Music
Stop the War
Single Play
Inna La-La land! Deh a La-La land!
Hey yow! Mi seh what did you say?
How many troops did you kill off today
Hey yow! Mi seh what did you say?
Stop the war, war’s not the way
Ma-ma-ma mama, ma-ma-ma mama, ma-ma-ma-ma mama …
(You got my mama crying cause her children them are dying)
(Oo-ooh, oo-oo-oooh)
Everyday it’s the same old story
World leaders they’re fighting for glory
(fightin’, fightin’)
Putting innocent peoples’ lives on the line
(tired a di fightin’)
Is this why God created mankind
Stop, stop, people say to stop the war
(Stop the war)
Stop, stop, what we need is no more war
(Stop the war)
How many body-bags do we really need to see
(fightin’)
Coming home from those bloody oil-fields
(fightin’, fightin’)
Whether you’re a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist or Jew
(tired a di fightin’)
Don’t let ol’ satan gain no control over you, hey
Stop, stop, people say to stop the war
(Stop the war)
Stop, stop, people crying out for
(Stop the war)
Peace on earth for all mankind
That’s what we need today, children crying
(ooh ooh oo oo oo oooh)
No more war of any kind
That’s what we need today-ee-ay-ee-ay-ee-ay, hey!
(ooh ooh oo oooh oo ooh)
We’ve got to stop that war!
Instrumental
Some people, they’re sitting in high places
(high places)
They’re pulling strings, you can’t see their faces
Selling tanks and missiles, big big business
(big business … big-shot business)
They don’t want peace, what they want? More bloodstained riches, hey!
Stop, stop, people say to stop the war
(Stop the war)
Stop, stop, whole world shouting out for
(Stop the war)
Peace on earth for all mankind
That’s what we need today, children crying
(ooh ooh oo oo oo oooh)
No more war of any kind
That’s what we need today-ee-ay-ee-ay-ee-ay, hey!
(ooh ooh oo oooh oo ooh)
We’ve got to stop that war!
Instrumental
Mothers crying, who is the victim
(Oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh)
Losing their children to corrupted system, ugh
(Big-shot system)
New millennium and it’s a brand new day
(Oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh)
Nothing seems to change, same old war games that they play
(Big-shot system, system)
Stop, stop, people say to stop the war
(Stop the war)
Stop, stop, what we need is no more …
(Stop the war)
(Stop the war) A rat-a-tat, a rat-a-tat-tat, boi!
A rat-a-tat, a rat-a-tat-tat, brrrr
(Stop the war) A rat-a-tat, a rat-a-tat-tat, boi!
A rat-a-tat, a rat-a-tat-tat, look out!
(Stop the war … stop the war … stop the war …)
Singers and Players of Instruments
Jahmark – lead vocal, rhythm guitar, percussion
Style Scott, Horseman – drums
Mike Irwin, David King – bass guitar
Tony Lee, Mark Tyson – lead guitar
Alberto Fernandez – rhythm guitar, pick guitar
Rudy Richardson, I-locks, Scott Docherty – keyboards
Cedric Bravo, Jativa – tenor sax, alto sax, flute
Norman Grant – percussion
The HearticalItes – background vocals
Produced by Mike Irwin and Jahmark
A Roughsounds / Banana-Boat Joint
Recorded at Roughsounds Studio (Redondo Beach, CA) by Mike Irwin
Mixed at The Lab (Hollywood Hills, CA) by Hopeton Overton Brown a.k.a. The Scientist
Mastered at JMF Productions Studio (Miami, FL) by Julio M. Ferrer
CD concept – Jahmark
Design – Scott Docherty (Redhare – redhare.com)
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