Massilia Sound System
Massilia Sound System is a reggae band formed in Marseille, France in 1984. They developed a Provençal hybrid version of reggae, rub-a-dub and raggamuffin with lyrics in the French and Occitan languages, sometimes referred to as trobamuffin (from the Occitan word trobador and the musical style raggamuffin), though they have also performed in Portuguese and Italian. They incorporate many rhythms, beats and samples from the local tradition or other musical colleagues, and their lyrics indicate a profound parochialism for Marseille and the south of France in general.
Massilia Sound System re-popularised the city of Marseille in the 1990s, in conjunction with the success of Olympique de Marseille, the local soccer club. Along with that empowered an entire generation of young Marseillais with a positive identity, proud of their city and their capacity to embrace different cultural traditions.
Intra-regional links were formed with other groups, such as Claude Sicre's Fabulous Trobadors in Toulouse, Les Nux Vomica in Nice, and other reggae/ragga groups using the culture and language of the region.
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Sound System
by: Steel PulseDig the music Mr. DJ
Sound system (sound system)
Heavy rhythm
Disco jive, conquer I no.
Sound system (sound system)
Juke box jive can't cramp I style.
Sock it to me sister
Move and mash it mama
Feel the fashion father
Bop and bounce it brother..eh..
Yeh yeh yeh.....
At a boogie blues standing in the corner
Swinging to the dubs the DJ play eh..eh...eh
Dig the music Mr. DJ
Macka music wheel a spinning.
Suffer not a fe - we rhythm
Arise a humble, poor, oppressed and needy
Music dread
Brain food taste ripe
Want conciousness, well I head rest with Jah.
Seize the time
Can't stop I in I tracks no, no, no, so.
Dig the music Mr. DJ
Dig the music Mr. DJ oh wow!
Sound system (sound system)
Same old rhythm
Disco jive, drive I man wild no.
Sound system (sound system)
Got I man a swinging
Juke Box jive can't cramp I style.
Sock it to me sister
Move and mash it mama
Feel the fashion father
Bop and bounce it brother, oh wow
Real cool runnings cousin
Got to groove it granny
Got to so deh grandpa
Dip and doodle daughter
don't you dig it daddy?
Step and shuffle sonny
Hackle ankle Aunty
Bop and boogie baby
Sock it to me sister
Move it mash it mama
(3) Don't you dig it daddy