Pappu Sain (Urdu: پپو سائیں) is a sufi dhol player. He performs every Thursday evening at the Tomb of Shah Jamal in Ichhra, Lahore, Pakistan.
There is another man named Goonga Sain who plays dhol at the same time. Pappu Sain plays dhol downstairs while Goonga Sain plays upstairs.
Sain was an original member of the band Overload and played with the band for three years. Pappu Sain left the band Overload because the band overload cheated him over the contracts and payments.
[Intro:]
[Shabba:]
Oh bless us with life of
[Jah San:]
Glorify of Abraham, Isaac,
[Jacob Shabba:]
Everytime enuh
[San:]
Our Lord Saviour Christ Who is, who was, who is yet come Salvation cyaan done I greet you Check it all youth dem Unnuh hear mi
[Shabba:]
Only Him alone enuh Only Him alone
[Chorus: Both]
Only Jah mercy Papa San seek Fi take mi off Babylon street Puppa Jesus mi thirsty Mount Zion mi got reach Babylon River too deep
[Verse 1:]
[Shabba:] Yow nuh mek Satan rule you tek care yuself nuh lust afta Babylon wealth
[San:] Oh yes, call pon Jehovah any time you need help You can? t call upon yuself
[Shabba:] Jah made di male di female tell wi fi multiply Here comes I I I
[San:] Nuff we lost, Nuff we fail Because we live lie For us Jesus was crucified
[Shabba:] died
[Chorus]
[Verse 2:]
[San:] Jah mek Jupiter, Venus, mars firmament moon stars gi wi di bright sunshine,
[Shabba Shabba:] Autumn, winter, summer, spring Jesus make everything San can one man so kind
[San:] Remember Ackee, jimbilin, mango pumpkin Pomegranate breadfruit
[Shabba:] man cast demon inna hog every body know truth, yow
[Chorus]
[San:]
Sing aloong
[Both:] Nana, nah nana nah Nana nah nah Na nah na nay aye [x2]
[Verse 3:]
[San:] you ignore mi word nuh look weh you go You wi buck up inna fire cause hell down yah so
[Shabba:] Tek heed yaw my brother, listen my Song Wipe devil finga offa you hand
[San:] Tell mi why you appetite so strong just fi kill man You nuh fi follow Satan, watch ya
[Shabba:] Segregation, repatriation it is must One stop driver pon de devil man bus
[San:] Wi nuh inna dem congregation cause nutt? n dem nuh worth So mek wi give praises (Yesus)
[Chorus]
[Verse 4:]
[San:] Well, dem send we go school dem steal all books
[Shabba:] dem gwaan like dem cool when sumn? dem look
[San:] dem first mi tek but mi nuh see weh dem put
[Shabba:] Repent Babylon boops
[San:] Sing aloong
[Both:] Nana, nah nana nah Nana nah nah na nah na nay aye
Nana, nah nana nah Nana nah nah na nah na nay
[Verse 2]