Black Soul
Cautionary Vibes: Navigating Life's Challenges in Burning Spear's 'Black Soul'
Lyrics
It is not good to travel today
Discourages travel today
Neither to cross the ocean
Advises against crossing the ocean
Desert's so dry
Describes a dry desert
Water-thirst kill you
Highlights the danger of water-thirst
Don't good to travel today
Reiteration of the warning against travel
Neither to cross the ocean
Reiterates advice against crossing the ocean
Desert's so dry
Repeats the image of a dry desert
Water-thirst kill you
Reiterates the peril of water-thirst
Kill you, kill you, kill you
Emphasizes the severity of the danger
Kill you, kill you
-When it wet it slippery, yeah
Highlights slipperiness when wet
When it damp it cramp your belly
Describes abdominal cramping when damp
Don't want to see you underground
Expresses reluctance to see someone underground
Don't want to see you underground
-Underground, underground, underground
-Caution, my brother, caution, take heed
Cautionary advice to a brother
Black soul, you're black as they
Refers to a black soul, emphasizing blackness
Soul black, soul black
-Soul black, soul black, soul black
-I'm proud I'm black
Expresses pride and joy in being black
I'm proud I'm black
-I'm rejoicing I'm black
-Who know black a go black again
Suggests the likelihood of remaining black
Who know black a go black again
-Soul black
Reiterates the theme of a black soul and skin
My skin is black
-Soul black, oh, soul black
-Two more things for I to tell you right now
Teases about revealing two more things
Two more things for I to tell you right now
-Two more...
-My old great grandmother-mother-mother
Describes a black great-grandmother
Great-great-great-greater-great grandmother-mother-mother-mother
-She is black, soul black, yeah
-She is black
-My old great grandfather
Describes a black great-grandfather
Greater-greater-great-great-great-great-great
-Grandfather-father-father-father-father-father-father, oh oh
-He is black, soul black, soul black
-So don't good to travel today
Reiterates the warning against travel and water-thirst
Neither to cross the ocean
-Desert's so dry
-Water-thirst kill you, oh
-Kill you, oh
-Kill you, mmm
-Don't good to travel today
Final reiteration of the travel advisory
Neither to cross the ocean...
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