Song
Many Rivers to Cross
Reggae
BPM
128
Key
D#
4/4
VP Records
ISRC: JMRC2501823
Plays
15.6K
Loves
713
Released
2026
Story behind the song
An homage to the great pioneers — the chord progression nods to Studio One classics from the 70s, but the production deliberately keeps the low end modern. We wanted listeners to feel the lineage without it sounding retro.
Writing
- Songwriter
- Jimmy Cliff
Production
- Producer
- Robbie Shakespeare
Performance
- Drums
- Nambo Robinson
- Bass
- Dean Fraser
- Lead vocals
- Jimmy Cliff
Engineering
- Mixed by
- Carlton "Santa" Davis
- Mastered by
- Scientist
[Verse] I remember the days when the radio played Nothing but the sweetest sounds, the songs they made Now the youths them ask me what the music meant I tell them every chord was time well spent [Chorus] The roots are deep, the roots are strong We carry them in every song The roots are deep, the roots are true They passing through me, passing through you [Bridge] From Trench Town to Tottenham, the message is the same Love, equality, and rising above the pain [Chorus]
Energy
32%
Danceability
68%
Positivity
70%
Acoustic
51%
Instrumental
1%
Live feel
25%
Speechy
4%
- ISRC
- JMRC2501823
- ISWC
- T-608.215.117-3
- UPC
- 0884385002619
- Catalog number
- TGR-2020-204
- Label
- VP Records
- Publisher
- Kobalt Music
- Recording studio
- Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire
- Recording date
- February 15, 2025
- ℗ line
- ℗ 2020 VP Records
- © line
- © 2020 Kobalt Music
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