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Dread Lion

by The Upsetters

on Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters: Super Ape & Return of the Super Ape (2012), Super Ape (1976), Best Of/20th Century (2004)

Dub call "Dread Lion"
Tough like iron

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots

We're dread lion
Dread lion
King of the forest, king of the jungle
Strong like iron

Dread lion
King of the forest

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots

Hey, hey!
Dread light

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots

Dread lion
King of the jungle, king of the forest
Strong like iron

Dread lion

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots..

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots

Dread lion
Dread lion

Dread lion!
King of the forest, king of the jungle
Strong like iron

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots..

The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots
The roots, the roots, the roots, the roots

Dread lion
Dread lion
Hey, hey!
Dread lion
Ooh, yeah
Dread lion
Dread lion