Pyramid Label

Steve Skaith / Mike Jones

Lyrics

I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
I played I played it loud
As loud as I was able
I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
Sounds beating black on black
Burn up my speaker cable
I dubbed the sound
I dubbed my teeth into a bone
My sweet tooth teeth
I took I took the record home
I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
Not Decca it was Desmond Dekker
On my turntable

We style we sight
We are the spice of life
??? Jet
Sphinx into you

Oh, Oh, 007 over Nile
Cario nights, Golan Heights, and we play The Israelites

That disc It Mek it spin
Stretch inside the gloom
Space shuttle flew and soon
The subtle few are dancing round my room

I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
Sounds beating black on black
Burn up my speaker cable
I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
Not Decca it was Desmond Dekker
On my turntable

I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
I bought a record on the Pyramid Label
I bought a record on the Pyramid Label

[These are incomplete, unofficial lyrics and may differ from the artist’s official version.]

Song Description

Many early reggae and rock-steady hits appeared on the Pyramid Label, amongst them “007 (Shanty Town)”. “The Israelites” (number one in the singles chart in Britain in 1969) and “It Mek”, all by Desmond Dekker. Many white teenagers at the time were into this music. For the Rastafarians (the ‘Israelites’) the biblical Israel was (and is) the land of redemption. In political reality however, it was actually the aggressor, which contradicted the vision of the Rastas.

Sphinx: Stands for Egypt. Golan Heights: In the Yom Kipper war in 1973, the Golan Heights in Syria was a much fought over territory.