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I don't know if I succeeded or not, but I was trying for a combination of Industrial and Reggae here. I have not heard that combination before and I have looked around for an example. I'm sure someone out there has already done so.
Lyrically, the writing process was almost stream of conscious. All I knew going in was that there would a "Babylon Machine" causing problems for people. Eventually there would form a narrative of a battle between the Mesopotamian deity Pazuzu, ruler of the Babylon Machine, and Ras, a half-lion Rastafarian superhero. I also interpolated some lyrics from some of my favorite songs in between a couple verses.
lyrics
Here come da lion, comin' on da scene
Witnessin' destruction by de Babylon Machine
We see da phony leader on da screens dey lie
Oppressin' over you and over I & I
Flamethrowers burnin' down da forests of green
To replace with dere technocratic nightmare machines
Da world need a savior. It needs a scion
To bring da human race to da mountains of Zion
Machines of war turn everyting in sight
Into a technological cancerous blight
Babylon Machine flyin' high in da sky
Destroyin' da beauty of Ras Tafari
Great exploitation makin' I sick
Turnin' a wide-eye child into a cynic
Babylon spinnin' all of dere false tales
But de people on de ground are pullin' de veil
Da veil of Maya has been pulled from your eyes
Now ya get to see da lord of da flies
Babylon Machine hostin' a human zoo
Run by a demon. His name is Pazuzu
He want to put humans into slavery
Injectin' dem wit' nanotechnology
He want to create de ultimate schism
Get his cyborgs to march to da martial riddims
Focusin' now, here on ground zero
De rise of da Rasta superhero
His name is Ras and he will bring peace
He da second coming of Haile Selassie
Pazuzu still wanna swallow us whole
His cyberganja will eat at your soul
Ras and Pazuzu, da battle's begun
De unholy bells of da machine have rung
Cyberganja, cloned from da seed
Babylon calls it da legal weed
Ras had seen it destroy Jamaica
It's an abomination and a blight on Jah
Pazuzu infected it wit' nanobots
If one didn't ingest it den dey were shot
Ras had seen what it done to his town
Now da Babylon Machine is goin' down
Pazuzu's propaganda deep fake machine
Creates all da messages da zombies believe
Ras gained his power from da lion's heart
His spirit stay grounded, can't be torn apart
Ras wants humanity to wake up and see
And only den will humans be finally free
Ras has come because dey need to be saved
'Cause da Babylon Machine always needs new slaves
Babylon Machine launchin' da first strike
Pazuzu appear, he come on da mike
"Surrender, you fool. Isn't it quite clear
I de Archon of Powah, I de Archon of Fear"
But Ras, he not afraid. His strength only grows
Got da powah of Jah behind all of his blows
And now we celebrate all ya girls and boys
'Cause da Babylon Machine has been destroyed
Machine has fallen and da towers fall
No more of Laibach, it time for de dancehall
And Ras, like Moses, have to clean up dis mess
And lead all of his children tru de Exodus
Ras leads dem tru da deserted plain
He's hopin' dat dey don't all go insane
But at da very end, praise be to da lion
Ras and his people have all found Zion
credits
from
Kaijugoogoo,
released February 6, 2022
Lyrics interpolated, in order of appearance:
Cynic - Veil of Maya
Sean Malone, Jason Gobel, Sean Reinert, Paul Masvidal & Cynic
Morbid Angel - God of Emptiness
David Vincent
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like A Hole
Trent Reznor
Killing Joke - Follow the Leaders
Killing Joke
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