The sea will wash against the rock The rock stands strong, the rock is strong The sea will wash against the rock But before too long the rock is gone
The wind will blow against the stone The stone stands strong, the stone is strong The wind will blow against the stone but before too long the stone is gone
Patience gentlemen, we move closer every day Patience gentlemen, the stone will soon give way
Chorus We are the wave, We are the flow We are the wind And soon the rock must go We are the wave, We are the flow We are the wind And soon the rock must go
You cannot hold back the tide The tide must rise the tide must rise It's the law of earth and skies The tide will rise, the tide will rise It's as natural as day to night As day to night, day to night As natural as black and white Black and white, black and white
Patience gentlemen, the flower can grow up through the stone Patience gentlemen, it's a truth that we have always known
HB=Harry Belafonte DR=Diane Reeves, LaTanya Hall, Jennifer Warnes or Sara Mann
HB: She does not lazy dance Her hands on me She does not talk, no pretty talk She pleasures silently But with her, I am summer I warm easy to her heat She fill me full, she fill me full She make me complete
chorus: Skin to skin Skin to skin No cold wind blow on me No cold wind blow on me
DR: Skin to skin Skin to skin The light, it shine on me The light it shine on me
He is a secret soldier With pieces inside broke He hides in his own darkness His fire has no smoke And, when my body songs begin When he holds me tight He chases all my shadows And I burn so bright
chorus: Skin to skin Skin to skin No cold wind blow on me No cold wind blow on me
HB/DR: Skin to skin Skin to skin The light, it shine on me The light it shine on me
HB: Winter inside of me Ice to fight the storm She cannot see What I hide in me I can't be strong Beside her warm
DR/HB chorus Skin to skin (she's too close) Skin to skin (much too close) No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me) No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me)
Skin to skin (she touches soft) Skin to skin (ah, much too soft) The light, it shines on me (her fire is burning me) The light, it shines on me (her fire is burning me)
Skin to skin (she's too close) Skin to skin (much too close) No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me) No cold wind blow on me (she's got a hold on me) Skin to skin (she touches soft) Skin to skin (ah, much too soft)
Here comes mister Dudo flyin' up the street Running like a fire burning under his feet Castin' his eye to the left and to the right Lookin' for a place where he can duck out of sight
Interlude: Here come the gumba, gumba rumblin' up the road Lookin' for some bodies to fill up her load A big fat cap he hangin' off the back Scoopin' up the stragglers, and givin' them a whack
Chorus: Come on boy, jump inside (Ka Kwela) Come on boy, we're gonna take you for a ride It's an excursion where you don't have to pay (Ka Kwela) At the end of the line you'll find a place to stay.
Kwela, Kwela You gotta listen to the man (Yo Bo Baas) Kibela, Kwela Everybody jump in the van Kwela, Kwela You better listen to the man (Hear him talkin') Kibela, Kwela Everybody jump in the van
Now dudo he doin, doing pretty well He got a private room in the blue hotel Every day he gets a complimentary meal Maybe, check out soon if he can make a deal If you want to play music out on the street Be sure you got your tackys tied on your feet You better make sure that you stay outta sight 'cause the chacklas van 'as got a big appetite
Chorus: Come on boy, jump inside (Ka Kwela) Come on boy, we're gonna take you for a ride It's an excursion where you don't have to pay (Ka Kwela) At the end of the line you'll find a place to stay. Kwela, Kwela, you better listen to the man Kibela, Kwela Everybody jump in the van
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, She take me money and run Venezuela. Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda She take me money and run Venezuela.
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost Woman even sell me cat and horse Hey, Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, She take me money and run Venezuela. Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda She take me money and run Venezuela.
Well, the money was to buy me house and land Then she got a serious plan (chorus)... Well, the money was just inside me bed Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head Don't you know Matilda,
She found me money and...Everybody (chorus) Women over 40... (chorus) Well, me friends, never to love again All me money gone in vain! …
Try to remember the kind of September When life was slow and oh so mellow Try to remember the kind of September When grass was green and grain was yellow Try to remember the kind of September When you were a young and callow fellow Try to remember and if you remember Then follow, follow, follow
Try to remember when life was so tender And no one wept except the willow Try to remember when life was so tender And dreams were kept beside your pillow Try to remember when life was so tender When love was an ember about to billow Try to remember and if you remember Then follow, follow
Deep in December it's nice to remember Although you know the snow will follow Deep in December, it's nice to remember Without a hurt, the heart is hollow Deep in December, it's nice to remember The fire of September, that made us mellow Deep in December our hearts should remember And follow...follow
Background solo by Arthur Williams, Demetrius Harvey, Anthony Mills or ...
Finda, finda the card is quick If you catch the black eye, you catch the trick So make your move, baas, but it could fool you That's paradise here in Gazankulu (Oh yes, ha ha ha) Watch the card, don't watch the hand It could take you to the promised land
Ah, Sissanyana, my sheebin queen (Ah ah ah ah) She ain't too pretty, but she body mean (Whoop) Lot's of good things that she'll do to you (Oh no) That's paradise here in Gazankulu (Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
How much you pay, how much it worth (Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza) To get a bit o' heaven here on earth. (Eh)
Ah the bells of Zion tell you to pray For the life hereafter, they make you pay. (Whoop) But I'm just dealin' not tryin' to rule you (Oh yes ha ha) That's paradise here in Gazankulu (Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
Take a chance, and I'll show you how (Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza) You can go to glory, now (Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
Watch the card, don't watch the hand (Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza) Try to catch me, if you can I ain't no tsotsi, I ain't that mean My cards are tricky, but my game is clean
How much you pay? How much it worth? To get a little heaven right Here on earth? (Kunjani, Uh)
I'm the Shangaan Pope of hope. I do the African Rope-a-dope (Sikoni, ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza, baas)
How you see it Now you see it Sometimes you get it Sometimes you won't
Ah well, in case you forget Here's a reminder The best game in town Is finda, finda
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza) (Sax solo)
(Amandla) (Synthesizer solo)
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
(Ga way tu) (Guitar solo)
(Ahh ahh ya way na coh thu ku ki laka gaza)
I said I ain't no tsotsi, I ain't that mean My cards are tricky, my game is clean How much you pay? How much it worth To get a bit of heaven here on earth? Gazan ku-uh-Gazankulu (Repeat several times)
In Jamaica, Calypso isle, ev'rybody dancing with a happy smile. All but a young man along the pier, he had a song to sing that was sad to hear:
I must sail away across the sea, leave the girl, who only loves me. Although I say "Farewell Jamaica" today, I know that I'll come back to her another day.
Down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines daily on the mountain top, I took a trip on a sailing ship and when I reached Jamaica I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way, won't be back for many a day. My heart is down, my head is turning around, I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town.
Sounds of laughter everywhere and the dancing girls swaying to and fro. I must declare my heart is there although I've been from Maine to Mexico.
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way, won't be back for many a day. My heart is down, my head is turning around, I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town.
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home
Work all night on a drink a'rum (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Stack banana till thee morning come (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day.. (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Hide thee deadly black tarantula (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day.. (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home..)
When I was a little baby, My Mama would rock me in the cradle In them there, ol' cotton fields at home When I was a little baby, My Mama would rock me in the cradle In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them there, ol' cotton fields at home It was down in Louisiana, Just a mile from Texarkana In them there ol' cotton fields at home.
Now it may sound very funny, But you didn't make very much money, In them there, ol' cotton fields at home Yes it might sound very funny, But you didn't make very much money, In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them there, ol' cotton fields at home It was down in Louisiana, Just a mile from Texarkana In them there ol' cotton fields at home.
I was over in Arkansas, When the sheriff asked me What did you come here for ? In them there, ol' cotton fields at home Yes I was over in Arkansas, When the sheriff asked me What did you come here for ? In them there, ol' cotton fields at home
Oh when them cotton balls bet rotten You can't pick very much cotton In them there, ol' cotton fields at home It was down in Louisiana, Just a mile from Texarkana In them there ol' cotton fields at home.
John Henry he could hammer, He could whistle, he could sing He went to the mountain early in the mornin' Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord Just to hear his hammer ring. Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord Just to hear his hammer ring.
When John Henry was a little baby, Sittin' on his daddy's knee He picked up a hammer, a little piece of steel, Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord Said hammer be the death of me Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord Said hammer be the death of me
When John Henry's fam'ly needed money, Said he didn't have but a dime If you wait 'til the red sun goes down I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord I'll get it from the man in the mine I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord I'll get it from the man in the mine
Well John Henry went to the Captain Said the captain, what can you do I can hoist a jack, I can lay a track I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord I can pick and shovel too I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord I can pick and shovel too
Well the captain said to John Henry, Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job Gonna whup that steel on down, Lord, Lord Whup that steel on down
Well John Henry said to the captain, Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man 'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down, I'd die with my hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord Die with my hammer in my hand
Well John Henry said to the captain, Looka yonder what I see, Hole done choke, drill done broke, And you can't drive steel like me, Lord, Lord Can't drive steel like me Oh no, you can't drive steel like me, no no Can't drive steel like me
Well John Henry drove into the mountain, His hammer was strikin' fire He drove so hard he broke his poor heart And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord Laid down his hammer and he died He laid down his hammer and he died, Great God Laid down his hammer and he died
Oh they took John Henry to the White House And they buried him in the sand Every locomotive come roarin' by Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord There lies a steel drivin' man Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord There lies a steel drivin' man
Shaker why don't you sing, I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down, Just listen to the cold steel ring, Just listen to the cold steel ring
Well the Captain says to John Henry I believe this mountains cavin' in John Henry said to the Captain, 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind
The man that invented the steamdrill, Thought he was mighty fine, John Henry made his fifteen feet, The steamdrill only made nine, The steamdrill only made nine
Well John Henry had a little woman, And her name was Polly Ann
Oh, when the saints, go marching in, Yes when the saints go marching in. Oh Lord I want to be in that ever lovin' number When the saints go marching in.
Oh, when the saints, go marching in, Yes when the saints go marching in. Oh Lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in.
Oh yes, I had a dear old mother, And if you should see her before I do, Won't you tell her that you saw me coming, I was struttin' straight on through Oh, when the saints, go marching in, Yes when the saints go marching in. Oh Lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in.
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o Daylight come and he wan' go home
Work all night on a drink a'rum (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Stack banana till morning come (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (daylight come and he wa'n go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
A beautiful bunch a'ripe banana (daylight come and he wan' go home) Hide thee Deadly black tarantula (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
It's six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, BUNCH! (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day
(Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me banana (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Day-o, day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home) Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o (Daylight come and he wan' go home)
Down the bay where the nights are gay And the sun shines daily on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way Won't be back for many a day My heart is down, my head is turning around I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
Down the market you can hear Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear `Akey' rice, salt fish are nice And the rum is fine any time of year
Sounds of laughter everywhere And the dancing girls sway to and fro I must declare my heart is there Though I've been from Maine to Mexico
