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Track 2 from Jah9's debut album, 'New Name'.

Available on Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/new-nam…tion/id599702007

Written by Janine "Jah9" Cunningham
Produced by Rorstonelove

Lyrics

I’m beginning to wonder about your intensions 
Too many instances of deception
Too many alibis and excuses 
Too many attempts to deny the abuses 
Too many reasons to complain
Too many losses too little gain
The very existence is a strain on the people

I know cause I am woman so I can see
That life don’t reside where there isn’t no harmony
And I sing cause I care and wouldn’t want anybody
That I love to be circumstanced out of existence

Yes I’m beginning to wonder about your attention 
where is it focusing in what direction
is your life force in execution 
forming opinions or finding solutions
declaring the victim, sharing the blame
representing the potential for change but only in name
then with taxation and oppression put a strain on the people

I speak what I know; Words are reserved for the truth
Not perfect but aware of the example I set for the youth
And I sing cause I care and wouldn’t want none of these sons and daughters
To go astray when I could have paved the way

Yes I’m beginning to tire of all these expenses
Borne by the people relegated to zinc fences
Keeping the resources out of their reach
Breeding frustration with the values you teach
In the media everyday then deny them a way to attain it
But force them to work and maintain it and not take a share
Then the police force the fear into the brains of the people

I know from experience that the system is flawed and unfair
So I live outside it as much as I possibly dare 
and I sing for justice in a time when the people 
may be too distracted to even care
my voice will still be there

The people have to work so hard while those with the power keep the plenty for themselves. Meaningless competition for scares resources in a material driven world. Our children have no example of integrity and industry and love. And so for these atrocities against humanity the perpetrators will have to pay.
I know from experience that the system is flawed and unfair
So I live outside it as much as I possibly dare 
and I sing for justice in a time when the people 
may be too distracted to even care
my voice will still be there

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Track 10 from Jah9's debut album, 'New Name'.

Available on Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/new-nam…tion/id599702007

Written by Janine "Jah9" Cunningham
Produced by Rorystonelove

Lyrics

Imagine, if Marcus Garvey was the youths dem example
 what the future would be promising
Imagine if Haile was the teacher and the scriptures were speeches 
to prepare them for the journey to begin
A new perspective on history to enlighten the mistery 
immediately before it seeps in
An opportunity, for unity

Each one must teach one the neighbour’s little yout
Is your son your daughter your sister your brother 
A part of who you must become
In the event, of revolution

Imagine if initiation was a part of the process
 to teach the youths dem discipline
imagine how learning would be heightened by a positive example 
by the ones to whom the youths dem listening
integrity and humility were a given
the standard by which we’d be living 
like one righteous militant community
in unity

Each one must teach one the neighbour’s little yout
Is your son your daughter your sister your brother 
A part of who you must become
In the event, of revolution

 No need to speak specifics there are those who breed hatred
To keep those together apart
But remember that justice is real living judgment
Like cancer you can plant in your own heart
So when it’s hot on the mission even those who lack vision
Can confidently trust in the youth 
If we arm them with the truth
Strong and sterdy from the root

Each one must teach one the neighbour’s little yout
Is your son your daughter your sister your brother 
A part of who you must become
In the event, of revolution

For they are who we will become
In the event
Of revolution


“The solid basis for all lies in education. It is education, which allows people to live together, and makes them avoid the pitfalls of immorality, and induces respect for the law. Truly, the attainment of these high aims is based on education. The helping of people to live together to avoid indulgence immorality and lawlessness. To command and to be commanded is the fruit of education and unity and confidence is the result. Education of the youth is the surest guarantee for a better life. From truth alone are born liberty and only an educated people can consider itself really free and master of it’s fate.”

- HIM Haile Selassie I

Each one must teach one.


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Janine "Jah9" Cunningham

Old school blues improvisation meets hard hitting lyrical prowess in a rich imaginative blend of vocal clarity and complexity. Janine brings her refreshing mix of contemporary and conscious poetry to the stage and delivers a mature, sophisticated style with a unique and captivating energy all of her own. Her musical influences range from Billie Holiday and Nina Simone to Augustus Pablo and Sizzla Kalonji. 

As a singer/songwriter/activist, Janine touches on issues ranging from social injustice, violence, politics and gender to intimate matters of the heart, mind and spirit. Janine a.k.a. ‘Jah9’ has emerged from the underground poetry/live music scene relatively unknown and has earned the hearts and respect of her peers and audiences with each encounter since. 

Over the past 5 years she has been consistently and impressively making her mark on the Jamaican musical landscape, inspiring audiences and musicians alike through her songs and the live productions she has conceptualized and staged. She is now poised for heavy rotation due to her signature sound and collaborations with ace producers including Donovan Bennett of Corleon Records, Sheldon Bernard and Beres Hammond of Harmony House Music, and on her highly anticipated debut album project with Rory "Stonelove" Gilligan. The album is slated for release on February 26, 2013 but Jah9 is already in demand as a songwriter and creative director of repute. 

'Jazz on Dub’ is the sound she has created - a mix of her two favourite music forms, while infusing all expressions of the arts into her live performances. She intends to take her word sounds to the world, entertaining and inspiring all along the way. This young woman is full to the brim and pouring her heart out.


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