Greetings!
Music is an infection that can’t be cured, and music is a
healing agent that treats all people. Eddie Murphy’s new single featuring Snoop Lion is both an infection and a
healer and this paradox is accomplished through the new song “Red Light!”
From the time the introduction comes via the roll of the
drum and the setting of the bass guitar combined with the pick of the riddim
guitar, we know the message will be in the music. Proving us right, and setting in the ‘infection,’
Eddie Murphy sings “red light / stop right / there where you are / red light /
stop right / there where you are / out of the frying pan / into the fire /
burning down the people’s souls / my high anxiety / is getting higher / feels
like I’m gonna blow / gone is the breeze / it used to be so sweet / poison is
the wind that blows / it can’t be long / till the military comes / with a knock
– knock – knock on your door / alright….!
Establishing sweet balance, and acting as a healing agent,
Snoop Lion adds to the song by sing-jaying “pick up the pieces / let it begin /
cause this is the way that we flow / higher and higher and higher we go /
through dedication / self preservation / highly I Selassie I ….”
Impressing listeners’ even more, especially Caribbean
listeners, Eddie hails Marcus Garvey and makes note of the fact that since our
great leaders are gone, we’ve lost our way and darkness has become the day … we
need our rebels and leaders to step up again; if we don’t get that back, we’ll
have a ‘red light.’
For true Reggae lovers, this song is for you. It is authentic sonically and lyrically; what’s
more, Eddie and Snoop could have used their voices to sing about hype but
instead use their voice for message music and that should be applauded and
played!
Broadcasting in amplified sound, and taken from his upcoming
album called 9, catch Eddie Murphy featuring
Snoop Lion and the chune “Red Light” at the links below. You can also tweet your thoughts of the chune
to Team Eddie / Snoop >>> @EddieMurphy | @SnoopLion | @L3Magazine
P.S. As Bob Marley
once said, ‘one good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain,’ and this
my friend is good music!
