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City of Angels

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Angels, city of angels … angels, city of angels
Inna La-La land, deh a La-La land
Deh a La-La land, inna La-La land

All week in a’ office in a 9 to 5 job, aaahh
Friday a pay-day many people well glad
glad glad-glad-glad-glad-glad, hey!
Pocket full a’ money, oh no-nowhere to spend it
Welcome to my session
Come and rub-a-dub, a rub-a-dub, a rub-a-dub

Dance, dance, dance in the city of angels
There’s a reggae party going on
in the city of angels

Drive-by shooting, gang warfare
Ain’t no way to start a new year
Compton, Watts, East L.A.
Got to work together towards a brighter day, hey
Where’s the love and where’s the unity
Can’t find no peace and where’s the harmony
Consciousness what the youths need
We got to set the lost angels free, hey

Dance, dance, dance in the city of angels
There’s a reggae party going on
in the city of angels
Come on, come on, come on, hey

Let the good times roll inna the dancehall, yeah
… feeling irie
Big-a big-a big-up my people, come on, big-up one and all
… reggae party
I say to strike up the band, sing I a song Rastaman
… feeling irie
Uplifting each and everyone … aaaahhhh
Oh in the city of angels

La-La land, inna La-La land
La-La land, deh a La-La land

Rub-a-dub bassline mek you move you’ waist-line
move you’ waist-line … rub-a-dub
And that deh drum-beat mek you get up out you’ seat, hey
… a rub-a-dub
Rub-a-dub rhythm … whuh-ooh
Oh inna Iman system … whuh-ooh
When I ‘n I ‘n I feel it, we got to
Ska-diddly-diddly-diddly-diddly-bim dance!

Dance, dance, dance in the city of angels
There’s a reggae party going on
in the city of angels

Yes in the city of angels, yes in the city of angels
Yes in the city of angels, yes in the city of angels
Angels, city of angels … angels, city of angels


Singers and Players of Instruments

Jahmark – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Casey Jones – drums
Tafari Watkis – bass guitar
Mark Tyson – lead guitar, pick guitar
Tony Lee – lead guitar, pick guitar (on Selassie I Train)
Granville “Bull” Cayetano – piano, organ
Jeffrey Douglas – keyboards, clavinet, synthesizer
Tony Bird – keyboard solo on Vigilance
Cedric “Bravo” Polian – tenor sax, alto sax
Atara Phillips, Ashley Phillips, Sharifa Green – background vocals

All songs written and composed by J. Tafari
except Selassie I Train by J. Tafari, E. Walsh
and Feed The Starving Children by E. Walsh, J. Tafari, A.P. Ross

Music Produced & Arranged by Jahmark & the Soulshakers

Recorded @ V-Mix Studio (Compton, CA.) by Virgil “V-Mix” Davis
Overdubs @ House Of Joy Studio (Moreno Valley, CA.) by Tafari Watkis
And @ Wild Adventure Studio (Riverside, CA.) by Granville “Bull” Cayetano
Mixed @ Radical Roots Studio (Ft. Lauderdale, FL.) by Dinello Watkis & Phil Watkis
Mastered @ Sonic Discovery Studio (Sarasota, Fl.) by Jeff Harris

Cover Art Concept – Jahmark
Cover Photo – Betzi Learning
Graphics Design – Scott Docherty (Redhare – redhare.com)


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WARNING! Any unauthorized reproduction of this recording prohibited by federal law and subject to criminal prosecution.

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