Name: Strictly Roots
Duration: P00H04M28S
Description: I wrote this song on a 9 hour bus ride from Bangkok to Chiang Mai in Thailand for the International Reggae Festival in 2011. Know History, Know Self. No history, no self.

Jumakae & the OooYeahs! - Strictly Roots

from Serve the People Mix by Jumakae

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I wrote this song on a 9 hour bus ride from Bangkok to Chiang Mai in Thailand for the International Reggae Festival in 2011. Know History, Know Self. No history, no self.

lyrics

We don’t want those dibby dibby sounds, We don’t want those dibby dibby sounds. We don’t want those dibby dibby sounds. We don’t want, no, no we don’t want no

America be dropping all dem bombs (x4)

From Vietnam to Cambodia and Laos 
Can you hear the people scream and shout? 
Fya fya, ashes are the clouds. 
See them coming, you see dem running? 
Disease is spreading all around. 
Daddy’s body, no where to be found. 
Momma makes money when soldiers are in town 
using her body, but none of them love she –

America be dropping all dem bombs. (x4) 
We don’t want those dibby dibby sounds (x4)

Monsanto, Agent Orange. Kill all de crops will all your poison. 
People cry to fix my baby. America, where is that money? 
Secret War – from Laos to Thailand. 
Hide in the hills, the Hmong and Karen.
 No home to go back to, no country to claim. 
Picked up a rifle defended away as –

America be dropping all dem bombs. (x4) 
We don’t want those dibby dibby sounds (x4)

Today we think that it is okay. 
We’re taking pictures of their smiling face. 
But the pain can never be erased. 
No tourists, no money come their way. 
Just know the struggles that we went through 
To bring our story back to you. 
Just think twice before you abuse 
The reasons why you can travel through  Southeast Asia.

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from Serve the People Mix, released December 21, 2014
Lyrics by: Jumakae
Guitar: Spencer Conley
Bass: Cirilo Rios
Drums: Kyle Bush/Alen Morales Santillano Hansen

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Based in Long Beach, CA. Roots in Southeast Asia.

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