Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Two of us have a little fuss,
Ev'rything you draw your last,
Ev'rything you run for your gun,
Ev'rything you fling rock stone.
Hear this!
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Drop them !
A no ignorance he do it
A no brute force do it.
Your weapons can't do it
So hear this !
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Drop them
Put them away to stay.
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
I long to see you,
I long to reason with you.
I long to hold your hands in my hands.
Can't you see,
Can't you see?
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
(repeat and fade)
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Two of us have a little fuss,
Ev'rything you draw your last,
Ev'rything you run for your gun,
Ev'rything you fling rock stone.
Hear this!
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Drop them !
A no ignorance he do it
A no brute force do it.
Your weapons can't do it
So hear this !
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Drop them
Put them away to stay.
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
I long to see you,
I long to reason with you.
I long to hold your hands in my hands.
Can't you see,
Can't you see?
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
Throw down your arms and come,
(repeat and fade)
envoyé par Riccardo Venturi - 22/3/2007 - 00:36
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Negli ultimi mesi dello scorso anno aveva destato parecchio scalpore, soprattutto negli ambienti reggae, la notizia di una sorta di conversione Rasta da parte della cantante irlandese Sinead O’Connor, dell’avere preso Burning Spear come suo ‘guru’ musicale e spirituale e della uscita di un suo nuovo CD tutto composto di sue versioni di classici del vecchio roots. A proposito di Burning Spear, il CD prende il nome di una sua nota canzone e su dodici canzoni il songwriting del grande artista e’ rappresentato ben cinque volte in ‘Throw down your arms’. Sinead ha creduto di andare sul sicuro scegliendo Sly & Robbie come produttori, volando con loro in Giamaica e scegliendo un impressionante repertorio di capolavori del roots reggae degli anni ’70 da omaggiare in modo molto fedele. Quello di cui questa artista non ha tenuto conto e’ il fatto non solo e’ difficile dare un tocco personale e aggiungere qualcosa a queste intensissime canzoni ma che e’ parecchio arduo anche cercare di rifarle in questo modo.