Thorsten French Music - Blue Mountain Rise - Maroons History Version

Thorsten French Music - Blue Mountain Rise - Maroons History Version

Lyrics and Music: Thorsten French

[Verse 1]
Nanny warrior queen up inna di hills
Leading Windward Maroons with ancestral skills
Dem colonizer never know wi ways
Abeng horn sound through di mountain haze, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
(Fire inna mi soul)
(Can't control)
Mountains know mi story
Ancient roots run deep

[Chorus]
Rise up, rise up, we born fi be free
From di hills to di valley, dis a wi destiny
Rise up, rise up, mi people stand strong
Blue Mountain warriors, we been here so long
(Rise up, rise up)
(We rise up)

[Verse 2]
Watch how wi move through di mountain mist
Cudjoe and Nanny dem never miss
Plant trap inna bush, sound di warning drum
Send message cross valleys when babylon come

[Pre-Chorus]
(Fire inna mi soul)
(Can't control)
Mountains know mi story
Ancient roots run deep

[Chorus]
Rise up, rise up, we born fi be free
From di hills to di valley, dis a wi destiny
Rise up, rise up, mi people stand strong
Blue Mountain warriors, we been here so long
(Rise up, rise up)
(We rise up)

[Bridge]
From plantation we escape
Through di mountain path we make
Ancestors guide wi way
Night and day, we nah stray
Maroon blood inna mi veins
Breaking every chain
(Oh-oh-oh)
(Yeah-yeah-yeah)

[Solo]
(Drums of warning)
(Rise up now)
(Abeng calling)
(Stand up proud)

[Verse 3]
Sister Nanny spirit live today
Blue Mountain wisdom show wi di way
From Portland to di west, wi territory
Freedom story never end, you see

[Chorus]
Rise up, rise up, we born fi be free
From di hills to di valley, dis a wi destiny
Rise up, rise up, mi people stand strong
Blue Mountain warriors, we been here so long
(Rise up, rise up)
(We rise up)

[Outro]
Mi feel di power of di ancestors near
Blue Mountain daughter got nothing to fear
(Rise up, rise up)
(Forever blessed)
(We rise up)

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