Steve's Golden Oldie #3: Jah Love! Dilute!

Golden Oldies are miscellaneous snatches of writing of mine scattered around the web. I'm republishing them here from time to time as a way of collecting it all in one place. These items are generally unrelated to the themes of this blog, so feel free to move on to other posts more on-topic. Or, enjoy ...

The following is a bit of silliness that I perpetrated on another, now inactive, blog of mine. It happened in a moment of inspiration fueled by my studies of Rastafarianism and the proximity of a Dr. Bronner's soap bottle.

And di messenger of Jah he say, “Do not be downpressed, mon; instead you muss say to oneself, ‘I and I will chant down Babylon!” By di One Love he say dat, mon. Listen children, he say: “All-God All-One Eternal Father All-One! If I and I am not for me, who am I and I? Nobody! Yet, if I and I am only for me, what am I and I? Nothing!” If not now, mon, when? You muss chant down Babylon! Chant down di duppies in you own mind, mon! Chant down di negativity! Reason wit’ I and I, smoke di holy ganja, an’ replace di negative wit’ di One Love Moral ABC’s ALL-ONE-GOD ALL-ONE-JAH FAITH! An’ don’ drink di soap mon! Dilute! Dilute! OK

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