At Last

At last, my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh, yeah, at last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clovers
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to rest my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Oh, yeah when you smile, you smile
Oh, and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
At last

Valparaiso

Chase the dog star
Over the sea
Home where my true love is waiting for me
Rope the south wind
Canvas the stars
Harness the moonlight
So she can safely go
Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso

Red the port light
Starboard the green
How will she know of the devils I’ve seen
Cross in the sky, star of the sea
Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
Valparaiso

And every road I walked would take me down to the sea
With every broken promise in my sack
And every love would always send the ship of my heart
Over the rolling sea

If I should die
And water’s my grave
She’ll never know if I’m damned or I’m saved
See the ghost fly over the sea
Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
Valparaiso
Valparaiso
Valparaiso

>> Sting <<

Tea in the Sahara with you

My sisters and I
Have the wish before we die
And it may sound strange
As if our minds are deranged
Please don’t ask us why
Beneath the sheltering sky
We have this strange obsession
You have the means in your possession

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you

The young man agreed
He would satisfy their need
So they danced for this pleasure
With a joy you could not measure
They would wait for him here
The same place every year
Beneath the sheltering sky
Across the desert he would fly

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you

The sky turned to black
Would he ever come back
They would climb a high dune
They would pray to the moon
But he’d never return
So the sisters would burn
As their eyes searched the land
With their cups still full of sand

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you

Tea in the sahara with you
Tea in the sahara with you

>> Sting <<

Brown Skin

Oh na na na nah
Na na na na na na naah
Stu dup du dup du duu ohhh
Aye na na na na na na naaa
Ah dup du dup du duuu
Du du dup du du duuu aye

Chorus
Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms an
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin jus a wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring

Verse 1
The way you smile the way you attire the way you ginger up yourself
In every way you make my day you know i want you for myself
I see it in your eyes that its me its only me can love you so baby
Hot like a fire my hearts desire she pretty like ???

Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin jus a wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring

Verse 2
I want your full attention
Your love in every direction
In my songs your name will be mentioned
Ill give you love an affection
So glad that jah made a woman
What a match perfect combination
Multiply and bring forth the nation
I love you baby everyday brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye-brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Stu dup du dup du du
Ayeee ayyeee
Aye na na na na na na naahh
Ah dup du du du du
Du du dup du du duu
Stu dup du dup du du

Aye-brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Brown skin
Girl i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye-brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you bring
Brown skin yes i wanna wrap you wanna lock you in my arms and
Aye brown skin
Woman i love the vibes i love the spice i love the passion you

Brown Skin by Richie Spice

>> Ras Tafari <<

War

What life has taught me
I would like to share with
Those who want to learn…

Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war

That until there are no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man’s skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war

That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
It is war

That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be persued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war, war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,
South Africa sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed
Well, everywhere is war, me say war

War in the east, war in the west
War up north, war down south
War, war, rumours of war

And until that day, the African continent
Will not know peace, we Africans will fight
We find it necessary and we know we shall win
As we are confident in the victory

Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil
Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil.

>> Bob Marley <<

The Inspiration

Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. The idea for this project arose from a common belief that music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances between people. No matter whether people come from different geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds, music has the universal power to transcend and unite us as one human race. And with this truth firmly fixed in our minds, we set out to share it with the world.

>> www.playingforchange.com <<

The conference, organized by the Africa Genome Education Institute, has been called to consider the genetics and social-ethical aspects of human variation in colour and disease. This includes the biology of pigmentation, along with other related topics. Shriver explained in his address that skin-colour varies across as well as within continents. There was an enormous amount of variation especially within Africa, he said. He compared the light skin-colour of the Khoisan, for instance, with the dark colour of the Senegalese. There are also dark-skinned people in India who have evolved dark skins independently from people with dark skins in Africa, he said. Likewise, north Europeans and east Asians are both light-skinned, for different evolutionary reasons.

The variation was a clear indication of how complex skin colour could be. “There are dark-skinned populations in most parts of the world and extensive variation in pigmentation in most regions”.  However, by measuring skin-colour and looking at how it is affected by ultraviolet light, scientists have made some fascinating conclusions about how human beings have evolved, according to Shriver. “Skin colour and ultraviolent light intensity are correlated and this, with other features, makes us think that it has evolved as part of the process of natural selection”.

A high pigment content protects people from sunburn, some types of cancer, prevents the suppression of the immune system and protects folic acid from photolysis. A low pigment content allows for enhanced Vitamin D synthesis, the beneficial suppression of the immune system (necessary to prevent ailments such as multiple sclerosis and diabetes) and protection from cold damage. “Pigmentation is quite fascinating and a beautiful aspect of human biodiversity,” said Shriver. But much was imagined and it would be hard to “take the human out of the equation”. Skin-colour and appearance were politically-charged and were likely to remain so.

Read full article here…

>> Lynne Smit <<