"Oh Jah Jah" adalah sebuah lagu reggae yang dirilis pada tahun 1980 oleh penyanyi Amerika, Eddie Murphy. Lagu ini berisi lirik yang kuat dan bermakna, yang berbicara tentang ketidakadilan sosial, rasisme, dan kemiskinan. Murphy menggunakan musiknya untuk menyuarakan keresahannya terhadap kondisi masyarakat pada saat itu, dan menyerukan perubahan positif. "Oh Jah Jah" menjadi salah satu lagu reggae terpopuler di tahun 1980-an dan masih sering didengarkan hingga saat ini.
Oh Jah Jah Lyrics
Eddie Murphy
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Sing it loud
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Goodness gracious Lord have mercy
The devil's on the move, and the world's gone crazy
Police in the streets shootin' down black babies
Holy allelujah for the young and the innocent
Yeah, run fo' yo life, the time has come
For us to strengthen our defenses
Ya, Babylon, ya know you don't belong
Ya may be old like di Zion
We're leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion
Leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion, yeah
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Goodness gracious Lord have mercy
Ya know I neva eva eva let the devil get the best of me
I saw the preacher take the nickles from the welfare babies
[?] the young man the innocent, yeah yeah
Protect the right, reject the wrong
Offends my sense, yea Babylon, ya know it won't be long
Till we be goin' back to Zion
We're leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion
Leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion, yeah
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Sing it loud
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Goodness gracious Lord have mercy
The devil's on the move, and the world's gone crazy
Police in the streets shootin' down black babies
Holy allelujah for the young and the innocent
Yeah, run fo' yo life, the time has come
For us to strengthen our defenses
Ya, Babylon, ya know you don't belong
Ya may be old like di Zion
We're leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion
Leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion, yeah
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Goodness gracious Lord have mercy
Ya know I neva eva eva let the devil get the best of me
I saw the preacher take the nickles from the welfare babies
[?] the young man the innocent, yeah yeah
Protect the right, reject the wrong
Offends my sense, yea Babylon, ya know it won't be long
Till we be goin' back to Zion
We're leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion
Leavin' Babylon, and goin' back to Zion, yeah
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Oh Jah Jah Yeeeeeee
