Track 10 from Protoje's #1 reggae album, Ancient Future, released worldwide on March 10th!

Produced by: Winta James

Artwork by: Stella Blu > instagram.com/bystellablu/ 

Purchase the album here: www.bit.ly/ancientfuture
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LYRICS

Protoje - Who Can You Call (2015)

30 pieces of sliver i said that was the price

you see the value man woulda put pon the blood of christ

for Joseph it was 20 they never liked his coat

for Bob a coulda more they never liked of what he spoke

inspite of all these notes i see the pattern them developing

Morality secondary to money greed and jealousy

thats how many fell you see and with that being said

i'd wondered if my brothers put a price upon my head

Ive heard that money makes friends and money makes foes

but money it is not all

cause when the dough ends and all the banks close

tell me who can you call 

Who can you call

I've seen empires fall and wither down to dust 

and all the money in the world it could not lift them up

most brilliant of ornaments crumble down to rust

because we put we faith in lust and disregard the trust

hell i know the rush

I've had the feeling take me over

the power in my hand when all the band over my shoulder

the bands of money coming in will change the ones around you 

be wise you know because it cannot stop you getting older but still

i admit that i get caught up in the game

saw the legends do it naturally i did the same

so I'm rolling round the city 

Ms. Jamaica deh den with me

Earth den pon me platter knowing all of this no matter

And do you think that with the last breath that you take 

You'll be sitting thinking bout the money that you made

houses that you lived in cars you drove the bills you paid

and yet it is the focus what we do and what we say

what we give we energy

so you spend your life a work

acting like the money will be with you in the hearse

leaving all you family and friends to fight and search 

that when you see the snakes come out and act like they deserve

like them put you on reserve

“Sudden Flight" is the third official video from Protoje's third studio album, Ancient Future. “Sudden Flight” is a call for the youth to avoid the quick riches of the street for a more righteous path. Protoje & Jesse Royal represent for the moral voice of Jah people with their sharp verses while Sevana’s incredible voice urges the brothers and sisters of J.A. and the world to maintain their faith, no matter the situation.

Protoje (@protoje) ft. Jesse Royal (@JesseRoyal1) & Sevana (@SevanaSiren)
Song produced by: Winta James (@overstand_JA)

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Written by: O. Ollivierre, P. James, A. Blake, J. Grey, A. Johnson, N. M. Thomas
Publishing: BMI, Dub Smuggla- ASCAP, BMI, BMI, Sunflower Entertainment Co., Inc. c/o Rufus Music Limited.
Performed by: Protoje, Jesse Royal & Sevana
Produced by: Winta James
Bass: Errol “Flabba” Holt. Guitar: Ranoy Gordon
Recorded at Tuff Gong & 2Hard Studios,Kingston Jamaica & Red Bull Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Winta James, Michael “Boxxy” Howell, Jeremy Harding & David
Mixed by James “Bonzai” Caruso
Contains an interpolation of “Gunshot” written by Anthony Johnsonand Nkrumah Thomas and published by Sunflower Entertainment Co., Inc. c/o Rufus Music Limited

Protoje's 5th release from his #1 reggae album, Ancient Future, released worldwide on March 10th! Protoje says:" From the streets of Jamaica Coming Live and Direct!!! 'Sudden Flight' Ft. Jesse Royal & Sevana Now available on Soundcloud" Purchase the album here: www.bit.ly/ancientfuture 

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LYRICS

Protoje - Sudden Flight ft. Jesse Royal & Sevana

From the streets of Jamaica coming live and direct
Proto Diggy deh ya we nuh need no mic check
step inna the place no badda disrespect
Just a warn the Ghetto yutes about the choice wah dem a make BOOM

Ladi Dadi naa join nuh party
look wha the politician them do to Claudie
look wha the politician them do to Jim
him son resurrect it and look wah them do to him
cause them will use and dispose of you those who are close to you
if you choose to trod this road u nuh
so bredda bredda if you war tonight
carry the scars of a Garveyite
carry the fire of a Melchezideck
when you mind get a chance represent
or you might a no pass the present so
no take them class love you fast then resent you
want make it fast so them lost every cent too
so we go back to the ancient ways untold secrets that remained unchanged
mentally get unchained a one goal a one aim a the same wah you saying

(Sevana)
Got to stay through to the things you know are right
Nothing worth the gain you attain by Sudden Flight
Brother keep you goals in sight
even in the darkest night
have faith in the father the one who shines your light

(Jesse Royal)
Mercy me dem corrupt and covetous eeh
cause from me eye deh a me knee a one thing natty a see
the intellect a prey upon the poor poverty
nobody naa dance though a two party
oppression brainwashing and nefarious schemes
to keep the have-nots where they think they ought to be
I man hear promises of better when the poll time close
then a back to the same after winner announce
rockstone a river bottom never know say sun hot
so many a me brother them trap inna the plot
glock full a shot but no food inna pot
a wa wa wah kinda livity that
I an I a holla straight up wake up wake up Sons of Jacob
lay down their arms real tools you fi take up
stay up way up sons of Jacob time to show the cowards what we made of

so you've made it tell me what’s the basis thinking its so basic
cruising in the A6
Naa thats an illusion in the matrix
when you miss the payments then they gon’ come and claim it
You have to be focused keep the brain fit keep the flame lit never twist it when you aim hit
so what i'm saying simple and it plain it all look the same when it flushing down the drain
watch dem as dem strutting up the lane with the rope gold chain
chrome suppin in a hand
Look up pon dem face touch a button if you can
just fi try take you place a no nothing fi dem man
but that no matter cause another come along
and a run the place badder hotter than the summer sun
boof i see the cycle a repeat playing god up in your palace
with disciples pon the street

Track 1 from Protoje's #1 reggae album, Ancient Future, released worldwide on March 10th! Share the vibes!

Produced by: Winta James

Artwork by: Keegan Simon - instagram.com/1ndividual

Purchase the album here:
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www.bit.ly/ancientfutureeur  (EUR)
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LYRICS

 Protoje - Protection  (2015)

(Mortimer)
A word unto the wise is enough
You can look but don't touch
My relations and such
Cause out here in this jungle we roam
Every King has his throne
And if you enter my zone
I vow Protect my Own, Protect my own
I will protect my own, protect my own

Bread basket from birth to the casket
Ive heard they been talking some words I look past it
I was brought up and taught of the tactics
And learned that the Lion nuh turn when dog barking
Watch who you burn who you spark with
And you haffi go earn if u want it
So we nuh concern with who hawking
When them spit can't reach where we walking
Enemies in disguise wanna see my demise
Them nuh even realise jah nuh wrong dem
Cause i see that in life you achieve supmn’, nice
but achieve sumpn’ twice is a problem
Then, you can imagine what i face
Two up in the hand and another on the way
Plus i have another in the brain
And every other one a put the other one to shame

Sharp like the thorn crown pon christ head
But you know the flow hardough like slice bread
Lyrics melt the butter fi make a nice spread
But a nuh margarine i pull the margin in
Then stretch the margin out and if you marching out
And you inna doubt then march without me
I rather march alone than fi march back home
Tell me Queen say me lost the throne, No
This was built on the power of the truth
Discovering the cowards and empowering the youth
If you give dem a minute dem devouring the fruit
And within an hour call it sour and chop the root
You nuh see it? No skill like Bibbi pon me feet
But drop me pon the riddim watch the clarity weh speak
Ain’t no parity between what we have and what we need
So strength out to the wise and protection for the weak.

Track 6 from Protoje's #1 reggae album, Ancient Future, released worldwide on March 10th!

Artwork by: Kokab

Purchase the album here: www.bit.ly/ancientfuture
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LYRICS

Protoje - Love Gone Cold ft. Sevana (2015)

I know you think about me every night
especially when he ain't treating you right
I guess it didn't go according to plan
try to replace me with a simpler man
The streets of kingston yeah they do get so cold
to think you thought that they were covered with gold
Now everybody's got your story to tell
i hope you handle it well

(Sevana)
Love gone cold
gave you all i had yes i played my role
cannot give you more than that
I love you but I'm not coming back
You've done me wrong
Yet you keep repeating the same old song
But baby that won't change the fact
I love you but I'm not coming back

Girl naa show man no decency
did all believe up to recently
change her mind oh so frequently
and me can't operate pon that frequency
times she'd a deh pon the P's and Q's
start act different she seem confused
all a the things weh she keep consume
carnival a come and she need costume
me waa left from the gliding lights
she just care bout the friday nights
from sunset back to broad day light
and she coulda be the Queen if the card play right
but she woulda rather be the ace
all a the fun wah she take out of the chase
want make a run but me nuh in a the race then
but such is the case when

Now you calling in the dead of the night
like i made up the things you did in my mind
you have no respect and you don't even try
out there playing games, always telling lies
Look what you look what you just look what you did
don't you care about my feelings
there was a time when what we had was true
now those days are gone there is nothing left to do

Now you're alone with all those secrets you keep
Keeping you up and you can't go back to sleep
sleeping around to find a happier place
placing your heart inside a lonelier space
i guess you thought things would get better with time
not knowing what we had was one of a kind
now you're afraid to look at who you've become
an empty soul on the run

Track 2 from Protoje's #1 reggae album, Ancient Future, released worldwide on March 10th! Share the vibes!

Produced by: Winta James

Artwork by: Keegan Simon - instagram.com/1ndividual

Purchase the album here:
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LYRICS

 Protoje - Criminal  (2015)

Dem a Criminal naa follow dem take wha dem want then dem gone back again
Dem a Criminal naa go them feast, we nuh retreat we just gone to the east
Dem a Criminal but a we follow Jah law see dem a fraud with them tra la la la
Them a Criminal oh Them a Criminal Na Na Na NA

Jah a the main shield
The eye dem stay peeled
The music stay real fi pickney pon the play field
Baby in the stomach, mummy now the pain real
Headphone pon her belly watch him stay still
See The son a shine see how the reign feel
Jah beg u keep him dry i beg i pray fi him
Fi the man den weh a chop it up a grange hill
To the man dem weh a cut it in a cane field
Dem lock up Leonard Howell fi sell Selassie face
Dat couldn't stop the message this a Selassie place
A that you hear we reppin ask about what happen
Pon September 11, 1987
Then them kill we bretheren- Tosh and Free I
So Rasta Reggae Radio could never see the light
Gwaan No believe in I, say i a Levi
Trod with the Simeon So act like u nuh see me.

The Son arise before the sun arise
some despise it a so me summarise it
See some a eyes it wah sit weh I sit
Create a crisis but jah come give me ises
uh huh…. Them send them dogs to the synagogues
but the lions align against the giunea-gogues
Mr. Inquisitor caa go see it pause
Home of Marcus, His Majesty did visit yaad
Me envision them timing a go critical
dem select the pawn fi lef’ it sticky poon we
Walter did warn we, Boukman did born deh
and go Haiti and revolution start, yeah
The same man dem in a Jacket and tie
A dem a pack the supply and attract you to buy
But that is a lie just fi try stack it up high
Well I never oblige I attack and survive

Protoje's 4th release from his upcoming album Ancient Future, "Bubblin"!Produced by: Winta James, Diggy British & Paris Lamont. Check it out!

BUBBLIN' LYRICS

Feel free to get lifted
Young, fit and gifted
And as we gather to take part in this ancient tradition

Chalice full of water, ashes you nuh see
Zuggu light the matches burn the stash inna Kutchie
Lucky say me have it so as it chop and reap
Chucky say him have it him will go for 'cause of me
Nuff inna the duffel have it stuff you shoulda see
Rougher pon the government free up economy
Make them know say it a carry healing property
Stack it tree pon toppa tree and sip it like a cup a tea
I can remember how them puff it pon the lane
Dougie dread them set it yeah him a did one of them
First a did a Collie now a Kush a just the same
'Cause when time Sunday morning come a one thing a remain say it

Bubblin', bubblin', bubblin'
Bubblin' over this morning, yeah yeah yeah

Me have the stash inna the back weh prettier than Mona Lisa
Fresh up out the freezer, love it when it keep so
Any politician say a coulda Hanna Lisa
Slave owner law, come tell me you nuh see it so
Get up out you seat and do something for the people
Plan up and them gang up fi do wrong under the steeple
Mineral me creep to, strictly river water
Stash it in a charter fi bun it with me father
Him give weh the brawta nothing no change at all
Him tell me from the start so me know da world ya small
I can remember the days of Taylor Hall
Me, him and Damion Crawford, dem time the chalice used to

Jah9 say a steam, she put no fire to her green
Shell pon top of gritty as we sip it and agree
Say these trees, at least, no come from overseas
Unlike them food them carry in weh full up a disease
Take a breeze, take a seat, take a piece
Deh beside the general but you can sit at ease
Make some memories and forget some memories
With family and friends and the friends a the family we

“Answer To Your Name" is the fourth official video from Protoje's third studio album, Ancient Future."Answer To Your Name" is a time capsule to 1970s Brixton over a ska influenced backdrop produced by Winta James and Lewis Planter. "This song for me transports you directly to the early 70's which was a crucial time in Jamaican history. I challenge anyone not to dance when they hear this, it is infectious". diggy british 

Answer To Your Nameis the 3rd Official single from the album Ancient Future,produced by Winta James and Lewis Planter.Pre-Order out now bit.ly/ancientfuture. Check out!

 Lyrics

ANSWER TO YOUR NAME

Like to tell you a story about a girl I know

Or should I say a girl I used to know

1971 inna England

Fresh off the plane to my dame inna Brixton

No, she never ask 'bout flight

Two month now no telegram write

Hey, she send taxi fi I

She gone a some house party tonight

So call me artical like

Make a few call get a couple invite

Inna the place me gone

Never leff Yard from the day me born

Right up front who me staring pon

You can tell say a she by the way she gwaan

Christine, Christina, Crystal

Try all a dem and she still never respond

Understand, catch a pree from a distance

Man hand gone inna pants fi a six-pance

Whoa! Tuff guys beside her

She naa reply when I say hi to her

So dem go try bring violence in the parr

Need I remind these kind that I nuh war

So me turn fi walk away

But a likkle voice in my head start talk to me

Tell me walk right pass her

To the sound, take the mic and ask her

Girl! Why don't you answer to your name?

Girl! Why don't you answer to your name?

And girl I know you see me

And you know I see you too

So what is it gonna be

Tell me what you wanna do

What's with this great mystery

After all that we been through

Now you're refusing to look my way, eh

My likkle darling

Know she stay so from morning

Where she grew was appalling

Want fi make it right so she take the flight

Heard the city lights calling

From the day she been crawling

All she hear bout is foreign

Say we a keep the link

Now wah me fi think see the plans dem sinking

Deep, new year reach

Accent gone pon all part a you speech

Don Gorgon dem u waa fi go meet

Like she be the real topanaris a street

Please, watch how me calmness a do it

Naa bat a lid, as a morning I leave

But how me fi walk right pass you miss

Haffi look inna you eye and ask you this

And I know you know what I'm talking about

Girl see you in the crowd and act like she don't know

But me naa take no stylin', no punkin' or no joke

(huh?)

Girl why you dweet (Girl why you dweet!)

Girl why you dweet (Girl why you dweet!)

No it no sweet (No it no sweet!)

No it no sweet (No it no sweet!)

Protoje breaks down the history and process behind the making of the Ancient Future album. Check it out!

Protoje says:" I am very pleased to announce the release of my 3rd album Ancient Future.  I hope you enjoy listening to this album half as much as we enjoyed playing it for you!  Tell a friend to tell a friend!" Ancient Future is now available on all major digital markets such as itunes. http://bit.ly/ancientfuture

Protoje's 6th release from his #1 reggae album, Ancient Future, released worldwide on March 10th! Purchase the album here: www.bit.ly/ancientfuture 

Purchase the album here: www.bit.ly/ancientfuture
Follow @protojeProduced by: Winta James

LYRICS

Protoje - All Will Have To Change (2015)

I say we all will have to change
In each his own way
Only Jah can judge a man
And so i gotta do my own thang

I said I'm at the Reins
Steering it like how i said it woulda been
Cant overstand say the ones who shoulda friends
dem woulda pretend you and dem no good again
Wadada Deng but that no matter on ya
Evil a scatter when me satta massagana
Nah follow back a none a dem who woulda want you
take it to the top but if you drop dem woulda scorn you
but sure as the leaves shall fall from trees
I assure babylon shall fall to knees
overstand everyone you can't go please
so from you blessed don't be stressed go your own way

You shoulda seen me in my room
Mic stand it was a broom
Nine years old with a vision and a tool
now the camera dem a zoom with the flash that coulda blind
Darkness it brings flash back inna me mind
Now I'm back upon the grind something like you've never seen
Fresh up out the cage now i switching up the team
tidy up the house spic and span it till it clean
life lessons learned let me tell you what i mean
Let no amount of money come between we
that was said evidently they never feel me
So when they show you who they are better believe it
And saw my friends start drifting away

I keep hear a revolution time
but me want fi hear some evolution of mind
tired fi hear bout all the doctrine
Cause no matter what them say me say the clock still spin
and though we all try to hold on
even though letting go wouldn't be so wrong
then you will find out life goes on
facing all that you doubt is what makes you strong

"Criminal" is the fifth video from my third studio album Ancient Future, and it was important to me that it was presented as a lyric video. The lyrics are loaded with historical references and touches on some very serious issues in Jamaica's political landscape. In my opinion, it is one of the most important songs on Ancient Future! #Protoje

Exclusive video interview with Protoje @ Reggae.Today during his last tour in Italy, booking by Diwali Ent, check it out!