"Simmer down"

#Tag " Simmer down" Yeah 🪀 on the track They fell on the frontlines but the spirit survives Listen close to the history Let's get it Verse 1 In your 16 era the spark was ignited Guitar strings buzzing the message provided First beautiful words that you bled on the spot You looked at the system and screamed "Judge Not" But the world didn't listen the world didn't care They forgot the real truth in the smog of the air They know 3 Little Birds yeah they love the sweet sound But they miss the heavy message when the judgment comes round 2 years down the line now you're entering 18 Living in the trenches chasing a great dream Met with Peter and Bunny a trio of power Growing like a concrete 🌹 by the hour Rhythms of the Ska 2-tones on the pavement Shuffling your feet against mental enslavement Stepping on the stage The Teenagers arrive Peter Tosh Bunny Wailer keeping music alive And you Bob in the center ready to blow First hit on the charts letting everyone know Chorus "Simmer down" you gotta control your temper Teenagers in love from December to December From the block to the top we shouting the truth The voice of the ghetto the cry of the youth "Simmer down" let the bassline roll Heart-words screaming straight out of the soul Verse 2 you grew out of the teenagers transitioned the name Wailers Rude Boys changing the game With big gobs shouting no fear in your chest Spitting heart-words putting fakes to the test Then The Wailing Wailers took over the street With raw bloody truth over Coxsone's beat Still got so much to scream to this crazy planet Taking your stance solid rock like granite It ended in the Wailers the legends of roots Marching through Babylon in militant boots You passed us the torch now we lighting the page 🪀spitting Your memories on stage chorus "Simmer down" you gotta control your temper Teenagers in love from December to December From the block to the top we shouting the truth The voice of the ghetto the cry of the youth "Simmer down" let the bassline roll Heart-words screaming straight out of the soul Verse 3 Caught in the middle a mixed-race child Two different worlds made the upbringing wild Jamaicans called you white the English saw you black Discriminated from both sides pushing you back "Half-caste" rejections from the left and the right But you stood in the center dipping only in God's light Now the whole world loves you they're wearing the crown But they forget the hard trauma it took to get renown If it wasn't for Eric Clapton dropping the needle The mainstream would've left you ignored by the people He covered the tracks shouted Bob to the sky With "I shoot the sheriff" the truth couldn't die From the shadows of history straight to the charts Now the Wailers are living forever in our hearts Chorus "Simmer down" you gotta control your temper Teenagers in love from December to December From the block to the top we shouting the truth The voice of the ghetto the cry of the youth "Simmer down" let the bassline roll Heart-words screaming straight out of the soul Outro Yeah Shouting the truth From Teenagers to legends Simmer down world We still got so much to scream Rest in Peace U3 Bob Peter Bunny you All flowing 4Ever in our ❤️'s beats