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Morning
04:00
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Morning, just another day's arrived
Morning and darkness turns to light
It's another morning and I'm happy for this crazy life
Morning, sunlight in your eyes
Here we go and here we go and here we go again
Another top of the morning, another flop without warning, another cop at the trainstop pulling down pants and looking for crops has got me jawning thats how it goes
There is different goals and perspectives all of our souls are connected elected officials don't respect the fuckers reject it
And now you inject it all the fear and the pain like the weight that you gain but it ain't the same as a lame claim to fame fake face in a frame on the cover of Vogue magazine - do you know what I mean?!
So please don't let the fuckers bring you down
It's all good in the hood when Jamaram is in town
A fresh start a new journey a brand new day awaits
You gotta get up and get going there ain't now time to be late
Better stay focused stay fit for the task at hand
Spreading love amongst your fellow man
Thats the plan!
World will always be turning
Men will always he yearning
I know one thing for certain
We come and go and come and go like
Morning, just another day's arrived
Morning, darkness turns to light
It's another morning and I'm happy for this crazy life
Morning, sunlight in your eyes
It ain't hard to loose track, watch your step
When everybody tryin' to play hard to get
I'm not far from losing my confidence
Trying to hang on despite the mess
I'm never gonna stop giving my best
In this here game called life and death
You got to play the hand you get
It may be poison or chocolate
This is the one Jamaram and Jahcoustix
Only good vibes, we just can't refuse this
This is the life that we choose and we choose this
Been on the road for a long long time
We give you love, respect a heap of energy
All you need is your friends and your family
When the rhythm and the sound make you run run run
Boom! Ring the alarm
Morning, just another day's arrived
Morning, darkness turns to light
Good morning, I'm happy for this crazy life
Morning, sunlight in your eyes
And if you want to light up
You better not ride alone
Don't ever give the fight up
Cause water is harder than stone
And if you want to light up
You better not ride alone
Don't ever give the fight up
Cause water is harder than stone
(Water is harder than stone
Water is harder than stone
Water is harder than stone)
Cause water is harder than stone
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2. |
#jungle
04:11
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She's got a hard time living in a jungle
It's a whole life she's about to stumble
She's lost in a screen walking down the street everyday
That girl is cold as stone
When she’s around you feel the north wind blow
Live’s in a golden home
She’s like a queen high upon a throne
And I know
She’s always hungry - no it’s never enough
On a road
To fame and fortune out to find her luck
And there she goes, there she goes, there she goes again
There she goes - longing for a real friend
And she lives in the jungle - the jungle’s where she roams around
Looking for loving - nowhere to be found
And when you're lost in the jungle - it’s so hard to find your own way out
Living for something - you know will bring you down
She thinks she's got it all but she's got nothing (nothing but shimmer and shine)
To fill that empty space inside
All she wants is love and some real attention
And she is getting high of a few more likes
And there she goes, there she goes, there she goes again
And there she goes - longing for a real friend
And she lives in the jungle - the jungle’s where she roams around
Looking for loving - nowhere to be found
And when you're lost in the jungle - it’s so hard to find your own way out
You're living for something - you know will bring you down
All da people in the jungle ain't as confident
Cause when it comes to knowing you and all that life within
It is your own soul that you be represented
So don’t repeat that shit other blokes blabbing
Quite frankly I believe in life and all the fire within
So f*** what it says in any comment section
Now big up to all them people be calling on the voice within
And if you do that you find your true calling
The jungle - the jungle’s where she roams around
Looking for loving - nowhere to be found
And when you're lost in the jungle - it’s so hard to find your own way out
Living for something - you know will bring you down
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3. |
Run Run Run
03:57
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Mama Nature gave me feet now I can't stop shuffelin' (shuffelin')
I feel the bass drum beat and everyody's resonating
we have it so good so why, why are we troubelin' (troubelin')
when the good life is now and here and it's what you make it
what about kindness and patience
how can we live together overcome the separation
make love and obligation
you're able to rewire your configuration
Mama Nature gave me feet and told me „take it slow“
no rush no, everything needs time you know
(Uhhhhhh) when you touch the ground and it's time to grow
(Uhhhhhh) so many things to learn so much to know
(Uhhhhhh) sometimes it's hard to remember where you're from
(Uhhhhhh) it's better to learn to walk before you try to run run run run
Run Run Run Run
Run Run Run Run
Run Run Run Run
Positivity is what we need in times of strugglin' (strugglin')
something you don't get to see so much in a world full of worryin' (worry worry)
take a time out take a look at the good things happenin' (happenin')
something you don't get to do so much in a world full of hustlin' (hustle hustle)
Life is more than a one way road and we're jamming in the name of love
not a one way road, don't you run take your time, no need to hurry
in the rush, don't forget, life is a journey
(Uhhhhhh) when you touch the ground and it's time to grow
(Uhhhhhh) so many things to learn so much to know
(Uhhhhhh) sometimes your lost and you're so far away from home
(Uhhhhhh) got nobody to call the one you call your own
(Uhhhhhh) how can we evolve if we don't know who we are
(Uhhhhhh) trying to stay grounded while you're reaching for the stars
(Uhhhhhh) tomorrow is just another day and it is sure to come
it's better to learn to walk before you try to run run run run (do you run?)
Run Run Run Run
Run Run Run Run (do you run?)
Run Run Run Run
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4. |
Be You
03:39
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Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Got no place to go
Got no place to roam
Got no place to call your home
Got no face of your own
One life is all you got
Don't waste it trying to be somebody you are not
Take time know yourself
Find out what you want and what you don't want
You don't know what it means to be
You don't know what it means
I found a place to roam
I found a space to grow
Found someone who let's me be myself
Who it's gonna be it's so easy to tell
When you tell yourself
One life is all you got
Don't waste it trying to be somebody you are not
Take time know yourself
Find out what you want and what you don't want
You find out what it means to be
You find out what it means
Found somebody who let's me be myself
And who it's gonna be should be easy to tell
You find out what it means to be
You find out what it means
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na
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5. |
Under The Influence
05:45
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Under the influence
Under the influence
My papa told me son grow up and be a man
Don't wanna be a man wanna play in my own band
With all the ups and downs (ups and downs)
Ups and downs (ups and downs)
And my mama told me boy don't ever take a puff
But then I took a puff and I couldn't get enough
I was high like a kite (high like a kite)
High like a kite (so high)
Under the influence
When you can't get away from decisions that are made in your brain
Under the influence
Well anything that come your way wether tomorrow or today anyway
Under the influence
Tell me where tell me when gimme the mic there for a moment let me talk to them
Under the influence
You're in your own existence don't be tricked into thinking you're non existent
I got this feeling in my gut taking control of me driving me nuts
Running me over like a truck and here I am again again eyes wide shut
So I do my very best trying to play my role I'll be fine I guess but it's taking its toll and me running round in circles like a fish in a bowl is this life what I really think I know
We are living under the influence
Of a million ways a million ways to go
We are living under the influence
Of a million ways a million ways to go
Under the influence
You got your own perception why you thinking everybody got to be
Under the influence
Of the same panorama police man or ganja farmer
Under the influence
Of crazy presidents there is no coincidence in world policy
Under the influence
Singing reggae music don't you refuse put on your dancing shoes
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6. |
Too Much Toyz
03:19
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We got too much toys
Too many options
Too many things to choose
Too many places to go
Confusing it with joy
But it's an illusion
We are all prisoners
Of a material revolution
Let's pause, reflect and be reminded
What's the point of a life chasing items
Mass consumption in a permanent cycle
Where the money goes, where all the money goes
And everything that you spend only paper you borrow
Nobody want less, only want more
What you have today may be gone by tomorrow
I'm sick of these games
I got too much toys
Too many options
Too many things to choose
Too many places to go
Confusing it with joy
But it's an illusion
We are all prisoners
Of a material revolution
I got a plastic that and I got a plastic this
I got plastic action toys with plastic fists
They come in all sizes even come with a voice
Super intelligent technological toys
You got to pay for the update so you stay on top
Just buy another version or your ranking will drop
At a party there's a problem that you shouldn't avoid:
Who's got the biggest bluetooth boombox noise
Too much toys
Too many options
Too many things to choose
Too many places to go
Confusing it with joy
But it's an illusion
We are all prisoners
Of a material revolution
Sit and paint a picture
Have a conversation
You don't need to buy more stuff
Yeah you have enough
So what you waiting for?
Open up the door!
Run outside and through the wild
And don't obide by laws
Now all the rules are made up none of them are real
You don't need to play the cards
That the dealer deals
All that consumerism
It is like a prison
Your like a hamster in a wheel
With a big ass vision
I got too much toys
Too many options
Too many things to choose
Too many places to go
Confusing it with joy
But it's an illusion
We are all prisoners
Of a material revolution
Too much toys
Too many options
Too many things to choose
Too many places to go
Confusing it with joy
But it's an illusion
We are all prisoners
Of a material revolution
Uh Yeah
Uh Yeah
Uh Yeah
Too much toyz
Too much toyz
Uh Yeah
Uh Yeah
Uh Yeah
Too much toyz
Too much toyz
Too much toyz
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Jamaram Munich, Germany
It is hard to say for how many bright faces JAMARAM can be accredited for within the previous 20 years of performing live on stage. With approx. 100 shows a year, the number of singing mouths and dancing legs in the audience probably ranges into the hundreds of thousands. Having toured halfway around the world and despite, or maybe because of their longevity, the band is far from retiring! ... more
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