Biography:
Big Mountain are an American Reggae and Pop music act from San Diego, California, established in 1991. The band had a major hit in 1994 with a cover of Peter Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Way", which also featured in the soundtrack to the film Reality Bites.
The follow-up single , "Sweet Sensual Love" reached number fifty-one in the UK, while Unity, the album it was on, went on to sell over a million copies worldwide.
Their most recent album was Versions Undercover in 2008.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
The song as played in the youtube acoustic version
Intro:
A, E, D, A, E
A
I ya man have come to know
E
The movement looks strong
D
From reading the scriptures
A E
I know we ain't wrong, no
A
Jah Jah people work together
E
We help out one another
D
And we ain't got no time to lose
A E
Must teach the ignorant truth, so
A E D
More fruitful days
That is what the people need
A E D
More fruitful days, ah yeah
Can't wait for promises of salvation
It's time to free our people
With a promise of some dignity
Rise up and heal the situation
Hear you call, yeah, yeah
Rasta people must face our destiny
More fruitful days
That is what the people need
More fruitful days
Time to heal the hurtin'
More fruitful days
Seeking out the righteous
More fruitful days
Bm
Them a build their conspiracies
E
With no justice in sight
Bm
You just can't keep fillin' up the youth
D (<- not so sure about that one, sorry)
With all those dirty lies
A
It's about healin' people
D
Healin' the people
A
Healin' the people
I tell ya straight
Bm
If we take the time
E
You know, we will see
Bm
That to tell the youth the truth
D D7
Is the only remedy
More fruitful days
That is what we're fightin' for
More fruitful days
Time to heal the people
More fruitful days
Seeking out the righteous
More fruitful days
It's about healin' people (repeat 7 times)
And mashing down oppression
And rights in this ya nation
And seeking out the righteous
And teachin' right the children
Intro:
A, E, D, A, E
A
I ya man have come to know
E
The movement looks strong
D
From reading the scriptures
A E
I know we ain't wrong, no
A
Jah Jah people work together
E
We help out one another
D
And we ain't got no time to lose
A E
Must teach the ignorant truth, so
A E D
More fruitful days
That is what the people need
A E D
More fruitful days, ah yeah
Can't wait for promises of salvation
It's time to free our people
With a promise of some dignity
Rise up and heal the situation
Hear you call, yeah, yeah
Rasta people must face our destiny
More fruitful days
That is what the people need
More fruitful days
Time to heal the hurtin'
More fruitful days
Seeking out the righteous
More fruitful days
Bm
Them a build their conspiracies
E
With no justice in sight
Bm
You just can't keep fillin' up the youth
D (<- not so sure about that one, sorry)
With all those dirty lies
A
It's about healin' people
D
Healin' the people
A
Healin' the people
I tell ya straight
Bm
If we take the time
E
You know, we will see
Bm
That to tell the youth the truth
D D7
Is the only remedy
More fruitful days
That is what we're fightin' for
More fruitful days
Time to heal the people
More fruitful days
Seeking out the righteous
More fruitful days
It's about healin' people (repeat 7 times)
And mashing down oppression
And rights in this ya nation
And seeking out the righteous
And teachin' right the children
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