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9 January 2022 - RootsYardd Dub Top of the Mountain LIVE w/Black Chariot

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13 February 2022 - RootsYardd Dub - Top of the mountain LIVE w/Black Chariot

Mixed by Max Glazer four years before the official formation of Federation and recorded live to cassette in one take on December 7, 1995, Roots, Reality & Culture Volume 1 is a collector's classic from deep in the vaults.

01. Ins And Outs - Sizzla & Louie Culture
02. Rastaman - Coco Tea
03. Love Amongst My Friends - Sizzla
04. Songs Of Freedom
05. Give Me The Night - Richie Stephens
06. Delicate
07. Ganja Man
08. Children Of Israel
09. Blow Your Nose Not Your Mind
10. Due To War/Tribal War - Little Devon & Anthony B
11. Call Jah Name
12. Craven
13. Waggonist
14. Jah Is My Light
15. Meant For Each Other
16. Whisper
17. How Long - Mega banton
18. Can't Stop Jah Rain
19. Suffering
20. False Teachers
21. ?
22. I.C.I. - Buju Banton
23. Kette Drum - Determine & Beenie Man
24. Seek God - Bounty Killer
25. Praise Jah
26. Chanty Chanty
27. Give The Youths A Bligh - Cobra
28. How Long - Spragga Benz
29. Think You Got It All - Shabba Ranks
30. Holy Mount Zion - Cocoa Tea
31. Silk Chant - Garnett Silk
32. Blood A Run
33. Terry Ganzie
34. Murderation - Barrington Levy & Beenie Man
35. The Test - Spragga Benz
36. Dem Nuh Have Nuh Heart - Bounty Killer
37. Mama Cry - Beenie Man
38. Cold Blooded Murderer - Capleton
39. Murderer - Buju Banton
40. True Love - White Mice
41.  Lord Watch Over Our Shoulders - Garnett Silk
42. Who Is It - Terry Ganzie
43. Wah See Jah Face - Frankie Sly
44. Poor Man Shoes - Cobra
45. Miss Matty Son - Terror Fabulous
46. Know Jah - Tony Rebel

Roots, Reality & Culture Volume 1

Recorded live every Thursday on Twitch.tv/unitysoundlive & Nice Up Radio

Thursday LIVE on Nice Up Radio (USA)
Saturdays on Mash Up Reggae (USA)
Mondays on Urban Movement Radio (Australia)
Mondays on Get With the Fix Radio (USA)
Mondays on Dread Radio (Trinidad)
Tuesdays on Music Media Lounge (USA - South)
Wednesdays on Cab Muzik (USA - South)
Thursdays on Riddim Lion (UK)

tracklist at instagram.com/morefireshow

More Fire Show Ep488 (Full Show) Jan 2nd 2025 hosted by Crossfire from Unity Sound

Intro by JBC Hit Parade, December 3, 1971 featuring Bob Vitmer

The Ethiopians- Pirate

I mourn peace and freedom. I mourn checks and balances, and the democratic consensus. I mourn every innocent victim of war—every child, every dream crushed by every tyrant. How could I not? How can you not?

Being pro-people and pro-peace isn’t being anti-anyone, it’s refusing to let pain justify cruelty. I love my Jewish friends, but I also mourn the moral consensus we once called “Never Again.” Because safety matters—yours, mine, theirs, ours. Everyone’s safety matters… That’s why my heart can’t stop singing and praying for world peace. I’m not anti-anyone. I’m anti-dehumanization. My hope is that the Jewish story can end in healing, not repetition. 

I can’t help but hope… because I believe we can protect each other without inflicting new wounds. Empathy isn’t a zero-sum game; it’s what makes us human! It’s what helps us survive and thrive as one earthly, democratic tribe. In fact, empathy is the ultimate weapon against evil! That is exactly why those who cannot feel it try to divide and conquer by calling empathy weak or dangerous.

Simone Weil wrote: “Imaginary evil is romantic; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren.” So when I hear friends glorify revenge to justify genocide, I weep… as if trauma could explain violence because it gives despair a proud story; as if moral drama, fueled by hubris, could heal the multigenerational void of helplessness left by past and future trauma. When a pacifist says “no more heroes, no more villains, just humans,” it’s treated as a threat, as if “you’re with us or against us” were unquestionable truth. 

But Nietzsche warned that those who fight monsters must be careful not to become them, and Hannah Arendt reminded us that fear of being a victim can make us accept the role of the oppressor. Real humanism doesn’t erase trauma, it transcends it! Pacifism isn’t naïve; it’s a radical commitment to ending the cycle of identification with force. 

Winning means grounding ourselves in moral coherence. Life is sacred. It’s not about picking sides between nations (or parties)… it’s about choosing compassion over cruelty. Sigh. 

And so well now, of course, I wrote yet another song—another “Letter to My Friend,” about Never Again. 💌

—
@bananasutra – Lyrics: “Letter to My Friend”

Hey love, 
I’ve been thinkin’, the air’s gone strange.
We built a bridge, but fear made the range. 
When did caring turn into crime? 
Since when did heartbeats choose a side in time?

You think my tears forgot their tribe, 
But pain’s one language, that’s the vibe. 
If I cry for Gaza, do I leave you dry? 
Or can both our ghosts learn to sigh and fly?

I’m not your enemy, babe, I’m the echo that remains. 
Every love I add don’t steal your chains. 
Peace ain’t a prize that one can win; 
It’s a wound that heals when we let it begin. 
Oh, Bananasutra sings again…

Your roots run deep in haunted clay, 
I feel that tremor every day. 
But if walls keep empathy out of sight, 
Ain’t we just living in longer nights?

You guard your story like sacred wine, 
But I sip my sorrow... it tastes like thine. 
Can’t “never again” be a door, not a wall? 
Must one rise so another can fall?

I’m not your rival, love, I’m the ache that understands, 
Two trembling souls with open hands. 
My heart don’t subtract when it starts to expand; 
It multiplies truth in foreign lands.

Pain is pain; it don’t wear flags. 
It needs no borders, no tags. 
Fear’s a thief, babe, it steals our sight, 
Makes day look wrong and wrong look right.

Would you rather win, or rather heal? 
Would you rather numb, or rather feel? 
If trust could hum a new refrain, 
Would you hear my note through your pain?

I’m not against you, I’m just against cruel. 
Love ain’t a weapon; it’s the rebel’s rule. 
Let’s rewrite Never Again for all, 
’Cause peace built on pride’s just another wall.

So hey, my friend, come dance instead? 
We’ll sing for the living, not just the dead. 
Bananasutra’s heart don’t bend, 
It blooms, it breaks, it mends. 🪽


[39] Letter to My Friend (Never Again) • GROWsutra PsyDestiny Banjo BLUES

Hecklers Inc Because I'm Black II

SOLID ROCK - 90's Special Vol. 12 - Music Is A Mission (Feb. '19)

Best Of Natural Black

So Much to Come is the 2nd of two mixes with Morgan Heritage. It also contains a more militant side of Morgan Heritage. Some great political lyrics in the combination with Bounty Killer- Guns in the Ghetto and the Brooklyn remix with celebrities from their place of birth. Personal favourites here are Dem Man Deh and the forgotten song with Buju Banton titled Reap What You Sew on the riddim from Black Uhuru`s Bull In The Pen.  But unfortunately their worst lyrics ever in Selah where they point to the clear fact that there is too much focus on the USA but end up with "...beautiful places like Dubai". Reality check please!
TRACKLIST: 1.	Don't Haffi Dread	
2.	Guns In Da Ghetto	
3.	Nothing To Smile About	
4.	Brooklyn ft. Shaggy, Red Fox & Screechy Dan		
5.	Guards Up	
6.	Set Yourself Free	
7.	Warning to Wicked Man	
8.	Live Up	
9.	So Much to Come	
10.	Caught Into a Trap	
11.	Dem Man Deh	
12.	What Man Can Say	
13.	The King Is Coming	
14.	Ready or Not	
15.	Ready to Work	
16.	Helping Hand	
17.	New Time, New Sign	
18.	Reggae Bring Back Love	
19.	Protect Us Jah	
20.	Liberation	
21.	Jah Revive I & I		
22.	Reap What You Sew (feat. Buju Banton)	
23.	Run Dem Whey (feat. Busy Signal)	
24.	Stand Up 	
25.	Selah	
26.	Conscious Revolution
27.	Buss Up The Barriers

A Million Vibes Mix Called "So Much To Come" - The Musical Story Of Morgan Heritage Part 2

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