Beres Hammond – One Life, One Love lyrics. I always appreciated Beres Hammond, his voice, his style of music, and the legacy he has. I always knew he was one of the legends of reggae music. But until recently I never really took the time out to really listen to his music.
I recently got to listen to his new double CD “One Life, One Love”… and I must admit, de man got lyrics!!!! This is no paid promotion or anything of the sort, and I’m not attempting to review his album. This is just a guy that likes good music,… talking about some real nice music!
Check out the album here; One Life One Love
A Christian friend of mines claims that reggae music “makes her think of smoking weed”. Well… if you are of that mindset, then don’t bother trying to listen. But for the rest of you that appreciate Good Music with a Great Positive message, and those that actually Listen to music (and not just skim through) then you should definitely give the CD a listen.
The thing that strikes me the most is his lyrics in songs! Not just in his love songs, but even his ‘reprimanding songs’. In the title track alone, One life One Love, he sings;
The heavens declare, they know I’m not guilty no!
Of all the thing that they try to put me through,
My conscience is clear so I feel no shame! I aint singing for fame, noh
If by chance you don’t know who Beres Hammond is; he is a conscious non-Rastafarian reggae artist, who has been in the music business for about 40 years. For more info Wikipedia, Google, and YouTube.
My only quarrel with this effort from Beres is that I cant burn all the songs to one CD for listening while driving. 🙁
Anyways, without further ado.
Beres Hammond – One Love, One Live Video:
Beres Hammond – One Love, One Life lyrics:
Yeah yeah, Woi now, Im on Fire, oh Gosh
Chorus
One love, one life, give thanks I’m living,
To all my friends who’ve been deceiving, yeh
Ill bare the pain, but I still believe in love, yehVerse 1
The heavens declare, they know I’m not guilty no!
Of all the thing that they try to put me through,
My conscience is clear so I feel no shame! I aint singing for fame, nohChorus
Verse 2
If you think I don’t deserve all that I’ve earned, show up your faces
And if you think you’re squeaky clean cast the first stone; declare your races,
Cause you talk and you talk and you don’t know nothing, all because you want to talk
Oh yeah you big up yourself cause you want to be seen;
But you can’t walk the walk, I’m sayingChorus
Verse 3
The journeys been rough, sometimes choices are not there,
Then comes the day when I’m down to “I don’t care”,
The heavens declare, all my fears just disappear
And I’m singing again, yeah awwChorus 2x
Verse 4
If you think I don’t deserve all that I’ve earned, show up your faces
And if you think you’re squeaky clean cast the first stone; declare your races,
Cause you talk and you talk and you don’t know nothing, all because you want to talk
Oh yeah you big up yourself cause you want to be seen;
But you can’t walk the walk, I’m saying