Road to Zion (feat. Nas) Lyrics
In this world of calamity, dirty looks and grudges and jealousy
And police weh abuse dem authority, media clowns we nuh know bout variety, boom
Ragamuffin sent to call me from de bush bungalow
betta watch it mek I clear out my voice now figarow
Emerge from di darkness wit me big blunt a glow
me hammer dem a slam and spectator get low
Some bwoy could a big like Bam Bam Bigelow
Buss off trigger finger trigger hand and trigger toe
A two gun mi have mi buss dem inna stereo
Hey, we got to keep it burnin, on the road to Zion man
Don't mek dem tek yuh Who dem took out
Jah will be waitin there we a shout, Jah will be waitin there!!!!
In this world of calamity, dirty looks and grudges and jealousy
And police weh abuse dem authority, media clowns we nuh know bout variety
Single parents weh need some charity
Yutes weh need some love and prosperity
Inside a broken dreams and tragedy
By any plan with any means and strategy
(Yeah, been waitin to do this track with you man, yeah, ha ha, yeah yeah)
You know (They know) you got to keep on walkin (Yeah) on the road to Zion man
(You gotta keep walkin y'all, yeah, yeah, you gotta keep...)
Sometimes I can't help but feel helpless
I'm havin daymares in daytime wide awake try to relate
This can't be happenin like I'm in a dream while I'm walkin
Cause what I'm seein is hauntin, human beings like ghost and zombies
President Mugabe holdin guns to innocent bodies
In Zimbabwe, they make John Pope seem Godly, sacrilegious and blasphemous
In my lifetime I look back at paths I walked, where savages fought and pastors taught
Prostitutes stomp in high heel boots
And badges screamin at young black children stop or I will shoot
I look back at cooked crack plus cars that pass by
Jaguars mad fly, and I'm guilty for materialism
Blacks is still up in the prison trust that
So save me your sorrys I'm raisin a Army
Revolutionary warfare with Damian Marley
We sparkin da irons marchin to Zion
You know how Nas be NYC state of mind I'm in
And police weh abuse dem authority, media clowns we nuh know bout variety, boom
Ragamuffin sent to call me from di bush bungalow
betta watch it mek I clear out my voice now figarow
emerge from di darkness wit me big blunt a glow
me hammer dem a slam and spectator get low
Some bwoy could a big like Bam Bam Bigelow
Buss off trigger finger trigger hand and trigger toe
A two gun mi have mi buss dem inna stereo
Hey, we got to keeps it burnin, on the road to Zion man
Don't mek dem tek yuh like who dem took out
Jah will be waitin there we a shout, Jah will be waitin there!!!!
Clean and pure meditation widout a doubt
Don't mek dem tek yuh like who dem took out
Jah will be waitin there we a shout, Jah will be waitin there!!!!
In this world of calamity, dirty looks and grudges and jealousy
And police weh abuse dem authority, media crush we nuh know bout variety
Single parents weh need some charity
Yutes weh need some love and prosperity
Inside a broken dreams and tragedy
By any plan with any means and strategy
Inside a broken dreams and tragedy
Yutes weh need some love and prosperity
Inside a broken dreams and tragedy
By any plan with any means and strategy
Hey,say I got to keep on walkin, on the road to Zion man
You know, you got to keep on walkin, on the road to Zion man

"In Zimbabwe, they make John Pope seem Godly, sacrilegious and blasphemous"
Is Nas talking about Pope John Paul II in that line?

this is an amazing song

so much respect for the rastafari.. theres so much insight in this song. just listen

skate...nah....nothing to do with the holy father....john pope was a bad man... mugabe is a far worse man, a dictator....they're saying mugabe is so bad john pope looks godly in comparison

the only John Pope that i know of is a Union general in the Civil war that lost at the second battle of bull run. and i don't see how he was a bad man... he supported freedman's rights not to mention He called for better and more humane treatment of Native Americans during his time spent out west.
Now President Robert Mugabe on the other hand is a killer, his policies have led to economic collapse and massive starvation over the course of the last ten years. But that could be blamed on war and drought.
i really don't get why mas decided to put down John Pope, do i have the wrong John Pope? or should Nas read up before referencing someone in a song?
David Bacon, The Jon Pope Nas is speaking of is John Pope II. (The pedophile priest.)
David Bacon, The Jon Pope Nas is speaking of is John Pope II. (The pedophile priest.)
Here's a link to some info. -- http://atheism.about.com/od/popejohnpaulii/a/sexualabuse.htm
Here's a link to some info. -- http://atheism.about.com/od/popejohnpaulii/a/sexualabuse.htm

this song really is in my top 5 ever... can never get get enough of it.. its deep and just sounds great.. amazing