It is obviously in the interest of people marketing Garnett to perpetuate this myth, to add to the messianic frame of reference. True enough, as far as it goes. Conquering Lion did sponsor many Roots artists, and played an important role in the Rasta revival. It's going to be Lion, Lion all the way. However, snippets of consciousness do have their place even in sound system murders.
Some tunes mesh consciousness and ritual murderation.
It also illustrates just how fluid Jamaican music is at the roots. Different tunes are endlessly versioned off the same riddim, of course, as is evident here. But also, the same tune is cut with different riddims. I've had friendly arguments with some of my Idren about Sound Bwai tunes. Some folks see the talk of murderation as pro-violence, and from this perspective, purists might be disappointed to see Garnett participating in this genre.