"It's a pleasure." "It's an honor, to have" "Snoop Lion in my face." "Yes Lion, it's good to see the man, you know?" "And then... any kind of work that you are focused on doing, as long as it's Reggae," "I don't think you could come to a better man." "And I am very satisfied to know that, although I am here 65 years in Babylon," "I am still here doing what is expected, you know, as a Rasta man should." "Playing good Reggae music to enlighten the people globally." "Music is our tool, you know, it's our vessel." "It's our instrument." "So you're here in Jamaica to do some songs and make an album?" "That's a very serious one, you know?" "I'm feeling good to know that you are here to observe, you know and to see." "There's a lot more work to do, you know." "We got a journey, we got a hill to climb and to get over in this dramatic, musical expedition." "And I've been observing you and I've been praying through the power of the most highly Haile Selassie I." "Jah!" "Rastafari!" "Yeah, man!" "Come on!" "Yeah!" "Home grown." "Yea, I don't have a problem." "You're a studio man, and I'm a studio man... so I think it's, you know, it's appropriate." "Yes, of course." "Of course!" "I know that." "I miss my brother Bob and Peter because we had the kind of a..." "To be here now it's, it's lonesome." "They are not with us physically now, but they are forever with us through the spirituality of what they have left with us." "Right in Trench Town." "That's where we started, in Trench Town." "If you don't go through Trench Town as a musician, as an artist you have yet to go through Trench Town." "Bless up, Snoop Lion." "Bless up, Lion," "Rasta." "Straight up." "Yeah, the first time I met Snoop was in like '97, and we were both on the tour together." "You could tell that he has Rasta tendencies even before meeting him." "I mean, for example, the most obvious one is herb-smoking and he was one of those first hip hop stars that I heard come across and really be a big herb advocate." "Uncle Snoop!" "And that was something that" "I think a lot of Jamaican people can relate to." "Snoop came from the same kind of place that my father came from, and rose above the obstacles." "You know what I mean?" "In that kind of way, he has been able to inspire and shine light on a lot of youths who come from those areas also." "Yep." "The original." "Culture Yard." "Originally, over there, is where Bob Marley used to live." "Show him around." "And right here, this is where it all began, where Bob did his musical life." "Trench Town is actually the place where everything starts with Bob." "So the name "Trench" was named after this man." "He was actually Mr. William Power Trench, a wealthy Irishman who came here back in the 1700s." "He actually named the town himself." "Right, because he was actually living here at the time." "Until after when they left the land became a big squatter's settlement." "These are all persons from our community." "This man is the man, Mr. Vincent Ford." "Bob's mentor," "Bob's good friend." "And he was also like a father figure to Bob." "We call him "Tarta,"" "Tarta meaning father in Africa." "Right." "Right." "Back in those days police used to come here and take away the people's... sons." "A lady at the time was crying, police came and took her son and" "Bob and Tarta were sitting where it happened when the Police came and took away the little boy, and that's how that line came in:" ""No woman, don't cry."" ""Everything is going to be all right."" "So that's how that line actually came in." "So this is it right here." "The Lion of Judah." "So this represents the Rastafarian culture." "So the heart of the Rastafarian is also in Trench Town." "So Delroy Wilson was sleeping over in that yard right there." "Right over there." "And Peter Tosh left the kitchen and he went over there as well." "All this talent in this neighborhood." "Blaze up the fire." "Make the fire blaze." "Yes Jah Jah, we bless this chalice in the name of Jah Rastafari." "We call it the herbs and the Almighty gave us that privilege because He said we must use the herbs for our own benefits." "The herbs is a healing factor for both the mind and the body." "Good herb man!" "Rastaman live up!" "Rastaman live on, yeah!" "Yes Jah." "Give thanks and praise to the Most High." "Jah!" "We're going to the herb field in the mountain." "We are the hills, man." "Straight!" "You're in Blue Mountain Range." "Yeah, real Blue Mountain." "Yeah, the reason why we have to grow the herb down in this valley is because of Babylonians." "If you plant it nearby they will come and get it, but we always find some other way because they cannot stop us." "Don't rush it, my brethren!" "We know sacramental smoking herb, ganja, people just want to know why is it Rastafari smoke this sacred herb?" "That's why we burn our herb." "We don't burn it for folly and for fornication but we burn it as a sacrament." "We praise His Majesty when we smoke our herb." "Jah!" "Rastafari!" "Some families send away herb to get some money because you know, working in Jamaica with a company for ten years, all you get is hand-to-mouth wages." "It's just enough to pay your bills." "So right now, Our Father gave us the herb to make a living from it." "So we plant it, send it away, get some money to make the family more wealthy." "When I first heard about Snoop Dogg," "I thought you were a real Jamaican, you know." "Yeah, man!" "I'm telling you, Rastafari!" "You look like Snoop Dogg." "Snoop Dogg, who sings songs." "That is from Jah himself." "A nice empress, from Jamaica." "She made you a nice present." "Yes, Rastafari love it in the mountain, you know?" "In the mountain we shall be, you know?" "Plantains!" "And grapefruit!" "We have a drink we call "Ting" made from grapefruit." "You have to time it." "Rastafari, natural fruit!" "Sweet pegs from it tangerine, mangarine." "Real fruits, from the mountain." "Really tasty, you know?" "Nice." "Good afternoon, my young men." "With us we have our guest artist here, known as Snoop Dogg." "That is how he is introduced, so don't ask me his correct name." "We're gonna roll the rhythm, Sister." "Roll it." "Same tune." "Ride it out, man." "This is West Kingston." "Tivoli Gardens." "Dudus, the President, comes from here." "You heard a lot about that." "Dudus Family" "Yes, I'm Dudus' uncle." "And around here, it's not running right." "Things have not been running right since Dudus is not around." "He's a good man to the community." "Everybody loves him." "He makes sure everyone is OK, made sure the children went to school and are well taken care of." "And people lived good amongst one another, but since he's not been here," "things have been broken up." "The government has changed, that's what they say, and things are getting worse." "Politicans aren't helping the poor." "They're helping the big guys, and they don't do anything for the poor." "Straight from Westmoreland." "Straight from West." "High grade." "Real Jamaican ganja." "It's a private thing so you have to keep it private because it's not legal." "Even if you get caught with a spliff, you are going to get locked up." "Hail Our God Jah Rastafari Emperor Haile Selassie I" "Who lives and reigns through the heart of all flesh." "Crowned King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, elect of God, light of Himself." "Princes and princesses shall step forth out of Babylon and redeem." "Oh Thy Most High Eternal Father, God Emperor Haile Selassie I, Jah!" "Rastafari!" "Blaze it!" "Fire upon Rome." "When Dudus was here we didn't have to be hiding and smoking." "We could have been outside on the streets doing this." "This is Block Strikers, where we were born and bred." "The name of your block where you hang out, you give it a name." "That's what we do here, too." "We've got Strikers..." "Strikers." "Show some love to Snoop Dogg!" "Show some love to a real brother!" "Damn, motherfucker!" "You hold it like a bitch." "You can't even manage it, blood!" "You don't feel me, blood!" "Talking all shit, man!" "What the fuck you saying to me?" "What you saying, man?" "Can I have a picture with you?" "My dog." "I'm not even gonna hold you." "Let's snap this, you're my nigga." "Deuce!" "Shit, motherfucker!" "I got you in my shop!" "You need to come to my barbershop!" "Can you do that?" "Tupac for life!" "That's your biggest fan right there!" "Keep things together!" "Yeah, you've got to keep it straight." "Never recorded." "You need the struggle." "We have a studio, man." "We have a studio, have a studio... right around the corner." "Make the hit and make it happen." "My nephew died, cuz." "Naji." "There is no other way to live other than this way." "Purity, and love." "Sons and daughters of Rastafari we give thanks." "We are here at the Nyahbinghi center giving thanks to the Almighty I Jah!" "Rastafari!" "Well we recognize that this is a special moment." "We are here, because we have a special guest..." "guests in the house." "You must just feel comfortable." "Why did you come here?" "Jaaah!" "Rastafari!" "These brethren have been through tremendous trials." "As a youth, you grew up in America, and I grew up in Jamaica, but we were exposed to the same misinformation, the same miseducation, the same colonial teaching." "They branded us as revolutionary people, who opened the eyes of black people." "When Emperor Haile Selassie I came here in 1966 and H.I.M said, "Oh Yes!" "The Rastas know what they are doing!" "Leave the Rastas alone!"" "And His Majesty gave the most beautiful smile, and this was the judgment sound that His Majesty said," ""Traitors, woe!" "Holy traitors!" "Warriors, be still and know that I am He!"" "This brother here came through the gate as Snoop Dogg," "American international rapper." "This is how we have known him." "What's his new name?" "What are you going to name him?" "Berhane." "Berhane?" "Yeah." "He says "Berhane" is your new name." ""Berhane," that means light." "Because you are a shining light, and you will no more be no dog again." "You're a shining light." "That light that you have been carrying out there, some people think it has been negative especially amongst the youth, but your journey is your journey." "So now at this part of your journey, now that you have been renamed Berhane, which means light, we're expecting you to go and shine a new light." "Jah said love thee one to another, for Him that loveth is of Jah!" "For Jah is love and Jah know the love of Jah, and through the love of I and I will always embrace you!" "Rastafari." "Oh the prodigal son returns to his home once more." "He left the wicked Babylon world," "Rastafari called us home!" "Glory be to Jah!" "We are home once more." "Home once more, Rasta child, home once more!" "Oh the prodigal son returns to his home once more." "Jaaah!" "Rastafari!" "Jaaah!" "Rastafari!" "Matriarch Ma Shanti, put your hands together." "How do you feel?" "At this time, beloved sons and daughters of Rastafari, we will commence the lighting of the fire key." "It's a fire ceremony to burn out all corruption, all evil, all wrongs." "We invite you all to be part of the circle, widen the circle, open up the circle, make it bigger." "Wider." "And all family members, please be a part of the circle."