Lionheart Records' debut vinyl release, Urban Lions 'See Me Rise' will be available in the shops on Record Store Day 2018
*4 mixes including vocal, dubs and instrumental (Conscious Youth/Roots Unity)
*12" heavyweight 180g vinyl
*45rpm
*Full colour artwork sleeve with spine and full colour label.
*All orders through Lionheart Records will include a free digital download code.
Pre-orders are available now and will arrive on 31st March
Order here and you'll receive your copy before anyone else and we'll give you the digital downloads for free.
Includes unlimited streaming of See Me Rise
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
ships out within 3 days
edition of 500
94 remaining
Purchasable with gift card
£12GBPor more
about
See Me Rise is the debut single from Urban Lions.
A modest work which combines the band's roots reggae foundations with a conscious lyric, following a narrative on the evolution of our culture, the strength in unity of the human family and our resistance against the establishment as we sound down the walls of Babylon with positive vibrations only.
A simple message carried forward from ashes to the masses.
lyrics
See Me Rise
Murder, she tell him Murder.
See me rise from the ashes of a tribe to the masses.
In my eyes see the burden of a prize won through murder.
You turn your back on love
Now love long gone.
Her shadows still remain
You play with them like puppets in the sun.
(Lost within the barrels of your gun)
You love to play her games
Tongue-twisted words
She jump into your flame constrained by chains to kill a mocking bird.
(You're all the same just following the herd)
Rise up, rise up now Babylon be gone
Rise up, rise up now Babylon be done.
Come the morning
Rise up, rise up now Babylon be done
Rise up, Rise up now Babylon be gone
Read the warning sign.
See me rise from the water where
Mother Earth lost a daughter
In her eyes I see the burden of a prize won through murder.
What do you want from her?
She not to blame.
A world baptised by fire for her desire to lose this futile game.
(No no she not to blame)
We don't hear her sound
We out of range
Her flame will burn the ground we walk on still your love will never change.
Until we ...
Rise up rise up too strong the masses
Rise up rise up until the kingdom crashes down
Raising Babylon to the ground.
See me rise from the ashes of a tribe to the masses.
In my eyes see the burden of a prize won through murder.
You turn your back on love
Now love long gone.
Her shadows still remain
You play with them like puppets in the sun.
(Lost within the barrels of your gun)
Rise up, rise up now Babylon be gone
Rise up, rise up now Babylon be done.
Come the morning
Rise up, rise up now Babylon be done
Rise up, Rise up now Babylon be gone
Read the warning sign.
We're raising Babylon to the ground.
credits
from See Me Rise,
released October 20, 2017
Phil Brady - Bass & Vocals
Luke Winton - Drums
Jack Davies - Lead Guitar
Chopper 'Skanks' Johnson - Rhythm Guitar
Matt Bird - Trumpet
Anna Cogswell - Alto Sax
Graeme Goodwin - Percussion
Katie Forte - Backing Vocals
+ Special guests
UJ Maruanaya - Melodica/Piano
King Kooper - Tenor Sax
Ras P - Organ
Mixed by Matt Martin @ MOA Mixing
Words & Music by Urban Lions
Words & Music by Urban Lions
Recorded & Engineered by Matt Martin at MOA Studio, UK.
Percussion recorded by Lynn Forte at Earthsounds Studio, Hungerford, UK.
Extra Horns/Organ/Piano/Melodica Recorded & Engineered by Kingsway at Earth Works Studio, Amsterdam
Artwork by Tomasz Kazmierski
Urban Lions are a touring band and sound system from England currently rising up through the underground UK roots and dub scene and out onto the world stage.
