Reggae Legend Cocoa Tea Sends Strong Black Lives Matter Message In New Video For ‘Moving On’
Legendary reggae artiste Cocoa Tea has decided to do his part to help the Black Lives Matter protests for equality for black people around the world.
The movement has been very active on the streets throughout the United States and other parts of the world following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis on May 25.
Cocoa’s team released the following statement about the new video, which premiered on YouTube on June 10. “In honor of the protests happening all over the world, Colvin Scott, aka Cơcoa Tea, is sending a message of strength and love to everyone fighting for equal rights and justice, to let the world know that #BlackLivesMatter.”
Initially released in 1994, and produced by the late Bobby “Digital” Dixon, on the Black Woman & Child Riddim, this Rastafari anthem was also featured on Cocoa Tea’s Holy Mount Zion album released on Motown/Tamla records in 1997.
The video’s statement also read, “We’re not worried about your color, race, class, nor your creed, neither your nationality. As long as you are living in love and harmony, well, that is good enough for me! It should not be a black or white thing. It’s the joy and love, the unity we share everyday. People striving together for one goal. The unity and love. Far as the east is from the west, still our hearts bind us together. Love your brother as you love yourself. We all gotta care for someone else. Cause we’re moving on. Jah Jah people moving on… One love, one heart. It should not be a black or white thing. It’s the equal rights. Togetherness we share, everyday! If together we stand Lord, then divided we fall. But if we stand up for one and all, then we’ll trample down Babylon wall.”
The timely lyric video features shots from the ongoing protests around the world, and is shown through a filter to reflect that the struggle for equal rights is not new.
The opening verse of the iconic black rights and equality song rang throughout the latter half of the nineties and now adds strength to the BLM movement in 2020.
You’re a black man living inna America
they’ll call you African-American
you’re a black man living inna Canada
they’ll call you Afro-Canadian
You’re a blackman living in a England
they’ll call you Afro-Englishman
You’re a blackman living in Jamaica
they’ll call you Afro-Jamaican
but we’re not worried about race, colour, class nor your creed
neither your nationality
as long as you are living in peace, love, and harmony
well that’s good enough for me
cause we’re moving on
The video’s primary focus is on the unity of people for equal rights for black people around the world and how much Floyd’s death has moved people to join the cause.
The images displayed rouse strong feelings about the need for the violence against blacks to be abated and the need for more people to join the BLM movement for equality.
It’s a potent video for a potent cause and should be gladly received by the people of the movement as they continue to stand up for their rights. Watch the new lyric video below.