Salaam

by Tomlin Mystic, Friendly Fire Band

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Tomlin Mystic’s plaintive yet powerful voice echoes in his latest single Salaam as a call for peace all over the world in the wake of so much turmoil in the last few years. Riding a solid old school roots riddim played live by Friendly Fire Band and mixed by Robin Giorno, Tomlin Mystic exposes Babylon’s contradictions and deceptions, yet with the assurance that “Jah will keep them cool and calm”.

lyrics

Salaam means peace, and nothing else...

Babylon have us as stepping stones.
Get money fever, they will use their own
Babylon oppress us day by day
Anything that we have, they take it away
Say that we must talk but we have no say,
So much black bodies on display

Oooooh Salaam, Jah will keep them cool and calm
Oooooh Salaam, Jah will keep them cool and calm

Call out Jah Army when the wicked they swarm me (x3)
Send them lightning, earthquakes and Tsunamis

Babylon oppress us day by day
Anything that we have, they take it away
Say that we must talk but we have no say,
So much black bodies on display

Ooooh Salaam, Jah will keep them cool and calm
Ooooh Salaam, Jah will keep them cool and calm
Call out Jah Army, when the wicked they swarm me (x3)

credits

released May 12, 2023
Song and Vocals: Tomlin “Mystic” Taylor

Riddim By Friendly Fire Band:

Drums : Damon “Bongo Damo” Wilding
Bass: Jake Cunningham
Keys: Matt “Keys” Graham
Guitars: Robin Giorno / Lukas Daley
Backing Vocals : Lukas Daley