# Chants of Dea (The Gaima Lineage)
**(Intro - Heavy bassline drops, rhythmic guitar skank, echoing horns)**
*Chant:* Dea... Dea... Kailahun District.
Hear the words of the ancestors.
Dea chiefdom, rise up.
Gaima family, stand firm.
Mene-Kaba... oh, yeah.
**(Verse 1 - Burning Spear style conversational chant)**
Do you remember?
Do you remember the old days in Baiwala?
The capital of the great Dea Chiefdom.
When the British drew the lines in 1896,
The ancestors stood tall.
They never bowed down, no.
The Gaima lineage, the royal house,
Guarding the land, guarding the culture,
Bringing development to the Eastern Province.
We chant them down, we lift them up!
**(Chorus - Horns burst forth, powerful and syncopated)**
Gaima! Great Paramount Chiefs of Dea!
From the soil of Kailahun, hear them call!
Gaima! Pillars of the chiefdom's glory!
We remember, yes, we remember them all.
**(Verse 2 - Call and Response calling out the great leaders)**
Who built the foundations?
*Chant: The Gaima House!*
Who brought the people together after the struggles?
*Chant: The Gaima House!*
We talk about the protectors of the land,
The ones who built the schools,
The ones who cleared the roads for trade,
Bringing cacao and coffee from the rich earth.
They settled the disputes with wisdom,
Not with the sword, but with the heart.
The Tribal Authority knows their name,
Written in the records of history,
Never to be erased by the passage of time.
**(Bridge - Music strips down to just Nyabinghi drums and bass)**
Speak of the grandfathers.
Speak of the ones who came before.
They sat under the cotton tree.
They looked out across the Moa River.
They said, "Dea chiefdom must survive.
Our children must learn, our people must be fed."
True development, roots development.
**(Chorus - Horn section returns with heavy delay/reverb)**
Gaima! Great Paramount Chiefs of Dea!
From the soil of Kailahun, hear them call!
Gaima! Pillars of the chiefdom's glory!
We remember, yes, we remember them all.
**(Outro - Horns slowly fade, bassline stays heavy, vocal ad-libs)**
Baiwala stand up...
Kailahun District...
Remember the history.
Never forget your roots.
The greatness of Dea.
Gaima family, live on.
Jah... Rastafari.
*Fade out on a single, echoing snare hit.*