I write songs on a universal basis. I was born out of the earth of Jamaica which I consider to be a part of Atlantis, the sunk continent, but that's my thing. But I write songs on a universal basis, not like Jamaican songs.
Jimmy CliffMy pigment is of the earth, and collecting my sacred fire from my solar plexus with the central sun of the earth.
Jimmy CliffAnd I keep on fighting for the things I want. Though I know that when you're dead you can't. But I'd rather be a free man in my grave, than living as a puppet or a slave.
Jimmy CliffI'm very attached to my family and protective of them and miss them, and that situation, my connection with that can make me become very vulnerable.
Jimmy Cliff