Att till och med Sinéad O’Connor spelat in ett album med den allra tyngsta roots reggaen från 1970-talet säger väl ändå någonting. Throw Down Your Arms heter denna dubbel-CD som kritikerna har utnämt till ett av hennes bästa album.
Throw down your arms. Jag önskar att även Sinéad O’Connor följer det rådet. Hela hennes karriär har bestått av försvarsmekanismer som bottnar i att någon när hon var barn har skadat henne svårt.
Jah nuh dead, Jah nuh dead! Sinéad is also dread!
Hon har lånat lyriken från de mest begåvade rastafari-poeterna: Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, The Abyssinians, Max Romeo. Här följer lyriken till titellåten:
Throw down your arms and come
Throw down your arms and come
Throw down your arms and come
Drop them
Two of us have a little fuss
Everything you draw your last
Everything you run for your gun
Everything 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’ll do it
A no brute force do it
And your weapons can’t do it
So 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
As earth was from
My old grandmother mother mother mother
She was from
She usually say
Children children children children
Please obey
Throw down your arms and come
Throw down your arms and come
Throw down your arms and come
Drop them
Put them away
Put them away
I long to see you
I long to hold you
I long to take your hand in my hand
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
Drop them…
(Burning Spear)
Etiketter Bob Marley, Burning Spear, covers, El Elion, El Elyon, Elion, Elyon, evil, good, Jah, Jah Jah, Peter Tosh, rastafari, roots reggae, Sinéad O'Connor
