scarfa la sciurnata mia me illumina
E quannu sentu lo suonu ca se libera
Sentu d’amore e d’energia positiva
E mena camina comu dice lu Bellina
WexCoMan and LightAdey moi chiui de prima
RasMarcel standing firm rootikaly manna
Selassie I di boss that’s why wi keep it royal
E mena camina
Wi haffi move
Mena camina
Sticky groove
Mena camina
Wi haffi move
Sticky groove
3) LEAD THE WAY. Starting from a beautiful RasModest’s (Malawi) inspiration we have come together to share the message that in life we must not lose heart, give up, or harbor negative thoughts, etc., because all we need to do is place our trust in the Most High with sincerity, and He, who sees all, guides our lives. This is the power of I&I, our Supreme Guide, and RasModest further emphasizes the concept by adding a few lines in the Malawian language, while LightAdey follows suit with an irresistible, emphatic verse. To all this are added the melodies of RasMarcel’s harmonica, which soars over the melodies, guided by higher vibrations.
(RasModest)
Jah is with me every day
So I will never go astray
He sheds the light and leads my way,
He leads my way eiy
Each day my life gets harder
I want the top but there is no ladder
Who is stopping me? My own brother
We need the change, we can do better
We don’t have to die, it’s a living hell
We stuck here at sea, with a broken sail
The won’t play this song, it will never sell
Coz it’s the truth, not the fairy tell
Stay in jah light ukafika kutali
Don’t doubt yourself ndiwe katswiri
Just trust in jah iye ndi nyali
In your darkest times ndi wali wali
Eh eh wali wali
Eh eh ngati nyali
Eh eh wali wali wali wali
RasMarcel
Jah Jah lead the way
Fi I&I trod in disya Iawah
Jah Jah lead my way
Fi I&I trod to the trial Path
Jah Jah lead the way
Fi I&I trod in disya Iawah
Jah Jah lead the way
Jah Jah lead my way
LightAdey
When things go wrong dem know man try
Starting from square one inna dis your Iwah
Running from negative calls for Genocide
Tracking down sodom inna the youths dem mind
Going astray is so easy sometimes, his majesty show the way in the daily times
So why do you have to be greedy to be dignified
Camping on the edge of Zion is not for I
Entering and opening up the gates for the youths to see life, Coping and trodding down the barriers is for I
I carry his majesty with me eveywhere I trod
So they Know is Jah Jah is true by design
Harmonica
Jah is with me every day
So I will never go astray
He sheds the light and leads my way,
He leads my way eiy
4) QUEEN OF SHEBA. This is a meditation conceived by LightAdey on the figure of the Queen of Sheba, her historical and mystical role, and the legacy she leaves us through her son Menelik, from whose lineage Emperor Haile Selassie I would descend. The harmonica portrays the figure of the Queen of the East, retracing her round-trip journey—with its moments of tension—from Jerusalem to Ethiopia with the Ark of the Covenant.
(Light Adey)
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
The roots of I lineage
The roots from King David
From the Ages
Verse1
From the River Nile
To Locate King Solomon
She with Golden Caravan
Coming from the Savannah
With 120 talents of Gold
And Many Many Precious Stones
With 120 talents of Gold
And Many Many Precious Stones
Chorus
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
Verse2
Ruling over the whole Axum
So when him come from Solomon
With Solomon him have a Son
Manelek is the one
Beta Israel throne, Solomonic dynasty stone
Haile Selasie Iyah throne
Chorus
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
Ras Marcel
She’s the Queen of the East
She is bright like a star
With the son Menelik
In a mission fi di ark
The son with the ring
Sailing with a boat
Crowned king of kings
Nigra sum sed formosa
Instrumental
With 120 talents of Gold
And Many Many Precious Stones
Solomon him have a son
Menelik is still the one
Chorus
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
Queen of Sheba Queen Makeda
The roots of I lineage
The roots from King David
From the Ages
5) SUNRISE. It is a salute to the sun. To the sun rising in the morning, with those first rays of it radiating across the vault of heaven beginning to brighten, and warm. Light, energy, warmth, life being born, being reborn, sun rising and resurrecting, the miracle of life repeating itself every day, which we witness gratuitously, and we cannot but be grateful to the Almighty who blesses us with such beauty, at once a source of life and joy. So too, we Sons of the Most High must be suns and rise up, elevate ourselves, come out of the dark and cold Babylon, we must radiate warmth to our neighbor, emanate light, illuminate the darkness within and without. Rise and Shine.
(LightAdey)
Intro
Uhhh yaahhh
Anh ahhh ahhh
La la la la
Lah lah lord
It’s the Light of my world
It’s the light of i and I world
Oh yeah
When the morning rise
I open my doors to see it inside
The photosynthesis rise
It synthesise the blood in the spine
But i tell you now
I’ve got to shine the light to the world
To the world
Am haffi say!
I rise with the morning rise
Jah Rise Open your Eyes
Jah Son Wise from ancient times
Like the sun from morning times
I rise with the sunrise
Jah rise open your eyes
Jah Son Wise from ancient time
Like the sun from morning times
(ZebLion)
De Reason mi ah rise
coz ah de Sunshine
it ah make me realize
everything is gonna be alright
I shud be showing love
Coz the World is all ours
Harmonica
(ZebLion)
The Sun is the great one
hope you know dat wen u walk on
The Sun is like a Woman
she brightens up yo day wen u see one
I wanna live with no regret
Plant in ah de farm to put food upon de plate
Take a walk with my dog b4 the sunset
Life is fair wen u make it
Jah Jah give life from de Rampage
wen it sun touch de ground it is worth it
I know beauty wen I see one
my mind nd soul will never conflict
(LightAdey)
I rise with the morning rise
Jah Rise Open your Eyes
Jah Son Wise from icient time
Like the sun from morning times
I rise with the sunrise
Jah rise open your eyes
Jah Son Wise from icient time
Like the sun from morning times
(ZebLion)
De Reason mi ah rise
coz ah de Sunshine
it ah make me realize
everything is gonna be alright
I shud be showing love
Coz the World is all ours
6) HOLA NAME. Together with our brothers from Malawi, we composed a chant of praise to the Holy Name of Haile Selassie. A Niyabinghi song—simple, genuine, straight from the heart—with drums played by RasModest (to whom we extend our deepest respect, also for his role in coordinating the works), Ras Dumisani & Empress Joana, and together with RasMarcel, we joined in this chant with one heart and one love. Holy, Holy, Holy is His Name.
Chorus
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I King of Kings
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I Lord of Lords
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I King of Kings
Verse1
The Conquering Lion of Judah
The Beginning without end
The Conquering Lion of Judah
The Earth’s Rightful Ruler
Chorus
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I King of Kings
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I Lord of Lords
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I King of Kings
Verse2
Behold the King of Zion
Kind David greater Son
Behold the King of Zion
Kind David greater Son
Chorus
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I King of Kings
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I Lord of Lords
It’s a Hola Name
It’s a Hola Name
Haile Selassie I King of Kings
Humming
07) ROOTS EVIDENCE. After a period of reading and reflecting on the philosophy and teachings of Marcus Garvey—and, as a result, delving deeper into Africa as the “cradle of humanity” and the “ultimate destination”—LightAdey and RasMarcel created this “sound system” track, highlighting the importance of understanding and connecting with I&I roots, which also helps clarify the path we must follow on this Earth as we look toward the future.
(LightAdey)
Africa is our roots Evidence
Haile Selasie Iyah Evident
Kush Kemet Evident
1 Billion years of Existence/Africa first of Existence
Verse 1
Tell the youths go back Fi catch dem roots evidently
Moziah Garvey say
Remember your past present ma Fi look into the future
Herbal medicinal ways of I antecedents
Rastafari way is sufficient
Significant ways of living in the Incient
Ama pray upon the Incense
Haile Selasie Iyah Evident
Kush Kemet Evident
1 Billion years of Existence/Africa first of Existence
Me Teach the youth the root
Teach the youth the roots
Teach the youth the route
08) AI JUNGLE. We are living in crucial times in this “digital age,” where, for example, artificial intelligence—if not properly regulated—can lead to negative consequences. We chose to create a “modern” beat, using AI itself in an ironic and “playful” way, just to underscore once again the words of His Majesty: that technology—and investment in it—should be focused on the progress of humanity; otherwise, it risks producing only unhappiness, chaos, imbalance, and regression.
Intro:
Selassie I
Say we fi use, say we fi use, say we fi use Technology
For the Good of Imanity yeah
Inna the community
Chorus:
AI Jungle AI Jungle
The system ago fumble
The system ago crumble
Ai Jungle AI Jungle
Another Concrete Jungle
Another Concrete Jungle
Verse1:
(RasMarcel)
Controlling the people
Manipulating the people
Deceiving the people
Brainwashing the people
Time is red and dread
Time is red and dread
Mi come dreader than dem
Yes mi come dreader than dem
Virtual-lies propaganda dem spread
Leading to the worst consequence
Dem no look to improve the wealth
No benefits from the tools dem implement
Controlling the people
Manipulating the people
Deceiving the people
Brainwashing the people
Chorus
Verse2
(LightAdey)
We cannot get work anymore
There’s always this warfare here and there
We cannot walk anymore
There’s just one TikTok thing round there
Oh Lord
From 5g to 10g
No surprise again my g
Every time we going to warfare
And I called it a Digital warfare
There’s also mental warfare
There’s also Sophisticated warfare
There’s also Gunfare warfare
So Time is dreader than dread
Time is dread and dread
Me coming dreader than dread
Mi come fi cut babylon, dread
Chorus
09) HAPPY INNA D COUNTRY. We decided to revisit a reggae classic, the Revolution riddim, to express the happiness and gratitude we feel (and that we all should feel), and LightAdey, with his distinctive style, emphasizes the fact that even though we live in a society that holds us back and forces us to live an unnatural life I&I remains steadfast and joyfully continues its journey on this planet, enjoying what Jah gives us—like the beauty of birdsong—and so we can only respond to the ugliness of Babylon by once again manifesting love (wadada!). RasMarcel’s harmonica interprets this joy and positivity with phrasing almost in the “be-bop” style—one of the expressive styles where the emphasis on life, and the desire to live and enjoy it, with those frenetic and harmonic phrases, literally takes flight.
(LightAdey)
But I and I Still happy Inna the country
Preaching Love in the name of His Majesty
But I and I Still happy Inna the country
Preaching Love in the name of His Majesty
Wadada
Some set sight inna the city
To eat the Porkman Food Every weekend
Society say Rasta are off grid
Have yo ever live once in life where the birds are singing
Some say I hide from the Police
Inna the tenament yard to blow up the High grade
So where can I plant Iyah tubers
Babylon don’t wan mi food just fi Germinate
Wadada
Harmonica instrumental
But I and I Still happy Inna the country
Preaching Love in the name of His Majesty
But I and I Still happy Inna the country
Preaching Love in the name of His Majesty
Wadada
10) SWEET SWEET WEED. The intention is to convey to the listener the idea of a simplistic, cheerful song for dancing, that’s the reason for the Rock Steady style, capturing the attention of listeners with a cheerful singing but clearly stating I&I’s position on cannabis, emphasizing its many functions and benefits: spiritual, therapeutic, medical, economic, industrial, etc. Legalize it, that’s the best thing you can do.
(RasMarcel)
Sweet sweet weed
I smoke it in the streets
Sweet sweet weed
I get it and I feel
My sweet sweet weed
Trichome and thc
My sweet my sweet
My weed my weed
My sweet my sweet
Holding a medi
Sweet Sweet weed
Even in a cup of tea
Sweet sweet weed
Pon the mountains and near the sea
In the yard in the bush in the house
Everywhere
It’s my sweet sweet sensimilla
Is the hemp is the healing of the nations
I sing Ises to the Almighty
Night and day
Day and night
Everytime
Talkin about sweet sweet weed
The sweet sensimilla
Sweet sweet weed
I smoke sensi weed
Sweet sweet weed
Sweet sweet weed
Sweet sweet weed my sensi weed
(LightAdey)
Am haffi tell you a story last night
Anytime we pass the delight
I roll it up in the fields and it feel right
It metabolise and make i see inside
The evil ones don’t love kali weed
It reaveal them to themselves and it’s real
So I and I grind it with the tea
Marijuana is my only bestie
It gives Jah inspiration and that is interesting
Babylon want pressure so dem investing
It is given to I&I by the most high Jah
It cures Glocauman
It cure the cancer man
It cure the Asthma
So make it free for one and only Ganjaman
Cuz it’s sweet sweet for the Kaliman
(ZebLion)
Am smoking some weed
Of a good Old Cheese….
Mi eyes Dem all red
like de Chariots I read…
By de Jordan River Banker
Enoch Ascends thru de Ankha
Dem hav de seeds in Sri Lanka
Dem Love Dem de herb de Love de Planter..
Uuuu yeah yeahhhh!!!
Don’t listen to what Dem seh wen Dem seh
It ah bad deh pan de Tv
It Ah beat up de Cancer nd Glo Coma
From Long time it ah cure up Insomnia
4000 Moors All over Europe and spread to de Kingdom of England……
(RasMarcel)
Sweet sweet weed
I smoke it in the streets
Sweet sweet weed
I get it and I feel
My sweet sweet weed
Trichome and thc
My sweet my sweet
My weed my weed
My sweet my sweet
Holding a medi
11) COME TOGETHER. This is a track that emphasised on the essence of unity within humanity, while citing major examples of real life, African history and rastafari principles that support it. LightAdey add the crispy natural free flow verses that illustrate the meaning of African unity, because in these times I&I look forward to African unity, brothers and sisters taking each other way up with actions, righteousness and love. RasMarcel’s chromatic harmonica interprets the song as a call for everyone to come together, for, in the words of His Majesty, “unity is strength”.
Intro – The women in Prato
(LightAdey)
Verse 1
Fierce Fight against I Nations corner
No order in dem fiery Disorder
Take time to check the chaos Nature
Cause it doesn’t last Forever
Nuclear pollutants surrender
Military Rebels don’t Trigger
Heads of State dem inna Geneva
Don’t be fool by the Power Hunger
Selassie unite muslims and christians
Senegambia Africa dem defend
Oromo Tigray inna One blend
Tangayika Zanzibar and Kenya
Twelve Tribes, Bingi and the Bobo
Yoruba inna west and Togo
We are all one if you just don’t knoow
Chorus:
Let’s Come Together
Nothing Last forever
Jah Make I Live Longer
All over dem schemes and Borders
Harmonica
Chorus:
Let’s Come Together
Nothing Last forever
Jah Make I Live Longer
All over dem schemes and Borders
Verse 2
Arguments on African Unity order
South Africa no xenophobia polar
Marrakesh want some harmony stricter
Sahel Ecowas fighting on the border
One passport for African brothers
Commercial goods move all ova the borders
Improving trade over war that is tribal
With our oil gold and the Timber
Francophone is a colonial term ya
This is the land of kush inna equitorial
Lion of Judah Haile Selasie I saw that
African youths and Elders Come together
Fierce fight amongst I nations corner
No order in them fiery disorder
Head of States dem inna Addis Ababa
Don’t be fool by the power Hunger
Chorus:
Let’s Come Together
Nothing Last forever
Jah Make I Live Longer
All over dem schemes and Borders
12) WELCOME TO RASTAFARI. Since the album is called “Wadada” which means “love” the last song is a final meditation that is an invitation to open the heart and to have confidence, courage and faith, because as it is written “knock and it will be opened to you” so surely if someone wanted to trust Rastafari he would surely find comfort, shelter, love, in the House of the Lord. This chant is a musical manifesto where with extreme clarity and simplicity it confirms, if there were still doubts, how Rastafari is Salvation, the Light and the Way, and how everyone is welcomed into the House of the Lord, and that therefore once again Love results be the common thread of everything, consequently bringing joy and eternal life.
(LightAdey)
Mi main me man me hi
Oh Lord
Selassie I ah the ruler over Israel now
I welcome you with Smile to the house of Rastafari
I welcome you with Joy to the House of Rastafari
Emperor Haile Selassie I Rastafari
Emperor Haile Selassie I Rastafari
Jah Know Rastafari
RasTafari
Oh Lord
You need to come with smile and Joy
I and I together ina ah Yard
Cooking Ital Stew
As it is soon
Selassie I come fi rule over Isreal Han Han
So I welcome you I welcome you with love to the House of Rastafari anhhhhhh
I welcome you with Joy to the House of Rastafari
Only Love
Cuz I welcome you with Love to the House of Rastafari
Where Bredren and the Sistren
Cook Ital Stew together
Roll up the Grabba together
And build Ital Family together
Oh Lord
Rastafari
Selassie I Rastafari
X2
Harmonica
(ZebLion)
Building Love Amongst ini
Rocking steady
catching vibes in the House of Rastafari
it Run deep just like river Nile
De feeling is Real wen u check the other side…
We got de High Priest Bobo Shanti
U can hear the Heartbeat thru the Kete
One Woman to Abide with
There’s Nothing to hide
De Road can be Rocky nd sticky
Only de Warriors can ride
Nayabinghi Standing firm nd Dem ah Rock de Turban
We dwell mostly in de Countryside Dan de Urban
Fruits Nd Vegetables ah day we ah Fi Nyam
No Blood nd no Bones in ah we kitchen we cozing no harm
