The Rain - Remembering Rainford

Version one and version two
Lee Scratch Perry!
I am a living man
Reign in Heaven!
I got work to do work to do
The old God and his young Prince
Cookie The Herbalist

The Rain
I am I am the I am!
The Rain is falling
On a summer night
To cool di earth
I bless di earth
To quench di thirst
And wash away di dirt

The pain
The pain ah vanish
Cool down cool down
And di chains ah burst
They shall no longer hurt
This is the King's rebirth
I am the Truth
The king's rebirth
I'm a Computer

And I
I came
In my teacher's name
In my teacher's name
In the name of the Rain
In the name of the Rain

Yes I
I came
To mek Babbywrong croll
Our order come from God
To mek dem fall and tek control once and for all

Dem try to kill di flesh dem coulda neva kill di spirit
The Rain teach I many things Him teach I ina rhymes and ina lyrics
Hear this yah words, di whole a dem ah full ah meaning
Heavy rain ah fall
You bow to di Rain
Full time now di evil get a beating get deleted get defeated
Ocean eleven; Holy Rain weh come from Heaven
Listen to di trees: Seven, Seven Seven
I came I saw

And I
I came
In my teacher's name
I'm on a righteous mission
Ina Rainford name
Rockstone Rain

The Rain
The Rain is falling
On a summer night
To cool di earth
To quench di thirst
And wash away di dirt
Booohh politician

The pain
The pain ah vanish
And all chains ah burst
They shall no longer hurt
Our order come from God
Roaaar!
You hear di Lion roaaar
Da one yah ah rhymes galore
Mek people ax fi more
Ax fi more

And I
I came
In my teacher's name
I repeat
In the name of the Rain
In the name of the Rain

Hear di clouds dem speak
Kill out di soul dem weh dutty and di heart dem weh weak
Listen to di mighty speech
Upsetting Upsetter came fi conquer came fi teach
Repent if ah forgiveness unu seek
Rain and Thunder
Lalalalightning
Babbywrong ah fall and go under
Dem getting nervous start fi wonder
Blood and Thunder; this yah one yah ah burning Rain
Fire
Bun out vampire and dem evil propaganda dutty Joncra!

And I
Vampire! Gonna pull out your teeth!
I came
In my teacher's name
Lee Scratch Perry! Upsetting Upsetter! Cookoo!
In the name of the Rain
Rainford name; Rockstone Rain
Remembering my Teacher Lee Scratch Perry
Rainford Rain Perry for ever and ever ever
Rastafari