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EYES  DON'T LIE

A day in the life of 'Benny.'Boy' Smith.Benny is in control. Or is he?  Forced to look the truth in the eyes. Does he like what he sees?

LET'S PLANT A SEED.


  Singer Benji Webbe-
  Group The Roottonics.
Written by            

  Anthony Wright       

PLANT S SEED 
VERSE 1
LET'S HARVEST LET'S PROVIDE
FOOD TO KEEP THE CHILDREN ALIVE.
DON'T LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN
THEM DIE.
DON'T LET THE CHILDREN
THEM BE FORGOTTEN.

CHORUS
LET'S PLANT A SEED
ONE TO HARVEST 
GRAIN AND CORN.
LET'S PLANT A SEED
ONE TO SATISFY
EVERY CHILD
THAT'S BORN.(X2)
VERSE TWO
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT
ALL THE BOMBS 
THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT
WE COULD BUY
ENOUGHH GRAIN
TO STOP THIS HUNGER
HAPPENING AGAIN.(X2)
CHORUS.......

SAXAPHONE SOLO.

VERSE THREE
THINK BEFORE
IT'S TO LATE
LET'S PUT SOME FOOD
ON THE CHILDREN'S PLATE.
LET'S HARVEST GRAIN TOMMOROW
TO END ALL THIS
PAIN AND SORROW. {X2)
HE IS WATCHING
AND HE SEES ALL
YEAH NOW

SO HEAR ME 
WHEN I SING
LET'S KICK
THIS EVIL THING.
HARVEST LET
JAH CHILDREN EAT
WE CAN HAVE 
THIS FAMINE BEAT
HAVE IT BEAT

 

VERSE 1
LET'S HARVEST LET'S PROVIDE
FOOD TO KEEP THE CHILDREN ALIVE.
DON'T LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN
THEM DIE.
DON'T LET THE CHILDREN
THEM BE FORGOTTEN.

CHORUS
LET'S PLANT A SEED
ONE TO HARVEST 
GRAIN AND CORN.
LET'S PLANT A SEED
ONE TO SATISFY
EVERY CHILD
THAT'S BORN.(X2)
VERSE TWO
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT
ALL THE BOMBS 
THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT
WE COULD BUY
ENOUGHH GRAIN
TO STOP THIS HUNGER
HAPPENING AGAIN.(X2)
CHORUS.......

SAXAPHONE SOLO.

VERSE THREE
THINK BEFORE
IT'S TO LATE
LET'S PUT SOME FOOD
ON THE CHILDREN'S PLATE.
LET'S HARVEST GRAIN TOMMOROW
TO END ALL THIS
PAIN AND SORROW. {X2)
HE IS WATCHING
AND HE SEES ALL
YEAH NOW

SO HEAR ME 
WHEN I SING
LET'S KICK
THIS EVIL THING.
HARVEST LET
JAH CHILDREN EAT
WE CAN HAVE 
THIS FAMINE BEAT
HAVE IT BEAT

A tale of mixed race  identity. A humerous but sad tale of one man's struggle with his mixed herritage. 

War- A speech by Selassie- sung by Bob Marlry- Until the philosphy  that holds one race superior is  finaly discredited and abandoned- every where is war.

First performed at the Butetown History and Arts Centre- Cardiff Bay.

ORIGINAL CAST

 

Written  by Anthony Wright and directed by Robert Marrable.

 

stranger ------------------Robert Marrable

Benny 'Boy' Smith-----Brian Taher

Tara                        -----Laila Mason

Take Away Man    -----Meady Mohamed.

Recorded to raise money fot the  Ethiopian farmin . see  face book page   Let's plant a seed.

Special thanks- to Leon Charles-  Drumpton-  And the Partridge Road Possee  

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