This morning I woke up in a curfew;O God, I was a prisoner, too – yeah!Could not recognize the faces standing over me;They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality. Eh! How many rivers do we have to cross,Before we can talk to the boss? Eh!All that we got, it seems we have lost;We must […]
You a-go tired fe see me face;Can’t get me out of the race.Oh, man, you said I’m in your placeAnd then you draw bad cyard –A-make you draw bad cyard,And then you draw bad cyard. Propaganda spreading over my name;Say you wanna bring another life to shame.Oh, man, you just a-playing a gameAnd then you […]
Woy-a, Natty Congo:A Dreadlock Congo I!Woy-a, Natty Congo:A Blackman Redemption! Woy-yo, yo-oo-wo-oo!A Blackman Redemption! Woy-yo, wo-oo-wo-oo! No need – no need to get jumpy;No need and-a no need to get bumpy,And-a no need – and-a no need to get bumpy;No nee-nee-nee-nee-nee-nee-nee-need to get jumpy! Youth and youth agree to:Cool runnings; can you dig it?Cool runnings; […]
There you are, cryin’ againBut your loveliness won’t cover your shameThere you are, you’re takin’ true loveAnd while you’re takin’ true love, you given the blame (How could I …) Could I be so wrongTo think that we could get along?Days I wasted with you, childIf I count there’ll be a million or twoNow I […]
Baby, baby, we’ve got a date; (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)Oh, baby, baby, don’t you be late. Oh, baby! I’ll meet you at your house at a quarter to eight. (ooh-hoo, ooh-hoo)Oh, darlin’, baby, baby, just you have some faith!I promise you, we’re gonna (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);To (rock it, baby; rock it, baby, tonight);Gonna […]
Come we go burn down Babylon one more time(Come we go burn down Babylon one more time);Come we go chant down Babylon one more time(Come we go chant down Babylon);For them soft! Yes, them soft! (ah-yoy!)Them soft! Yes, them soft! (ah-yoy!)So come we go chant down Babylon one more time(Come we go chant down Babylon)! […]
Sun is shining, the weather is sweetMake you want to move your dancing feetTo the rescue, here I amWant you to know ya, where I stand (Monday morning) here I amWant you to know just if you can(Tuesday evening) where I stand(Wednesday morning) tell myself a new day is rising(Thursday evening) get on the rise […]
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa!)See them fighting for power (ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa!),But they know not the hour (ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa!),;So they bribing with their guns, spare-parts and money,Trying to belittle ourIntegrity now.They say what we knowIs just what they teach us;And we’re so ignorant‘Cause every time they can reach us (shoobe, doo-wa)Through political strategy (shoo-be, doo-wa);They keep […]
I went downtownI saw miss brownShe had brown sugarAll over her booga-wooga I think I might join the funBut I had to hit and runSee I just can’t settle downIn a kinky part of town Ride onDon’t you know I’ve got to oh baby ride on,See I just can’t settle downOh I’m a leaving town […]
Stop that train: I’m leavin’ – today!Stop that train: I’m leavin’ – anyway!Stop that train: I’m leavin’. And I said:It won’t be too long whether I’m right or wrong;I said, it won’t be too long whether I’m right or wrong. All my good life I’ve been a lonely man,Teachin’ my people who don’t understand;And even […]