‘New Name’ has an anthem quality, with Jah9’s trademark clarity of voice, enunciation and solemnness of message all colliding in a milestone piece of music. If four and a half minutes could begin to capture the magnetism of Rastafari for this rising generation, ‘New Name’ would be it.
[Chorus]
New name
King Rastafari
Weakheart a tremble when them hear it soun'
New name
Power of the trinity
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne with a new name
King Rastafari
Weakheart a tremble when them hear it soun'
New name
Haile Selassie I
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne
[Verse 1]
Today man sees all his hopes and dreams
Crumbling before him while he plots and schemes
Hard way, so him chose fi learn
Then waan fi curse the fire when him plans get burnt
But I know, cause as a Jah say
The truest resurrection is spiritually
And the key to the comfort is to free the word
Knowing not just believing how the prophecy revealing
[Chorus]
With the new name
King Rastafari
Weakheart a tremble when them hear it soun'
New name
Power of the trinity
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne with a new name
King Rastafari
Weakheart a tremble when them hear it soun'
New name
Haile Selassie I
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne
[Verse 2]
(Wooooho)
She screams in pain, another life descends into the physical plain
Young mama frighten as she wraps her brain
Around the work she has cut out for her, she must maintain
But I know, cause as a Jah say
The youth them is the future, let them lead the way
Just nurture and prepare them, for the present day
With the word and the example of his imperial majesty
[Chorus]
The new name
King Rastafari
Weakheart a tremble when them hear it soun'
New name
Power of the trinity
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne with a new name
King Rastafari
Weakheart a tremble when them hear it soun'
New name
Haile Selassie I
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne
[Verse 3]
Know the Christ
The way, the truth, the light
Know the Christ
The example, the exemplar and the prototype
Do you know the Christ consciousness
Are you aware of what the prophecies will bring
The spirit of the most high in our king
Trumpets sounding in fulfilment, as the righteous gathering
[Chorus]
Under a new name
King Rastafari
Weakheart a tremble when them hear it soun'
New name
Power of the trinity
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne with a new name
King Rastafari
Braveheart assemble when them hear it soun'
New name
Power of the trinity
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne with a new name
King Rastafari
Israel assemble when them hear it soun'
New name
Power of the trinity
Lion of Judah
Return to the throne
With a new name
(King Rastafari)
New Name was written by Jah9.