Rastafari and Reggae

Dark Angel by Tribal Seeds:

 

Dark angel

Descending from the sky

Come to darken I night

She wiped away the years I cried

Which way does this angel...

 

Stride, yea now

I was in a rampage

Dwell in my lonesome

Talking to the ears of no one

Dwell in deep depression

Sad. In desperate need of someone

Building up mental sufferation

Asking for deliverance of just one girl

One to come cross my path and proceed on my road

 

Dark angel

Descending from the sky

Come to darken I night

She wiped away the years I cried

Which way does this angel...

 

Said I have her, said I had her

Said I want her, just don't need her

When you receive what you crave, you still wont be satisfied

The questions still roll in my mind

Yet I wouldn't leave her for false assumption

Don't want the company of depression

She's the one who answered the call

Lift I to my feet when my knees gave to the fall

And it was just one girl

It was just one girl

To hear I, hear I call

 

 

This is a song by the Rastafarian influenced band tribal Seeds.  It definitely has some of the symbols of the Rastafarian religion in the lyrics.  They say I instead of me in many places, which is part of the Rasta lingo.  The title might at first glance be of a negative connotation, but the “dark” in Dark Angel actually is a good thing for black is good to the Rastafarians. There is the feeling of a simple life with the line “if you receive what you crave you still won’t be satisfied.” The dark angel darkens the night and makes things better for the person in the story the lyrics are telling.

 

Another thing that is interesting about this band is that none of the members are black.  In fact they are all white which would be evil and bad in the Rastafarian religion.  This is an example of traditions changing.  Back in the day, this would not have been accepted, but as the generations pass, the Rastafarian religion is branching out to everyone.