17. Protect Your Energy
Protect Your Energy offered a delightful change of pace, stepping things a notch or two, with an infectious track behind it. The piece is a purifier! It’s about keeping negativity far away from yourself and, functionally speaking, I think Protect Your Energy is one of the furthest ‘travelers’ on the whole of the album [“Si no dark energies, mi nah let dem in. ALL NEGATIVITY BANISHED FROM WITHIN”] because I think it’s so related. You probably know people who either spend entirely too much damn time complaining or they’re just always in a bad mood and never happy for themselves or anyone else. I think THAT is specifically how this piece will hit most people who take it in. We can apply larger, societal/global themes to it but just for yourself, do your best to stay away from that type of a vibe. A VERY powerful tune here.
Lastly, another winner in Tomorrow From Today sends us on our way via yet another golden sound which is utilized in a major way as Lutan Fyah gets downright poetic at times during what is, surely, one of the strongest lyrical displays on the album. “When life seems desolate, Sometimes confused and perplexed. Jah visit men inna dem own craftiness and like di Tower of Babel – men wreck, Searching fi answers and wi never get refreshed. PRESS DI RESTART BUTTON BUT WI STILL DISCONNECT. Caught up inna bottomless mess! Not amount of saving can replace di things you just can’t forget” I considered Tomorrow From Today as somewhat of an extension of Protect Your Energy in its direction.
Where that one focused more on preventing negativity, Tomorrow From Today deals with more of what to do when you inevitably do encounter it – both from others and internally as well. The depths that he goes to in order to make the point are amazing and he does it, of course, tactfully as always. Tomorrow From Today is yet another big highlight here and a fantastic way to end Strength & Resilience.