[Acoustic Nyabinghi Intro] [Pure organic drumming, kete heartbeat rhythm] [Sound system tube preamp clicks on with low-frequency hum] [Sound System Siren Hook] [Analog dub siren bleeps: wee-wooo-wee] [Female Operator vocal check] Hear mi now! Audio check! One, two! [Massive Heavy Bass Drop] [Full hardware sound system engagement: earth-shaking sub-bass, clean guitar skank] [Verse 1 - The Rising Dawn] Look deh now, all a we. The fog is breaking, see di morning sun rise over di hilltop. The night never break us, the foundation hold firm. Every heart that did scatter, come back home. [Pre-Chorus - Horns Section] [Majestic roots horns swell, analogue tape saturation] Fire blaze inna di valley, burning out di cold residue of yesterday. Wash your face inna di dew, put your hand to di earth. [Chorus - Maximum Sound System Power] [Female Vocal Echo: Word... word... word...] Word! Still guiding di path. [Female Vocal Echo: Sound... sound... sound...] Sound! Still gathering di tribe. [Female Vocal Echo: Power... power... power...] Power! Still shielding di soul. Jah sun rise, and Babylon shadows must run. Jah sun rise, all a we step forward as one. [Dub Drop - Drum and Bass Section] [All mid-range instruments completely cut out] [Only heavy 18-inch sub-bass and crisp snare echo remain] [Dub siren: wooo-ooo-ooo] [Verse 2 - The Sound System Council] Now gather round di speaker box, clear di throat. Elders sit with di youths under di ackee tree. We no pass words for vanity no more. Teach di little children di root of di sound, show dem how di bassline keep di spine straight. [Bridge - Keeping di Gate] Guard di entrance to your mind, my people. Babylon change di tactic, but we know di strategy. They sell illusion inna shiny wrapper, but we feed on di Ital truth. [Vocal Feedback Sweep] When one youth weak, give him a shoulder. When one sister weary, lift up her crown. [Chorus - Final Vocal Proclamation] Word! Still guiding di path. Sound! Still gathering di tribe. Power! Still shielding di soul. Jah sun rise, and Babylon shadows must run. Jah sun rise, all a we step forward as one. [EXTENDED HARDWARE DUB OUTRO] [Instrumental Dub Outro] [Spring Reverb Crash] [The vocals cut out completely. A sudden spring reverb explosion mimics a physical amp being kicked.] [Dub Mixdown Section - Phase 1] [The guitar skank gets completely drenched in space echo, repeating infinitely in the background] [The 18-inch sub-bassline breaks into a heavy, hypnotic variation, sliding low and deep] [Dub Siren Modulation] [Analogue dub siren frequency sweeps up and down, matching the rhythm of the high-hats] [Dub Mixdown Section - Phase 2] [The drums drop out entirely for four bars, leaving only the massive sub-bass vibrating the hardware cabinets] [The horns re-enter with heavy tape delay, sounding like a ghostly echo from a distance] [Vocal Fragment Echo] [Female vocal snippet cuts in with 100% wet delay feedback]: ...stand forward as one... as one... as one... [Final Tape Echo Saturation] [The drums crash back in for one final heavy bar before everything melts into feedback] Don't feed fear with your mouth. Don't carry lies from yard to yard. When bruddas stumble, raise dem. (Raise dem) When sistas call, answer. (Answer) Guard di word. (Di Word) Keep di sound clean. (Di Sound) Stand inna power. (Da Power! Absolute) [Tape delay self-oscillates, getting progressively distorted and warm] [The physical preamp power switch clicks off, leaving a long, fading analogue hiss to silence]
