Dia, by Meta and The Cornerstones

Dia

by Meta and The Cornerstones

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willy vlyminck I did find this rcording in the collection of Steff Leins. At first I wand intrigued by the cover artwork, but the recording is on all points top! I would even say a future Reggae classic! Favorite track: Liberation.

Kaden Ebens Feeling it from mi cells to di bones!
Big tunes! 🔥🔥🔥 Favorite track: Cells.

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1.	Liberation 05:05	lyrics	buy track
LIBERATION Here I come No road block no road block CHORUS No road block ain’t gonna stop Gotta Go go go go go go go No road block Africa rise up on the colonial oppression Rising Meta Blessings the Umma Remember what the Father said for so long Now look what’s going on in Libya Our brother’s being tortured They suffer for so long Black people fight for liberation Yes, we are coming Say the Messiah’s come Yes, we are coming Well, the prophecy come Africa shall rise, together now Africa shall come, Liberation CHORUS Trotting roots trotting roots trotting roots Mama fought for this Kingly chair Head up straight, head up straight Keep your head up straight We’ll be there when you need us around Rise up black stallion Up to the Kilimanjaro Trotting roots trotting roots Africans are coming, yeah we’re coming Coming yeah we coming, yes we’re coming Africans are coming, yeah we’re coming Ay see the politicians, they are trying to trick we They want to keep the people suffering and the kids hungry We are the culture with the book Take a chapter have a look Liberation is the truth So, Meta come and rise the youths Alif Ba Ta Sa A Ba Dia Da Lama Jangue man Deul Zeul Ra za sa sha Better know in GOD we trust We are marching on the road of peace Unification is the key East west north south Here we come now CHORUS I say Rise my black stallion way up high Way up high to Kilimanjaro CHORUS Got to go got to go No road block
2.	Two Pockets 04:41	lyrics	buy track
TWO POCKETS Sky is high, clear this morning After thunder rain and lightning Baay Faal Lamp Cheikh Ibrahima Faal is Loyalty to Bamba Sunnu Mame Ngui, Yea When these tyrants trying to silence Can’t be broken, broken Can’t be broken Conquer lions Tame the giants Tell the conman Can’t be broken, broken Can’t be broken CHORUS There’s two pockets One of them is broken Why everything good we do, goes on their wrong pocket Play music and heal all men Play music Play music and heal all men Play music Oh Mister middle man No more buy two get one free No more buy two get four free Oh Mister middle man Let nature be, no plastics Let nature be pure and clean Dread, there’s two pockets One of them is broken Why everything good we do, goes on their wrong pocket Play music and heal all men Play music Play music and heal all men Play music Who planted the seeds and it reached deep to the ground Why you want to chop all roots away? I plant a seed and it reaches deep to the ground Why you want to take my fruits away? Sky is high, cleared this morning After thunder rain and lightning Baay Faal Lamp Cheikh Ibrahima Faal is Loyalty to Bamba Sunni Mame Ngui, Yea Can’t be broken, broken, oh no Can’t be broken, broken, we’ve been working Broken broken oh no Can’t be broken, broken, we’ve been workingAy Baay Faal Play music Play music and heal all men
3.	Conqueror 06:07	lyrics	buy track
CONQUEROR CHORUS Dia Dia Rising sun Comes the jehli roaring conqueror From the roots to the rock reggae Roaring Conqueror I shuffle the high hats like a blade Cutting the ropes of oppression And I washed all stains away Bring Dia love Dia love and affection Well, I am tapping, I am tapping to the heights To the heights, up on the heights Well, I am tapping I am tapping to the heights Submit to the wills of the Most HIGH CHORUS I snatched the devil by the hand Hung him cold by the sea Watched him die & burn to ashes - on the trail of misery Well, I am tapping, I am tapping to the heights To the heights up on the heights Well, I am tapping I am tapping to the heights Submit to the wills of the Most HIGH CHORUS We are the true writers of the healing music Fulani dread Watch me now Take it high up there Well, I am tapping, I am tapping, to the heights To the heights up on the heights Well, I am tapping I am tapping to the heights Submit to the wills of the Most HIGH CHORUS
4.	Majesty (feat. SumeRR) 05:14	lyrics	buy track
MAJESTY CHORUS Elegant Majesty Majesty When she’s around I feel no stress My sweet Darling, you are my Queen Elegant Majesty Majesty She is my favorite place to be My sweet Darling When the light beam on your face With so much love with so much grace When you around you keep me warm You lift me up when I feel down You there for me you good to me I will be there for you my love Well I choose to love you right now and the next lovely life time I choose to love you right now and in the next lifetime Well I choose to love you right now and in the next lovely lifetime I choose to love you right now and in the next lifetime Now the road is paved and you never doubt Every step we make No matter what they say You never let me down See I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I CHORUS Love take me to the sky, The way it makes me feel inside, You got a burning, love sensation, All parts of my body vibrating, Your love is - breathe - taking Baby, it’s paradise That’s my King King only bow to his lioness, Leader of the tribe you are the best, Always by my side, you never shaky You and me forever baby Your love is all I need My strong warrior that’s all I need, You are my King I feel this sweet love running through my veins You make me feel the power every day, in every way I feel this sweet love This sweet love, running through my veins I love you
5.	Riser 03:46	lyrics	buy track
RISER Come a dread natty Dread Tell me why Jesus would carry they cross And be they sacrifice They cannot reach us Until the day He descend from the sky Why don’t they reason Or look around the signs of life I say soon is the day The awakening Where eyes will return & witnessing they deeds Certainly the hour won’t be establish until the son of Mary descend amongst humanity The guardian opens the gate Feel the beat up on the rock Strike the iron when the fire is hot You will never fade in the dark You will never fade in the dark What a man can do to another man What a man can do to another son of man Rise up rise up Mama Africa children Rise and take a stand We know who we are Come a dread Natty dread Rise up rise up Mama Africa children Rise and take a stand We know who we are 400 hundred years but still Blood don’t die It multiplies much stronger Blood don’t die I say soon is the day The awakening Tell me why Jesus would carry they cross And be they sacrifice Remember when king Mehmed brought the Basilica Down to the romans Constantinople fell down to coma Who ever thoughts it was just rumors Tell the emperor the sultan took over Dread Natty dread I say today is the future Africa What a man can do to another man What a man can do to another son of man What a man can do to another man What a man can do to another son of man What a man can say can do can do to another man.
6.	Boomerang Love 03:04	lyrics	buy track
BOOMERANG LOVE CHORUS Boomerang love for real Boomerang love Boomerang on for real Boomerang on Boomerang love for real Boomerang love It always returns to me Boomerang love Remember when the Father Jacob said It sadden me if you shall take my son away And they replied ‘don’t you worry father we are the strongest clan’ And then, behind they planned to take Joseph and make him disappear Bad man plan & good man fell into the light where the physics is great CHORUS Child of the soil rising sun Shining light for every one My friend my friend Child of the soil rising sun Shining light for every one Well, I knew you wouldn’t go away and disappear When the devil darkened my heart and walked away I never loose faith in you in times of wilderness After all this years apart I couldn’t stop myself Thinking about you every night & day Thinking about us, every night every day Everything is built in us Say! The man say Boomerang love for real Boomerang love Boomerang on for real Boomerang on Boomerang love for real Boomerang love It always return to me Boomerang love Child of the soil rising sun Shining light for every one
7.	By Your Side 03:58	lyrics	buy track
BY YOUR SIDE I love you & I know I haven’t said it much When you hear the voice That speaks within you’ll hear the falling rain Loving you is something that I feel so much When my thoughts are on the fence Rising breaking the rules of fears You and me we go way back You and me we go way back Way back way back way back I will be by your side I will be by your side yeah I will be by your side Ah eeny meeny miny Moe You know I love you so Yellelle Mama When My heart says it’s you I know it’s true I love you & I know I haven’t said it much When you hear the voice That speaks within you’ll hear the falling rain Loving you is something that I feel so much When my thoughts are on the fence Rising breaking the rules of fears You and me we go way back You and me we go way back Way back way back way back I will be by your side I will be by your side yeah I will be by your side Ah eeny meeny miny Moe You know I love you so Yellelle Mama When My heart says it’s you I know it’s true Every time I spread my wings and fly I can see us forever Every time I spread my wings and fly so high and high I can see us forever You and me we go way back You and me we go way back Way back way back way back I will be by your side I will be by your side I will be by your side yeah I will be by your side I will be by your side
8.	Concrete Jungle (feat. Julian Marley & Malik Work) 05:49	lyrics	buy track
CONCRETE JUNGLE In the jungle yeah yeah No sun will shine in my day today The high yellow moon won’t come out to play oh no no I say darkness can’t cover our light Rise up and take a stand, it’s our right There is Dia love, here we found And it led we through this life Yeah, Sunny like everyday CHORUS Oh yeah Instead of this concrete jungle Where the living is hardest yeah Concrete jungle Oh man you got to do your best yeah Concrete jungle Oh man you got to do your best yeah No more chains around my feet We are born free I say bound to glory fulfill the prophecy IN SHA ALLAH IN SHA ALLAH IN SHA ALLAH IN SHA ALLAH There is Dia love There is Dia love to be found And it led we through this life Let’s keep our lights on Sunny like everyday CHORUS Concrete jungle Jungle jungle jungle jungle Concrete jungle jungle jungle concrete Concrete mass, blocking out the sun from the Ave All the inhabitants are sick on a material grab, consume trash Run rat race, stack cash Black flags half mast over cultural clash Vurtual squalor, missionaries tryin to holla All these hyenas on the prowl, but I stay on my Mufasa I gotta watch the crooked cops tryna add them a collar, All they got for me is captivity, death, and dishonor Livin is harder, stressed with no fresh air to swalla Make sure you gotcha ID on you for they slavery roster Yes I try to keep it bless up while protecting my karma Inshallah, out on these streets I pray they leave me in peace, a piece Personal space to breathe and keep somethin to eat While everybody chase that paper with the mark of the beast I feel the beat vibration through the concrete jungle There is love, here we found CHORUS Un a jungle lions, tigers and bears all mine You got to do it, do it
9.	Try Me 03:12	lyrics	buy track
TRY ME They don’t wanna see a bad man shine, no And they don’t wanna see you aim for the sky, no When I wake up in the morning Money on my mind I can never get enough Cuz I got an appetite Oh no no no I got the 12 on my back They don’t want me to elevate Red, white, and blue is the color Of the scares all on my face Yeah I stand up for my people And I take it to the grave Imma shotta shotta shotta, Ayeeee CHORUS They don’t wanna try me, try me Imma shotta shotta shotta, Ayeeee They try to run it by me, they see Imma shotta shotta shotta, Ayeeee They don’t wanna see you live like a king, no They wanna see you lay pon the ground Service weapon on ya backside People protesting every time somebody black die Silence to the issues is oppression of the heart You’re in the bigger picture Of the master and the yard We need to do a little self searching Find love before we end up At the beginning CHORUS We spread love And throw one in the air They run up on us but we’re not scared Don’t wanna try me Don’t wanna try me Imma shotta shotta shotta, Ayeeee Gotta represent for all the people who are victims we Gotta stand up for our rights and every minority Gotta go and be the change that we all want to see Gotta see beyond the flaws and our own philosophy Hands up, hands up, hands up don’t shoot It’s not that easy to say When the gun’s on you, oh CHORUS We spread love And throw one in the air They run up on us but we’re not scared Don’t wanna try me Don’t wanna try me Imma shotta shotta shotta, Ayeeee CHORUS We spread love And throw one in the air They run up on us but we’re not scared Don’t wanna try me Don’t wanna try me Imma shotta shotta shotta, Ayeeee
10.	Love in the Ghetto 05:39	lyrics	buy track
LOVE IN THE GHETTO CHORUS There’s some love in the ghetto When she smile There’s some love in the ghetto Ain’t no doubt Sweet sun shine in the ghetto When she smile there’s love in the ghetto Oh oh oh Ain’t no doubt Priceless I am a Ras Blast the fire man I roots rising greater No sensimilliah to cool down the pressure Youths Ina the ghetto Planned a bad set up Counting on their killer priest gangsta To lock we up Dia Dia sun will always shine, well Dia Dia sun will always rise, Well well The head cornerstone will always be ahead Dread Natty Dread Remember what the Father said Love love love CHORUS Right! Ah me say live it up Lyrical Smoke to fire come Remove the pressure out of the mad Higher stand Fearless, Africans we are lions Fired up back it up Meta rise it and Bless it up Priceless Ocean full of music inspired by the Highest Tell them we are coming for the fruits It’s the harvest Big up to Senegal original place To all of my good people CHORUS Kindness is a gift Shine your light I say What goes around comes around, a boomerang Love is higher and it’s fire can be hot Every day another chapter in the book Everyday another verse another hook Lyrically Bless Meta to the world Listen up to the Head cornerstone Smoke to fire Meta Rise up the shot I am lyrical African abroad Me not alone Head cornerstone I plant a big tree now the fruits just arise Meta to the world I got a big surprise Love in the ghetto I say ain’t no doubt in the ghetto CHORUS Love love love Love love love Eh yo eh yo I say love love love When she smile in the ghetto Ain’t no doubt oh Mama
11.	Cells 06:00	lyrics	buy track
CELLS I just feel it Deep in my heart, in my soul Vibes and spirit From head to toe, cells to the bone Dia lives, I can feel it Oh I yaya yaya ya Oh I yaya yaya ya Oh I yaya yaya ya Oh I yaya yaya ya Choose your canvas You can paint as much as you want, my Darling All I want to say Darling Ain’t no pain I just feel it Deep in my heart, in my soul Vibes and spirit From head to toe, cells to the bone Dia lives, I just feel it I just feel it Deep in my heart, in my soul Vibes and spirit From head to toe, cells to the bone Dia lives, I just feel it Oh I yaya yaya ya Oh I yaya yaya ya Oh I yaya yaya ya Oh I yaya yaya ya
12.	Breeze 06:23	lyrics	buy track
BREEZE Just like the breeze Forgiveness will make us heal Forgiveness will make us heal I hear the wailing of the Indian Father In a Sam, Where the Buffalo spirit chanting down Babylon The undocumented suffer up on the border In a Sam, Where the Buffalo spirit Chanting down Babylon Just like the breeze Forgiveness will make us heal I realize, love is the only way CHORUS Fire up on babylon me warn ya Comes the revolution general, me warn ya Chanting down Babylon We come rock men souls and boost up the base up Wake up the base up Wake up, way up Farafina children are way top By the green peninsula green Cap We knock knock the doors right on time In this world of hate crimes Fire up on Babylon me warn ya Comes the revolution general, me warn ya Farafina in this hour We don’t want the CFA They’re suffocating oppression They’re suffocating oppression CHORUS Ain’t no wall between earth and sky Ain’t no war between you and I We are called to come together and learn from each other No beg for rice, I take my rights Every living life, is a living light No beg for rice, I take my rights Every living life, is a living light That’s why we fire up on Babylon CHORUS Just like the breeze Forgiveness will make us heal I realize, love is the only way CHORUS Fire up on Babylon me warn ya Fire up on Babylon me warn ya Chanting down Babylon
13.	Red Eyes 04:17	lyrics	buy track
RED EYES Mister Jamaica, Mister Jamaica I introduce Miss Marihuana Welcome aboard Mister Jamaica I got the sticky green Queen Sweet California they call it monster general They want to use it for higher meditation You can’t replace this with no fiberglass It’s a medical affair Bad man surrender You cannot blame the Rastaman CHORUS Red Eyes, why don’t you see? Red Eyes, how do you feel? Oh my gosh, you so high Oh my gosh, I say you so high Chant with me Kingston Chant with me Jamdong Keep the fire burning Keep the fire burning Keep the fire burning There is a mystical farmer Coming on the East On the road to Tijuana It grows, it grows, it grows, its grows yeah It’s a medical affair Bad man surrender You cannot blame the Rastaman He is on the run, travelling places He take some people out of space Bring them back to reality, where they belong It’s not the miles we take, it’s the steps we make So let them meditate, leave them alone CHORUS Oh no no the system wanna take him down oh we Oh no no Babylon wanna put him down Mister Farmer It’s a propaganda Me say bad man surrender Soon they will come we a go bust them down Red eye Red red red Eyes Why don’t you see? CHORUS
14.	Victory 03:44	lyrics	buy track
VICTORY CHORUS It’s a long road Remember what it takes Remember what we said Holding on tight, holding on tight Like an eagle in the air Be the victory you are Yes you are Some will have to crawl Some will have to walk And some will run, run, run, run, run Lion in the jungle, lion in the circus Keep the focus CHORUS Beyond those metaphors The mystic of the words The pen that never lost I grabbed it and I wrote Why would I change my destiny to fit their reality When your Father is a lion in a jungle Why you want to be a lion in a circus CHORUS Holding on tight
15.	Tresspass (feat. Skankin' Monks) 02:58	lyrics	buy track
TRESPASS Who them are to give I rules talking about trespass Isn’t it the land of GOD ? why a man can’t walk free at last? You thief my gold and slaved my people You cannot erase our history and our dignity You know, in this game of throne The chosen shall be hold We all chosen and each and every one has a mission in life Fulfill your purpose in this journey call life How long do we have to compromise with the colonial system? African children, take back what you own Take back what you own, take back what you own Don’t you dare forget You are not alone
16.	Free (feat. Mirna Haje) 03:55	lyrics	buy track
FREE I hear the voices in the morning, where silence is underneath the hill, Praising GOD The Mighty Glory Give thanks for life and the journey Every little grain of sand is rich, its the body of the soul the land of experience, where the living grow Life is a spinning vinyl full of songs Some people listen and some people don’t It’s your life, only you can make you happy If you are a tree, give some fruits If you are a bee, please make some honey Life is a spinning vinyl full of songs Some people listen and some people don’t From the Red Sea to the Green Cap Peninsula Meta Rise Jerejef Mame Jerejef Sama Baye Jerejef Sama Yaye Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas Glory to the Most High Lord of the worlds and heavens KUNFAYAKUN Written for I & I to read We say it’s a written prayer in the heart of men You can never ever doubt your purpose A voice inside would say Listen to it, in it , there is something with lots of sense Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas Life is a spinning vinyl full of songs Some people listen and some people don’t Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas Protect the Bees and Trees Oceans & Seas

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released September 17, 2021

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Meta and The Cornerstones New York, New York

Fronted by singer, songwriter & composer Meta Dia, Meta and the Cornerstones fuse a unique sound with a back bone of roots reggae. This synthesis of both reggae & soul with powerful lyrics feel-good melodies that transcends oceans, borders, language barriers. Meta have created unifying soul-pounding live experiences for audiences all across the globe.
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