Sinéad O’Connor

Released: October 4, 2005

Songwriter: Karl Pitterson Burning Spear

Producer: Sly & Robbie

They tried to fool the black population
By telling them that jah jah dead
And they tried to fool the black population
By telling them that jah jah dead..
I & i knows jah - jah no dead - jah no dead

Jah no dead [5x]
Oooh nooo - jah no dead

My knowledge increase
My memory reflect
Marcus garvey did say

A rumour rumour rumour rumour rumour
Aah marcus say
A rumour rumour rumour rumour rumour
Aah marcus say - jah no dead
Jah no dead

It was I-man who say
Green and gold, it's the rainbow

The lion the lion decrowned the king
The lion the lion decrowned the king
Inna in adis abeba - aaafrica
Jah no dead - jah no dead no dead - jah no dead

Meet me at the bank of the beautiful river
When your journey has end
I & i will discuss about this matter
Jah no dead, jah no dead, jah no dead

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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