유대교의 전통에 의해 안식일에는 절대 공연을 갖지 않는 Matisyahu의 95년 텍사스 오스틴에서의 라이브 앨범으로 마이너 레이블에서 한번 발매된 것이 메이저를 통해 재발매되는 버전이다. 3인조 그룹과 함께 느린 템포의 레게 비트와 강렬한 록 비트 사이를 자유자재로 오가며 레게 역사상 가장 흥미로운 뮤지션의 무대가 어떠한 것인지를 잘 보여주고 있다. 메이저 데뷔 이전 임에도 불구하고 발표 당시 빌보드 앨범 챠트 93위로 진입한 후 32위까지 오르며 골드 레코드에 육박하는 당시의 지명도로는 놀라운 성적을 거둔 앨범이다. .... ....
Said I been gone for so long where my mind been at wont you please wake me up wont you please bring me back daydream fantasy and my mind went to sleep eyes closed up from you with my heart heavy so wont you please wake me up and shake me up and take me up said babylon will make me shock wave yes I had enough so open up and lift the gates redemption coming like a run away truck op! diggy do-do-do, you make my heart want to serve you and I'm bound to erupt you lift me up from quick sand in a world gone corrupt no longer stuck up up and away we go Yerushalayim is our home
[chorus:] said lord raise me up from the ground I've been here so long I said lord raise me up from the ground
bass man!
When it started it'd be etched into my brain elevation the shield that david blazed, into my brain waves and i'm raisin' my soul like a sword in ancient days when protection surrounded me like the sun's rays Started it'd be etched into my brain elevation the shield that david blazed, into my brain waves and i'm Raisin' my soul like a sword in ancient days when protection surrounded me Like the sun's rays (chorus)
[Chorus:] What's this feeling? My love will rip a hole in the ceiling Givin' myself to you from the essence of my being Sing to my G-d all these songs of love and healing Want Moshiach now so it's time we start revealing
You're all that I have and you're all that I need Each and every day I pray to get to know you please I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty Without you there's no me You're the air that I breathe Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe I'll stand on my own two feet Won't be brought down on one knee Fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights Crown Heights burnin' up all through till twilight Said, thank you to my G-d, now I finally got it right And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my might
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[Bridge:] Me no want no sinsemilla. That would only bring me down Burn away my brain no way my brain is to compound Torah food for my brain let it rain till I drown Thunder! Let the blessings come down
Strip away the layers and reveal your soul Got to give yourself up and then you become whole You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow If you're trying to stay high then you're bound to stay low You want G-d but you can't deflate your ego If you're already there then there's nowhere to go If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat Ask Hashem for mercy and he'll throw you a rope You're looking for help from G-d you say he couldn't be found Searching up to the sky and looking beneath the ground Like a King without his Crown Yes, you keep fallin' down You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground Given up your pride and the you heard a sound Out of night comes day and out of day comes light Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray, Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze
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Reelin' him in Where ya been Where ya been Where ya been for so long It's hard to stay strong been livin' in galus (exile) for 2000 years strong Where ya been for so long Been livin in this exhile for too long
The place lays phased like a warrior slayed Engraved into the space with his sword still raised Layers of charcoal sprayed through hallways Praise relays off the walls echoing all ways
Dirt covered earth lays beneath my rib cage Giving birth to overgrowth invading on to path ways Burnt out trees cover streets where children once played Sown seeds decay through sacred stepping stones in disarray Where the alter used to be placed inter-changed for bloodstains Sunrays illuminate the smoke filled haze Trace of incense scents of sacrifice stayed
[Chorus:] Aish tamid eternally A fire burns continuously Wondering where you been Won't you come on home to me?
Flash back patches of grass growing wild in fact Cracked walls burnt black like a kingdom sacked Memories like artifacts attacked yet still intact Melodies wrapped in glass and shatter with the impact
Air intermingling ringing with the singing of songs once sung, hung, flung into the rafters Catastrophe struck the sound stuck Disaster plastered The aftermath a blasted building still standing, like a starved man fasting the skies expanding clouds passing, dust particles dancing, in broken bars of light, streaming from a shaft, slashed into the ceiling, Shh, you could feel the ground breathing.
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Daughter of Zion is lying crying in the mist Morning light slips in, shifting through the darkness Like a morning wife reminisce having visions of her long gone prince Memories drip rain drops tip towing emptiness Intermixed with tears like fears left unfixed Walls worn thin frozen fortress like dawn waiting for the sunrise of a day that got skipped Like a life gone wrong wandering wilderness Lovesick stripped abyss empty once luscious
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Paint the scene so you could see, the city's picking up speed On a bench 14th street, taxi's streaming yellow streaks Spears piercing through my ears, you could hear the traffic speak Jack hammers drill smacking through the cracking concrete Buildings filled with windowsills spilled tangled telephone wires Signs sparking neon lights flash like wild fire My insides rise I start to feel paralyzed Let out a sigh-a melody blew by- like an ancient war cry the way the sunlight hit the trees it really caught my eye, glistening' listening' to the breeze dancing' through the leaves, freeze, the city move's in slow motion like a dream
I'm left empty like the temple turned into a fox den Bus fumes dripping spitting into city summer sun Sifting through the ash dimly lit vision listening To the hiss lifting off a nighttime ocean Shim, shim, shimmering singing hair on my skin Glim, glim. Glimmering, whispering where ya been
From amidst the darkness set sail with the softness Breeze traveling across the seas arisen from with in Mt. Zion Wind coming in picking up momentum Cutting crisply through the thickness riding on a rhythm A rollercoaster sizzling, twisting down the mountain ripping rocket ship exploding like a fountain overflowing spilling through the courtyards of Jerusalem Uncovering debris lifting up the fallen arisen within to reach the yiddin even in Manhattan exposed menorah glowing in the shadows of destruction trailblazing through affliction brushing off the branches golden standing strong flames dancing like a lion roaring rising out of nothing
Yo! Yeah eh eh eh eh oh oh oh You're ready to get hyped? Yo! My man Yoni Yo! My man Yoni Hit'em up Ya! Ya!
Yeah! Austin how you all feeling? Like this, Like this. It's the music that grows all the illusion and fears. It's the music that makes the confusion become clear. It's the music that I live, for 18 years. It's the music that I give my blood, sweat, and tears. Not to mention some libel, Did I mention I'm liable? Then the rest of the cipher man it's not hard to decipher. Music gets people hyper, Music made me a writer. Music made me a fighter. Yo man, pass me the lighter. It's the fire that igniter shinning right in the sky. Look me right in the eye. Hey yo kid, you want to fly? The Y.O., the N.I., from M.I. to N.Y. You cannot deny so why even try. My mother sang songs in camps of concentration. His mother sang songs inside the cotton plantations. Her mother sang songs while we were robbing their nation. now I sing songs for much more than just my occupation. I'm the music. We are the music. I am the music. You are the music Austin is the music. Texas is the music. We are the mu-sic.
Yo! I take two steps forward. Taking one step back. Every time I think I am on track, my life's faced the black. Now I pick the slack and attack faster than a raptor on crack. Feel my knack and just spit it. I bet there's more triplets cause rap hits vicious. My style is more delicious than eggnog. You wish this kid would vanish, soul's famished, And my spirit needs fitness, that's why I flip this. Yo! so I held back the life and blown and feeling. Alright surprisingly because I drowned last night. Here I am one more time, My rhymes are at your shine. I'm ripping over ribbons life swimming through time. Sit back in unwined, Let your brain unravel. Slip sliding away like traveling on wet gravel, Ain't no need to battle if knee P ya
Exaltation, my God of salvation The field and there in will be filled with jubilation The lord reigns will be proclaimed amongst the Nations We don't have no time for patience
Heavens rejoice and the earth will exalt Oh no, come swing back like a catapult The sea and its fullness will roar He is our help and our shield our soul yearns for the lord Burning God of Yaacov everlasting stronghold Break down the door I can't hold back no more Wait all night long, until the early morning Like night watchmen wait for the dawning
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Arise, be our help Place my trust in your kindness It's a must hoping in the God of deliverance Since way back when before time began Existing eternally, everlasting, rejoice in the name of his majesty so we sing
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Chant sweet melodies, utter hymns and sing praise to his name For he's alone exalted holy, Performing mighty deeds and making new things, Sowing righteousness and creating healing He spoke, the world came into being Master of praise, renews each day Redeems and saves, continuously, blessed is his name Making great lights, creating luminaries Abounding in mercy Won't you grant me? Understanding To perceive, all the teachings in your Torah of love, existing eternally, lead me
Ani auni vevyone. Hashem yashav li. Ezrati, umafalti, atau. As for me, I am poor and destitute. Hashem my God will think about me. My help, my rescuer, you are.
My word is like a hammer like a shattering rock, crack through your heart and take the evil apart
From the end of the earth unto you I call, time and again I fall, back to you I crawl You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy Enemy, enemy lines I find I let myself get tied up too many times You can't have my heart I'm taking back what's mine I know it lie just smoke in your eye and you saved my soul from the other side
When faint grows my heart to a rock that too hard for me to climb alone lead me For you have been a refuge
With you I smash a troop and with my God I leap over a wall May the king answer you on the day that you call Stand tall, battle yawl, the clouds crawl low, all stalled, heavens lay draped over New York like a prayer shawl, the holy one enthroned upon the praises of Israel
Pathways of my heart clogged like a traffic jam From the start, I want to take the blockage apart
Ani auni vevyone. Hashem yashav li. Ezrati, umafalti, atau. As for me, I am poor and destitute. Hashem my God will think about me. My help, my rescuer, you are.
My word is like a hammer like a shattering rock, crack through your heart and take the evil apart
From the end of the earth unto you I call, time and again I fall, back to you I crawl You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy Enemy, enemy lines I find I let myself get tied up too many times You can't have my heart I'm taking back what's mine I know it lie just smoke in your eye and you saved my soul from the other side
When faint grows my heart to a rock that too hard for me to climb alone lead me For you have been a refuge
With you I smash a troop and with my God I leap over a wall May the king answer you on the day that you call Stand tall, battle yawl, the clouds crawl low, all stalled, heavens lay draped over New York like a prayer shawl, the holy one enthroned upon the praises of Israel
Pathways of my heart clogged like a traffic jam From the start, I want to take the blockage apart
Ani auni vevyone. Hashem yashav li. Ezrati, umafalti, atau. As for me, I am poor and destitute. Hashem my God will think about me. My help, my rescuer, you are.
My word is like a hammer like a shattering rock, crack through your heart and take the evil apart
From the end of the earth unto you I call, time and again I fall, back to you I crawl You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength in the face of the enemy Enemy, enemy lines I find I let myself get tied up too many times You can't have my heart I'm taking back what's mine I know it lie just smoke in your eye and you saved my soul from the other side
When faint grows my heart to a rock that too hard for me to climb alone lead me For you have been a refuge
With you I smash a troop and with my God I leap over a wall May the king answer you on the day that you call Stand tall, battle yawl, the clouds crawl low, all stalled, heavens lay draped over New York like a prayer shawl, the holy one enthroned upon the praises of Israel
Pathways of my heart clogged like a traffic jam From the start, I want to take the blockage apart