Mystery Babylon, Your Queendom has
Fallen (to the ground)
And Ra'ab, a Ethiopa is callin'
Gimme back mi gold, mi ruby and diamond (x2)
Mystery Babylon, Your Queendom has
Fallen (to the ground)
And Ra'ab, a Ethiopa is callin'
Send my sons and daughters back home
All them who call out jah jah name (x2)
Take back ya pound, ya schilling and dollar
Take back ya chink, ya roach and mosquito (x2)
Fallen (to the ground)
And Ra'ab, a Ethiopa is callin'
Gimme back mi gold, mi ruby and diamond (x2)
Mystery Babylon, Your Queendom has
Fallen (to the ground)
And Ra'ab, a Ethiopa is callin'
Send my sons and daughters back home
All them who call out jah jah name (x2)
Take back ya pound, ya schilling and dollar
Take back ya chink, ya roach and mosquito (x2)
| VH1 (Germany) | Posted: Apr 25, 2013 - 08:02 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
| cShaggy | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 02:13 rdo wrote: I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really like this song. ..no, really?..me too too too too too too too (*ADD sets in*).. |
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 07:22 rdo wrote: I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really like this song. Are you sure about that? ![]() Good tune. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 18:29 I really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really like this song. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 18:11 |
| pianocomposer (Springfield) | Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 08:27 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: I had tickets to see Peter for the 15th(?) of September 1987 at the Hollywood Bowl. Being a poor college student at the time I needed my 40 bucks back. Stupid me... Peter was an inspiration the likes of which that few others can come close to. Tosh died on Sept. 11th, 1987 after returning to the country from a tour. It seem unlikely that you had tickets for a concert happening 4 days later, but I can't prove it. |
| mistabird (frei republik allgäu) | Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 15:48 Peter Tosh ist sehr gut, gibt es auf RP CIMARONS ?? das wäre mal eine super idee |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 04, 2011 - 12:06 I'll dance to this... |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Sep 04, 2011 - 11:57 bills got the revolution goin on today where the lions are and mystery babyon bless us all did i just hear rehab ethiopia ?? |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 02, 2011 - 11:59 Wow, I can't believe it's a reggae song that I really like - 10. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Dec 29, 2010 - 10:03 rascal420 wrote: Nothin against the prophet Marley, but there's more to reggae music than Marley or white guys singin' irie, which always seems to intrigue commercial radio. Yeah, how dare white guys sing reggae. It cuts into the Marley profits from commercial radio. Segregation is alive and well, it seems. |
| gatorade (Ocean Park, WA) | Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 17:39 Up and dancin' |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Oct 01, 2010 - 13:01 helgigermany wrote: Nice! Peter Tosh in the middle of...Jamaica!!?? Not sure if that photo was taken in Jamaica or not, but I know for sure it's NOT in my backyard! Pete, if you're out there somewhere kickin' back in the great beyond, PARTY ON DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 23:10 treatment_bound wrote: I always wondered what true rastas like PT & Marley thought about Zep's famous stab at reggae (D'yer Mak'er) which we just heard before this cut. Nice! Peter Tosh in the middle of...Jamaica!!?? |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 22, 2010 - 17:28 treatment_bound wrote: I always wondered what true rastas like PT & Marley thought about Zep's famous stab at reggae (D'yer Mak'er) which we just heard before this cut. Can't. Stop. Staring. At. That. Cover. Visual-contact-high? |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 11:25 I always wondered what true rastas like PT & Marley thought about Zep's famous stab at reggae (D'yer Mak'er) which we just heard before this cut. |
| Bat (Austin) | Posted: Jun 21, 2010 - 12:51 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: I had tickets to see Peter for the 15th(?) of September 1987 at the Hollywood Bowl. Being a poor college student at the time I needed my 40 bucks back. Stupid me... Peter was an inspiration the likes of which that few others can come close to. If you really did need your $40 back then it sounds like you were lucky to sell the tickets. He died a few days before that show. |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 03:34 Ahhh Babylon |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Jan 14, 2010 - 08:33 Now we're talking!! |
| rascal420 (Cold and snowy, CA) | Posted: Jan 11, 2010 - 17:07 Saliby_Br wrote: It is very nice to hear a Peter Tosh song instead of Bob Marleys, a change is good from time to time. Nothin against the prophet Marley, but there's more to reggae music than Marley or white guys singin' irie, which always seems to intrigue commercial radio. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 13:26 godspeed wrote: godlike! Yes... absolutely awesome... |
| godspeed (maui) | Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 13:24 godlike! |
| mcYammer (Beervana) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:22 It is no mystery, we make war history. We Babylon. |
| jarrudy (Rocky Mountains) | Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 08:21 |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 16:05 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: I had tickets to see Peter for the 15th(?) of September 1987 at the Hollywood Bowl. Being a poor college student at the time I needed my 40 bucks back. Stupid me... Peter was an inspiration the likes of which that few others can come close to. What terrible timing! My sympathies, Oscar. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 12:22 This groovy reggae is soooo good for the ears... and the hips... |
| cochlear (Kauai, Hawaii) | Posted: May 31, 2009 - 16:02 Art_Carnage wrote: What a steaming pile of crap. Next song please. Ordinarily, I don't favor the reggae style of ...what, ...music? This feels like an ordinary day. ![]() |
| bmccaul (within 200 miles of Paradise) | Posted: May 06, 2009 - 20:13 starfishNcoffee wrote: Sounds like Lucky Dube. Must be an oversight... |
| starfishNcoffee (Brooklyn, NY) | Posted: Apr 05, 2009 - 06:47 Sounds like Lucky Dube. |
| Oscar_the_Grouch (In my trash can) | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 18:16 I had tickets to see Peter for the 15th(?) of September 1987 at the Hollywood Bowl. Being a poor college student at the time I needed my 40 bucks back. Stupid me... Peter was an inspiration the likes of which that few others can come close to. |
| HarrO (Just Down the Hill from Paradise) | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 22:32 Oh Ja Ya |
| cathenley (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 22:31 |
| myrabrrz (utopia) | Posted: Jan 25, 2009 - 08:26 great breezy sunday morning music! thanks! |
| Alafia | Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 14:37 There are many good reggae musicians out there, but for ME, Tosh's voice will always be THE voice of reggae. |
| Saliby_Br (Outer space) | Posted: Oct 22, 2008 - 14:35 It is very nice to hear a Peter Tosh song instead of Bob Marleys, a change is good from time to time. |
| kellis | Posted: Sep 27, 2008 - 17:24 Lovin' the Peter Tosh! Big thanks to RP for introducing me to his music ![]() |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 22:48 Yup, this sucks. |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 22:45 What a steaming pile of crap. Next song please. |
| linz_bobinz (the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead) | Posted: May 21, 2008 - 22:58 dedicated to my Aunt Ruth and also to her main coon cat "Tosh" R.I.P. |
| moneygrip (Indy) | Posted: Apr 20, 2008 - 11:23 happy 4-20. R.I.P Mr Tosh |
| a_genuine_find (boottlaces caught in the escalator of Life) | Posted: Apr 16, 2008 - 07:28 ![]() |
| garthwb (Emerald Isle) | Posted: Apr 16, 2008 - 07:26 Fight dem bumboklaat Babylon! R.I.P. Brother Peter! If you like Peter Tosh, get yourself a copy of the documentary Stepping Razor/Red X, really great insight into the man and the times, a lot of it features his voiceover from the Red X tapes that he was recording at the time of his death. Essential viewing. |
| andrewimft | Posted: Mar 19, 2008 - 23:14 From wikipedia entry on Peter Tosh: After an illustrious career with the Wailers and as a solo musician, he was murdered at his home. Though robbery was officially said to be the motivation behind Tosh's death, many believe that there were ulterior motives to the killing, citing that nothing was taken from the house |
| davem (Wishing it was Cuttyhunk) | Posted: Feb 17, 2008 - 11:56 While packing for my upcoming annual vacation in the West Indies, reading the negative comments below leads to the question: would you really be so miserable if you actually stepped out of your bungalow, put down your ipod, and went out and met the people? I hope not, because Reggae is what you will hear - and nothing else!! AND I CAN'T WAIT!! Would you really stay away from one of the most beautiful - physically and culturally - parts of our hemisphere because of the music? On second thought, please do stay away. Ya man. |
| sukilau (cellar dweller) | Posted: Jan 19, 2008 - 14:19 is he saying "stumblin' down in reeehab?" |
| dereksailor | Posted: Jan 19, 2008 - 14:17 |
| xkolibuul (Salmon below, osprey above) | Posted: Jan 12, 2008 - 21:15 Both versions of Downpressor Man are played regularly on RP |
| raggamuffin (Morton, IL) | Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 12:08 bupanishad2012 wrote: Ah, Tosh! At last I hear him on RP! Play "Buck-en-ham Palace" if you get a chance! Thanks!
It would be cool to hear Downpressor Man, first by Sinead and then Tosh himself. |
| bupanishad2012 (Springfield, Missouri) | Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 11:21 Ah, Tosh! At last I hear him on RP! Play "Buck-en-ham Palace" if you get a chance! Thanks! |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Dec 12, 2007 - 11:19 Intro scared me, but I like the song. |






