Meaning
To bring down oppression and corruption ('Babylon') through the spiritual force of chanting, drumming, reasoning, and righteous music — 'chant down Babylon'. Rooted in the belief that word-sound has power, Rastafari holds that the walls of an unjust system can be brought down not by violence but by the persistent chant of truth and rights, the way the walls of Jericho fell.
Examples
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Rasta chant down Babylon wid drum an song.
Rasta brings down Babylon with drumming and song.
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Di music chant down oppression.
The music brings down oppression.
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Chant down di wickedness.
Bring down the wickedness through chanting.
Origin
From 'chant' + 'down'; 'chant down Babylon' — toppling oppression through righteous sound. See [[babylon]], [[word-sound-power]].
How it’s used
To topple oppression ('Babylon') through chanting/righteous music. See [[babylon]], [[nyabinghi]].