[INTRO — DISTANT WAR HORNS, LOW SUB RUMBLE, METAL CREAK, HORSE BREATH] [MALE WHISPER — DEEP JAMAICAN BARITONE] Mi nah run. [PAUSE] One rider. [DEEP IMPACT] Red horse. [LOW GROWL] War. [BUILD — MILITANT DRUMS, DUB SIREN, SUB PRESSURE RISING] [MALE — CONTROLLED, MENACING] Tell him come. [DROP — MASSIVE 808, HALF-TIME MARCH, DISTORTED BASS, BRASS STABS] [MALE BARITONE] WAR! Yuh ride pon red— Mi rise pon fire. Sword inna yuh hand— Lion get higher. Yuh bring fear? Mi bring wrath. Yuh block road? Mi make path. [LOW CROWD CHANT] Jack Righteous! Jack Righteous! [MALE] Four horse ride, but tonight one fall. War step forward— Lion answer call. [BEAT CUT] [MALE WHISPER] Come test me. [SECOND DROP — HARDER DRUMS, SYNCOPATED DANCEHALL PERCUSSION] [VERSE 1] Red horse gallop, whole earth shake Kingdom dem tremble when the war drums wake Steel pon steel and the groundline break But Lion nah bend for the fear dem make Blood-red sky, hear the mothers cry War sell death and call it pride Mi see the beast when him pass outside So mi loose the Lion weh mi keep inside [ROAR FX] [MALE — RASPING] LION! [HOOK] War come— Lion rise. Fire inna chest, judgement inna eyes. War come— Lion roar. Horseman ride once— him nah ride no more. [LOW CROWD] WAR! [MALE] COME! [LOW CROWD] WAR! [MALE] COME! [LOW CROWD] WAR! [MALE] COME! [LOW CROWD] WAR! [MALE] COME! [MALE — FULL FORCE] Bring every drum! Bring every sword! Lion stand firm in the name of the Lord! [BASS DROP] [VERSE 2 — MILITANT, FASTER FLOW] War want rage, War want blood, War want brother turn pon brother in mud. War want land, War want throne, War turn flesh into ash and bone. But mi know your game. Mi know your face. You feed pon fear and you breed disgrace. You whisper revenge, you promise control— Then leave one grave where there used to be soul. [BEAT CUT] [MALE WHISPER] Nah today. [BRASS IMPACT] Mi Lion hungry. [BRASS IMPACT] Mi Lion hungry. [THIRD DROP — HUGE SUB, MARCHING SNARES, DUB SIRENS] [MALE] Horseman! Dismount! Red rider! Come down! Sword bearer! Touch ground! Lion loose— hear that sound! [ROAR / CROWD IMPACT] [CHANT] Righteous! Righteous! Righteous! Righteous! [MALE] Mi nah fight for empire. Mi nah fight for crown. Mi fight when War come burn creation down. Mi fight for the child weh never choose side. Mi fight for the truth when the powerful lie. Mi fight for the soul when the hatred get loud. Lion inna me— and him nah bow down. [PRE-HOOK — SUB PULSES, VOCAL CLOSE] You are War. Mi know. You bring sword. Mi know. You bring fire. Mi know. But hear me now— [LONG SILENCE] You cannot have my soul. [FINAL DROP — MAXIMUM IMPACT] [HOOK] War come— Lion rise. Fire inna chest, judgement inna eyes. War come— Lion roar. Horseman ride once— him nah ride no more. War come— stand ground. Lion voice make Babylon shake with sound. War come— hear this decree: You may bring the battle— [BEAT CUT] But you nah conquer me. [MASSIVE 808 IMPACT] [FINAL CHANT] LION! Against WAR! RIGHTEOUS! Against WAR! LION! Against WAR! JACK RIGHTEOUS! [BREAK — TOTAL SILENCE] [MALE WHISPER — CLOSE, RASPING] Tell di horseman... [LOW HORSE BREATH] ...mi nah run. [FINAL ROAR] [HARD CUT]
