Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
Live if you want to live
(Rastaman vibration, yeah, positive)
That's what we got to give
(I'n'I vibration yeah, positive)
Got to have a good vibe
(Iyaman Iration, yeah, Irie ites)
Wo-wo-ooh
(Positive vibration, yeah, positive)
If you get down and you quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devils, I say, wooh
Why not help one another on the way?
Make it much easier (just a little bit easier)
Say you just can't live that negative way
If you know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
'Cause it's news (new day) news and days
New time (new time), and if it's a new feelin' (new feelin'), yeah
Said it's a new sign (new sign)
Oh, what a new day
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Rastaman vibration, yeah (positive)
I'n'I vibration, yeah (positive) uh-huh-huh, ah yeah
Iyaman Iration, yeah (irie ites) wooh
Positive vibration, yeah (positive)
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Pickin' up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us) up now?
Pickin' up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us) up now?
Pickin' up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us) up now?
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
(Rastaman vibration, yeah, positive)
That's what we got to give
(I'n'I vibration yeah, positive)
Got to have a good vibe
(Iyaman Iration, yeah, Irie ites)
Wo-wo-ooh
(Positive vibration, yeah, positive)
If you get down and you quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devils, I say, wooh
Why not help one another on the way?
Make it much easier (just a little bit easier)
Say you just can't live that negative way
If you know what I mean
Make way for the positive day
'Cause it's news (new day) news and days
New time (new time), and if it's a new feelin' (new feelin'), yeah
Said it's a new sign (new sign)
Oh, what a new day
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Jah love, Jah love (protect us)
Rastaman vibration, yeah (positive)
I'n'I vibration, yeah (positive) uh-huh-huh, ah yeah
Iyaman Iration, yeah (irie ites) wooh
Positive vibration, yeah (positive)
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
Pickin' up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us) up now?
Pickin' up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us) up now?
Pickin' up? (Jah love, Jah love)
Are you pickin' (protect us) up now?
Pickin' up?
Are you pickin' up now?
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Too bad people still haven't listened to him.
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eh marley was one of the best RIP but this song is all about how no matter what you have to have a good vibe keep your head up give off a positive vibration and he thought and was correct that the rastafari have that positive vibration
eh marley was one of the best RIP but this song is all about how no matter what you have to have a good vibe keep your head up give off a positive vibration and he thought and was correct that the rastafari have that positive vibration
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dis song used ta beh me fevorit song but now it is natty dread but alright song