Letra de Be Not a Dread
Be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousnessIt's true, it's true You know it's true, so true nowTherefore not curse at what I might say Neither cut your locks and go astray For they are Ras in Africa A place called Ethiopia, yeh-hah Where bredrens grow their curly locks To show the world that they are Ras nowIt's true, it's true You know it's true, so true nowSo be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousnessIt's true, it's true You know it's true, so true nowYa, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya Mmmm-mmmmm-mmmmm-mmmmm(.)Be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousnessIt's true, it's true You know it's true, so true nowNow we are all children from Africa Living here in Jamaica Forced into exploitation and sufferation By the hands of the Babylonians So in order to keep our culture We got to love one another nowIt's true, it's true You know it's true, so true nowSo be not a Dread, neither a baldhead Just be a Ras with your pretty curly locks Because the name "Dread" portrays viciousness While the name "Ras" portrays righteousnessIt's true, it's true You know it's true, so true nowYa, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya Mmmm-mmmmm, mmmmm-mmmmmBe not a Dread, be not a Dread.