Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Read up your history and then you'll reach your destination
Teach up the youth and then you'll find the solution
Education is the key
Will be for eternity
Come focus upon dis and then you will see
We've come so far so fast from what they call the past
Laying down foundations and we know they're gonna last
Present and the future we will never fall
Realise united we stand and divided we fall
This is the wall of community sound
We're comin to get you comin to track you down
No escapin from this militant scientist
Suffer no defeat is upon top of the list
Hope and glory the myth of the Labour Tories
We're comin down and tellin you a different story
Any time when we come positive and confident
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Hypocrites ! We gonna get inside your mind
Hypocrites ! You will pay for your crimes
Hypocrites we're gonna bleed you dry
Your pockets will be empty but you won't know why
Redistribution is the name of the game
All the cash that you stashed man
We're gonna give away
Lizard man beware this is the digital under class
Coming from places that you've only seen from your car
Accountant, Lawyer, Financial advisor
PR consultant, Journalist, Advertiser
We know your game and you think that we're playing it
When the bill comes through the door you're gonna be paying it
Hypocrite ! We gonna get inside your mind
Hypocrite ! You will pay for your crimes
Hypocrite ! We're gonna bleed you dry
You're pockets will be empty but you won't know why
ADF definitely without a doubt have the skills to pay the bills
The word is community
We shout it with impunity
It's so uncool
It's incendiary
No slogans, no sound bites, but a long term plan
Teaching is the frame work
Building chains of command
So when the lizard man sticks out his tongue
We pull out our scissors and do a hit and run
This is the digital underclass
Yes this is the digital underclass
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
This here's the miracle of modern creation
So we say jump up, jump up because you know we're buzzing
Any time we come I say we shock and a sting
Yeah, jump up, jump up because you know we're buzzing
Any time we come we shock and sting
Get up, get up come and do something
like a fly in the sky forever working
I know we shock and we sting anytime we come we getup, getup
This is the miracle of modern creation
We come out of the tunnel not twisted or bitter
Approach the future with a sound that is fitter
Equipping our minds to deal with every situation
This here's the miracle of modern creation
Abandon all your first impressions
Come and take part in this conscious session
Look to the past to get inspiration
Move yourselves forward with the dub accelaration
Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme
Done enough chilling got to organise my time
You now see I ain't standing still
Just watch me now I've got a lifetime to fill
'Cos I'm buzzing
Yeah jump up, jump up cos you know we're buzzing
Any time we come we shock and sting
We come so far so fast laying down foundations
Paving the way for the next generation
What we deal with millenium training
Come jump aboard now there's enough time remaining
Been checking the roots so we know where we are going
Time we were reaping for the years we've been sowing
All across Europe collecting like minded
Not here to misguide or be divided
Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme
Done enough chilling got to organise my time
Drums and bass
Junglist massive
Jump up, jump up cos you know we are buzzing
Any time we come we shock and we sting
Get up, get up, get up and do something
Like a fly in the sky forever working
Chandrasonic you're mmmmmmmmmmad
Chandrasonic you're mmmmmmmmmmad
Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme
Done enough chilling got to organise my time
No sense in standing still
Just watch me now I've got a lifetime to fill
I'm buzzing
Yeah come with me come with me
Jump up, jump up
'Cos you know we're buzzing
Any time we come we shock and sting
Any time we come we a shock and sting
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
J and D here united
Black and white here to show you how we've been delighted
The new generation since the mid nineties
Showing you it's done if you think you are a smartie
Telling you the truth since we spotted eachother
We'd like to big up our elder sister and brother
Because they are the legend and they are like no other
Trained by the greater legend mother and father
Now we think jump up lyrics are alright
But we'd like to broadcast a subject we know is not right
Look at us- but don't look at us in disgust
Because you know the reality and it's time to adjust
Think to yourself- don't be foolish about it
Fix up your brain or you'll be the target
A black man and a white woman living together
Face the facts you fascist perpetrators
And as the world is getting smaller and smaller
We can only get closer and closer
Building this community of sound
Celebrating the unity we've found
And we know this is the model to follow
For all the dub children of tommorow
As they grow under shifting skies
We'll se every nation in their eyes
Black and white here has united
We're here to show you how we've been delighted
Black and white here has united
Written by: Das, Savale
Pagal ki na bole?
Chagal ki na khai?
Kuch bolo ke ni?
Is there nothing that a madman won't say?
Is there nothing that a goat won't eat?...
Common sense-
misinformation received
by the common man
You've been just as deceived
An effect that was planned by the powers that be
A most effective tool for division and rule
A most effective tool for division and rule
And people of different cultural persuasions
start to develop hindered relations
So what can be done to dissipate the friction?
Gotta seperate the facts, yes the facts from the fiction.
"Ah , I , I don't know .....
Ah , I , I don't know .....
Ah , I , I don't know .....
But once they get get here
There is no knowing what they'll get up to!"
All this talk about housing
Just a method of arousing bad feeling
Appealing to people's prejudice
And then they redirect
their lack of self respect
Towards a visible target
a visible target
You seem to have forgotten
that the apple has always been rotten
and that black people are not the cause of your problems
Black people are not the cause of your problems
We're often told that this country's bursting at the seams.
We're never told that there are in fact more people leaving than entering.
Immigration has become synoymous with black people.
Yet over sixty per cent of immigrants are white .....
"Things were good in the good olden days" they say
"Jobs in the factories" ( economic slaves! )
"We kept our doors open right throughout the day"
( But the poverty was such That there was nothing to nick anyway! )
Black people constitute less than six per cent of the population
Common sense-
misinformation received
By the common man
You've been just as deceived
An effect that was planned by the powers that be
A most effective tool for division and rule
A most effective tool for division and rule
And people of different cultural persuasions
start to develop hindered relations
So what can be done to dissipate the friction?
Gotta seperate the facts, yes the facts from the fiction.
" Enough is enough."
" Immigration must stop."
" This country's bursting at the seams."
" This country's going to the wogs!"
Oh, the Sun has got its facts wrong Hip,hip,hooray ( ?! )
The Sun has got its facts wrong and it's fucking up my day ...
A race war That's what they're fighting for
Rivers of blood is what they want
By claiming influx, a flood or a swamp-
There ain't no influx, a flood or a swamp!
All this talk about housing
Just a method of arousing bad feeling
Appealing to people's prejudice
And then they redirect
their lack of self respect
Towards a visible target
a visible target
You seem to have forgotten
that the apple has always been rotten
and that black people are not the cause of your problems
Black people are not the cause of your problems
"Ah , I , I don't know .....
Ah , I , I don't know .....
Ah , I , I don't know .....
But once they get get here
There is no knowing what they'll get up to!"
Oh, the Sun has got its facts wrong Hip,hip,hooray ( ?! )
The Sun has got its facts wrong and it's fucking up my day ...
Pagal ki na bole?
Chagal ki na khai?
Pagal ki na bole?
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Zaman
Take the long train to Bombay
Duck as the tunnels came
Tune in your crystal set
You've won the freedom to forget
You've won the freedom to forget
Feeling good migrations
Tuned in to the mother nation
Taking her aim
Changing your name
Now we're nomads
That stay in one place
Not a country
Not a face
Standing out but still like ghosts
Long-term guests
Ungracious hosts
Re-written history
A sleepy slavery
Those sweet sweet sweet machines
Senfling, selling
Good migrations
Tuned in to the mother nation
Taking her aim
Rearranging the chains ....
The nine year old boy who had wanted to be white
Set out on the journey from loneliness to pride
Hostile environments along the way
A slowly changing landscape
But a steady stream of consciousness rising
A steady stream of consciousness rising
This is the journey from loneliness to pride
No longer any need to hide ....
Struggle to live
And we cry struggle to survive
Struggla, struggla, struggla, struggla
Just to stay alive
In the jungle you either do or you die
You got to be aware
Written by: Das, Savale, Pandit, Zaman
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
ADF back with a lyrical death threat
With you ignorant attitudes what the fuck did you expect?
We'll mash up your stereo with a typical body blow
Asian distortion
Better tread it with caution
Better treat it with caution ...
Eyes permanently closed
You tell me everything's alright
Chemical escape
You're desensitised
Sitting cross-legged with your joss sticks and your flutes
Just taking and faking what's easy:
No respect for our roots
See me , hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind be the colour of my skin
ADF back with a lyrical death threat
With you ignorant attitudes what the fuck did you expect?
We'll mash up your stereo with a typical body blow
Asian distortion
Better tread it with caution
Better treat it with caution ...
Many noises and voices
And messages in the blender
Yes I speak out to many
'Cos it's a bigger agenda
But preach to the converted is what you say we do
Show them to me man
I don't see them, do you ? ....
Everbody talking man
they're now talking about
say it's the junglistic sound
that is coming around
And if you choosa di sound
And a fuse a it down
From top to bottom create your own obsession
Master Deeder- that is my name
And I'm kicking all the way
all the way for the fame
We four brothers- one of a kind
Like no other you will find
Millitant scientists
Yes, that's what we are
No we're never gonna be laid back
Too busy dodging your attack
ADF here to kick your arse again
We'll give you bass in your face
And we're gonna offend
Peace !
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
ADF back with a lyrical death threat
With you ignorant attitudes what the fuck did you expect?
We'll mash up your stereo with a typical body blow
Asian distortion
Better tread it with caution
Better treat it with caution ...
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
Written by: P. Andrade, A. Shakur, Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
I'll be honest with you:
I hate war in all it's forms-
Physical, Psychological, Spiritual... Emotional... Environmental
I hate war...
And I hate having to struggle - I honestly do
because I wish I had been into a world where it was
unnecessary.
This context of struggle and being a warrior and being a
struggler
has been forced on me by oppression.
Otherwise I would be a sculptor, or a gardener,
carpenter - you know, I would be free to be so much more...
I guess part of me or a part of who I am, a part of what I do
is being a warrior - a reluctant warrior, a reluctant struggler
But... I do it because I'm committed to life
We can't avoid it, we can't run away from it
Because to do that is to be... cowardice-
to do that is to be subservient... to devils, subservient to
evil and so that the only way to live on this planet
With any human dignity at the moment is to struggle.
Today, the Colour Line/Is the Power Line/Is the Poverty Line
Racism and imperialism work in tandem
And poverty is their handmaiden
Those who are poor and powerless to break out of their poverty
Are also those who by and large are non-white, non-western, third world
Poverty and powerlessness are interwined in colour, in race
Discrimination and exploitation feed into each other today
Under global capitalism...
We are back to primitive accumulation - plunder on a world scale
Only this time, the pillage is accompanied by aid, sustained by expert
advice and underpinned by programmes and policies that perpetuate dependency
The IMF, The World Bank, Structural Adjustment Programmes
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - GATT,
are just a few of the organisations, schemes, projects
which under the guise of developing the third world, plunder it.
Trade agreements and commodity price-fixing, patents and
intellectual property rights
They lock them into paralytic dependency
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Black is not just the colour of our skins
It's the colour of our politics...
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Today, the colour line/is the power line/is the poverty line
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Union Jack and Union Jill
Back up and down the same old hill
Sell the flag to the youths
But who swallows the bill
"Murdoch she wrote"
Him have his hand in the till
Blairful of Thatcher
Stuck on the 45
The suits have changed
But the old ties survive
New Britannia cool
Who are you trying to fool?
Behind your fashion-tashion I see nothing at all
Care for the commodity
Cuts the nation into three
Rich pickings for the first
Bottom third you never see
While middle England keeps swinging its
loyalty
No concern for the future
Just with dead royalty
So will the real, the real Great Britan
step forward
This is the national identity parade
Shoe gazer nation forever looking
backwards
Time to reject the sixties charade
Not enough schools
Not enough homes
Just "phony care" in his millennium dome
More prime cuts than beef on the bone
And there's too many questions you're
not answering Tone
Union Jack and Union Jill
Back up and down the same old hill
Sell the flag to the youths
But who swallows the bill
"Murdoch she wrote"
Him have his hand in the till
So will the real, the real Great Britan
step forward
This is the national identity parade
Shoe gazer nation forever looking
backwards
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Check it out
Check it out
Without a doubt
This is the new sound a coming around
No we never lost sight of the fight on our hands
People of colour
Listen up
We're giving you the first bite
Homegrown - many seeds have been sown
We're developing our sound
Now it's fully blown
Creative movements-
Moves meant to make you think
Sounds shaped to take you to the brink
Messages received and sent
MIDI Warriors
OMNI on
This is Rafi's revenge
Equal opportunity denied to us
Yes they put us on the white list
That's why we're making a fuss
They never thought we'd get to this stage
Still they won't give us any space on their page
Mixing the rant with the rave-
That's our way
But they only want to listen if we've nothing to say
No start or end points
Just dealing with this time stretch
Cos in this time, dread
This is the riddim I like
This is the riddim I like
This is the riddim I like
This, this, this is the riddim I like
This, this, this is the riddim I like
This is the riddim I like
Truth hides under fallen rocks and stones
At the end of a disconnected phone (that's where the truth hides)
Truth hides buried deep beneath your feet
At the end of an unmarked street (that's where the truth hides)
Truth hides with the people written out of history
Black leaders and inventors whose names
remain a mystery
Great women recorded on ripped out pages
Obliterated wisdom, covered up faces
Truth is lost in the mists of eMpTy Vision,
And found in the notebooks of those wrongfully imprisoned,
and in the evidence that was never brought to trial,
but not in the void behind the newsreaders' smile.
Truth hides under fallen rocks and stones
At the end of a disconnected phone (that's where the truth hides)
Truth hides at the end of an unmarked street
Stored (?) deep beneath your feet (that's where the truth hides)
Chorus (x2):
Truth it's a hide under rocks and stones
At the end of your line
Down an unmarked street
Truth it's a hide under rocks and stones
At the end of your line
Truth hides whenever we lose our focus
Slips out the back, quickly replaced by the bogus,
fleeing soundbites disguised as facts
That reappear in the small print on every contract
Truth hides on the other side of a two-way mirror
In countless documents sent straight to the shredder
That might finally give us the whole of the picture
But until the day we decide to dig a little deeper
We know that truth will hide
Under fallen rocks and stones
At the end of a disconnected phone
Down an unmarked street
And buried deep beneath your feet
Chorus (x5):
Truth it's a hide under rocks and stones
At the end of your line
Down an unmarked street
Truth it's a hide under rocks and stones
Keep bangin' on the wall
Keep bangin' on the wall
Of Fortress Europe
2022, a new European order
Robot guards patrolling the border
Cybernetic dogs are getting closer and closer
Armored cars and immigration officers
A burning village in Kosovo
You bombed it out, now you're telling us go home
Machine guns strut on the cliffs of Dover
Heads down, people look out, we're going over
Burnin' up, can we survive re-entry
Past the mines and the cybernetic sentries
Safe European homes built on wars
You don't like the effect, don't produce the cause
The chip is in your head, not on my shoulder
Total control just around the corner
Open up the floodgates, time's nearly up
Keep banging on the wall of Fortress Europe
Keep banging
Keep banging on the wall
Of Fortress Europe
We got a right, know the situation
We're the children of globalization
No borders, only true connection
Light the fuse of the insurrection
This generation has no nation
Grass roots pressure the only solution
We're sitting tight
'Cause asylum is a right
Put an end to this confusion
Dis is a 21st century Exodus
Dis is a 21st century Exodus
Burnin' up can we survive re-entry
Past the land mines and cybernetic sentries
Plane, train, car, ferry boat or bus
The future is bleeding coming back at us
The chip is in your head not on my shoulder
Total control around the corner
Open up the floodgates, time's nearly up
Keep banging on the wall of Fortress Europe
Keep banging
Keep banging on the wall
Of Fortress Europe
Dis is a 21st century Exodus
Dis is a 21st century Exodus
They got a right, listen not to de scaremonger
Who doesn't run when they're feel the hunger
From where to what to when to here to there
People caught up in red tape nightmare
Break out of the detention centers
Cut the wires and tear up the vouchers
People get ready it's time to wake up
Written by: Das, Savale, Zaman, Uddin
I grab the mic
To commence with the mic check
Supply rhymes, man you've never heard yet
You never thought an Asian could do this
Well you're wrong
Wrong again
Hardcore!
That's what I wanna be
All over the white world
Yes they'll remember me
Don't look at me as an Innocent bystander
Because I'll scare you after dark ...
Master D Adlib
Paki bashing
That's what I call fucking racism
And you can tell I'm a fucking Paki lover
Day to day
Night to night
Persecution with a capital P
Racism with a capital R
Man I've seen your scar
I've seen your scar
You expect me to sympathise
The hell no!
You don't know the price that we're paying
Master D Adlib
What you see is no mirage
Asian guys and girls comin large
Straight from the East
Tough!
And coming like a beast
Guys who are very keen and showing ability
Tranquility, we have the audacity
Speaking out
'Cos there's no doubt about that
Another critical rhyne Make you wanna look
Observe it
It's like a comic book
Coming from the place
with the capital B
I'll let you guess-
No let me tell you:
The B and the A and the N and the G and the L and the A
with a word called Desh
Sums up the country The word and the place called Bangladesh
So you never contest
Yes you thought I couldn't do it
I'm not a Black man
This time it's an Asian
Some fear the white man
Some fear the Ku Klux Klan
But they ain't up to no good
Brother brother, sister sister
Yes if your miss or if your mister
Listen to this rap
It's Asian guys coming correct
Way back in the sixties
Our fathers, our mothers
They suffered a lot for us
They couldn't say much
They couldn't do much
'cos of the fear of getting beat up
But now it's the nineties
We're not babies no more
You know the score that we live for
Our fathers, our mothers
They brought us up to be tough
We don't stand for any bullshit
We don't give a damn
Even if you're superman
Strong culture is what you see in our eyes
Not just tough guys.
Rise to the challenge
Time is a ticking, so you'd better start linking
Energies surging, vision is blurring
Maybe you're feeling you're not up to scratch
Maybe you're feeling that now you've met your match
You find it hard to know where to begin
When discontent is spreading its wings
Stand by your belief and have faith in this sound
You know that you can always turn it around
Feel the rhythm and its healing remedy
Listen to the sweet melody
Feel the rhythm and its healing remedy
Rise to the challenge
Keep risin', you know we rinse on
Turn negative to positive with a natural vibe
Believe in yourself and rinse out the mind
The tongue and the hand moving different directions
Turn this disconnection into interconnection
Feel the rhythm and its healing remedy
Listen to the sweet melody
Feel the rhythm and its healing remedy
Rise to the challenge
How can you live your life with no enthusiasm
Or else you fall so deep
Rearrange all the thoughts you like to hold back
Jump across the track
Flyover, flyover
Sing, flyover, flyover
Chant, flyover, flyover
Step on the gas, get down in the accelerator
Sing, flyover, flyover
Don't wanna get back and don't wanna get captured
Chant, flyover, flyover
Step on the gas, get down in the accelerator
Sing, flyover, flyover
Mr.Trance, get your products and get out of my way
There ain't enough hours in my day
The city's on fire in the pouring rain
Seem as life even faster than a runaway train
Hit the buzzer da da shi shi for computers ab da shi
The bloody turf want me to find a new chief
And geta behind the wheel-a-way, never goin' home
Speedin' and slidin' inside the transit zone
Flyover, flyover
Step on the gas, get down in the accelerator
Flyover, flyover
Don't wanna get back and don't wanna get captured
Flyover, flyover
Step on the gas, get down in the accelerator
Flyover, flyover
Don't wanna get back and don't wanna get captured
Speeding through the heebies about 20 percent
Watcha red between a guilty and a innocent?
Rubbing shoulders with a su-su-super class engines
Burning out the ura and salt cans and tank
Chokin' up a land of fire, smokin' up the air
Some days you'd rather be anywhere but here
Chokin' up land of fire, smokin' up the air
Some days you'd rather be anywhere but here
Sing, flyover, flyover
Step on the gas, get down in the accelerator
Flyover, flyover
Don't wanna get back and don't wanna get captured, flyover
Ooh, the city is blind but it will not slow down
The drive to destruction is the heaviest sound
The city is blind but it will not slow down
The drive to destruction is the heaviest sound
Is the heaviest sound, is the heaviest sound
Flyover, flyover
Is the heaviest sound
Flyover, flyover
Step on the gas, get down in the accelerator
Shift to the underworld and it's another story
As the cells surround you with positive energy
As the baseline ba da ba da be da be agree activity
I said you know this is a place to be
You know it's always been a place to be
You know it's always been a place to be
I said you know this is a place to be
I got dem, got dem, London city
Flyover, flyover
Step on the gas, get down in the accelerator
Flyover, flyover
Don't wanna get back and don't wanna get captured
Don't wanna be down in the station in the stroke of midnight
Nobody wanna go where there's plenty of light
Asking for direction when I'm tired of a way, you know there's never time You know there's never been a powers in a day
You know there's never been a powers in a day, in a day, in a day
The city is blind but it will not slow down
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Canteen culture colouring the view
From Hendon to Eltham, not following the clue
Corruption instruction, the life blood of the blue
The whole of the barrel is rotten and not just a few
Evidence buried with a secret handshake
Investigating officers on the double X take
Lost records and notes, excuses half baked
Screwed up A4 and this is no mistake
Officer XX, it's time to liaise
Let me introduce you to the brand new krays
No mention of the gangster- 'Informer' is the phrase
No communication in the 'In' and 'Out' trays
MI5, them building up Combat 18?
Nazi turnouts and the BNP in between?
Running drugs for money for the loyalists?
Macpherson, how come you missed the whole a this?
Defective constable, what you gonna say?
Suspending our belief and still on full pay
Chief Condon is safe, what did you expect?
Who's up next?
Calling Officer XX!
Spindoctors and editors engaged in a pact
Information leaked out to cover up the facts
Daily slackmail onto a nice little earner
While another thousand cases still on the back burner
Zero tolerance for Jack the Home Sec
Running for cover 'cause him know we're after him neck
Him a huff and him a puff
Inna de name a de law
When it come to the guilty him a man of Straw
This shameful spectacle we can see clearly
Conspiracy in practice
Now not in theory
Heard all of de report and looked over the whole a de text
Time to step forward now Officer XX
Defective constable, what you gonna say?
Suspending our belief and still on full pay
Chief Condon is safe, what did you expect?
Who's up next?
Written by: Lisa Das
I am a modern apprentice
I believe in the life-long learning
'Ain't gonna take away this natural yearning
To know the truth
The truth about the lies you've been giving
It's not a state of affairs that that I'm prepared to live in
I will find out for myself
No I ain't gonna be your clone
Ain't gonna be working my fingers to the bone
To feed your mouths
When the poor around me are starving
And you the fat cats are sitting pretty and laughing
I will do it in spite of you
I'll educate myself
Then I'll empower others
So that we can make our own wealth
Yes I'll empower others
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Zaman
For the consciousness of the nation
The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation:
The music we make It cuts across borders
We never make music to someone else's orders
Plenty of issues on the agenda
if you want to lend a helping hand
You're always told to shut up and dance
But you have to change this-take a chance
Turn the tables,
We know you're able
Don't just consume
Make your own tune.
The music, we use it
We're making a stand
I wouldn't call this a green and pleasant land
A conscious response is what we demand
Challenge the system and those in command
Express your opinion
It's your domain
If you fail to do this You are partly to blame
My heart is beating
No retreat
The battle continues
We'll suffer no defeat
This war you've been waging
It's time we were raging
In our minds And on the streets
Sample this It's an education
The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation
Look around you, yeah
Open your mind
Check it out, tell me what you find
Here to document a situation
The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation
Hope and glory
A myth of the tories
We're here to tell you a different story
Here to readress the situation
The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation
A rapper i may be But packaged I'm not
I'll slip through the noose before you tie the knot
This work in progress not slick but rough
Breaking all records Twelve inches ain't enough
Sample this
It's an education
The sounds of the original, the original ....
We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic
The only 'e' we use is electric
An Asian background that's what's reflected
But this millitant vibe ain't what you expected
With your liberal minds You patronise our culture
Scanning the surface like vultures
With your tourist mentality
we're still the natives
You multicultural but we're anti-racist
We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic
The only 'e' we use is electric
And we cry
Them coulda never escape
Step forward youth, at the moment of truth
Don't be distracted, don't be the fool
Step forward youth, at the moment of truth
Go beyond your senses, get a clear view
Step forward youth, at the moment of truth
Don't be distracted, don't be the fool
When you're deafened by the sound of betrayal
And there's no one left to trust
Falling off the end of the scale
You carry on because you must
When you're down to the last of your senses
And the pain is broken out of thoughts
Somehow you've got to pull yourself together
You've got to make good of all the things, you've been taught
Step forward youth
When you're deafened by the sound of betrayal
And there's no one left to trust
Falling off the end of the scale
You carry on because you must
Just when they think it's all over
Just when you think you're falling back in line
Maybe just a small word to a young child
Maybe just a moment of peace in your mind
Step forward youth, at the moment of truth
Don't be distracted, don't be the fool
Step forward youth, at the moment of truth
Go beyond your senses, get a clear view
Forward youth, forward, [Incomprehensible]
Forward youth, forward, [Incomprehensible]
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, Spacek
Dub is the place we come to argue and debate
It isn't just a backdrop for our herbal intake
And in this time we fill the space with noise
Black noise will be a sound you can't avoid
We're raising our voices to reflect our reality
Using dub as our foundation because we've got dub mentality
Listen to the sound of the drum and the bass
Different communities meet up in the same place
We are mixing the flavours to suit every taste
This music have the power for all of the human race
Dub is the teacher
Jungle is the preacher
Dub education through the jungle a go reach ya
Cut and a splice and regeneration
Militant mix and equalisation
These are the methods for a serious operation
Pushing back the borders of your musical civilisation
So listen without prejudice and without delay
To the sound of the Asian Dub Foundation today
And in this time we fill the space with noise
Black noise will be a sound you can't avoid
Listen to the drum and bass
Different communities meet up in the same place
We are mixing the flavours to suit every taste
This music has the power for all the human race
Dub is the teacher
Jungle is the preacher
Dub is the preacher
Jungle is the teacher
Written by: P. Andrade, A. Shakur, Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
I'll be honest with you:
I hate war in all it's forms-
Physical, Psychological, Spiritual... Emotional... Environmental
I hate war...
And I hate having to struggle - I honestly do
because I wish I had been into a world where it was
unnecessary.
This context of struggle and being a warrior and being a
struggler
has been forced on me by oppression.
Otherwise I would be a sculptor, or a gardener,
carpenter - you know, I would be free to be so much more...
I guess part of me or a part of who I am, a part of what I do
is being a warrior - a reluctant warrior, a reluctant struggler
But... I do it because I'm committed to life
We can't avoid it, we can't run away from it
Because to do that is to be... cowardice-
to do that is to be subservient... to devils, subservient to
evil and so that the only way to live on this planet
Step back from the blow back
Step back from the blow back
Step back from the blow back
Plans that were hatched with the strings still attached
See there's always a catch when you're livin' through a blowback
You're wonderin' why you need places to hide
Keep one eye to the sky when you're waiting for the blowback
Sink into the mud watch out for the scud
'Cos oil is thicker than blood in the world of the blowback
From ally to madman, from client to badman
From Gomorrah to Saddam starring in the blowback
Invisible sins, invisible kings
The shit we're in, gonna drown in the spin
Permanent warfare, burning up welfare
Add up, add up, their share of the hardware
Rights disposed off, government gloves off
Flick of the wrist, summary justice
Feel the kiss of the U.S. fist
Hollywood, Hollywood tinsel this
Fanning the flames of fanatical fervor
One bad turn always deserves another
Covert and subvert and secret operation
Still sufferin' the consequence of active inaction
Tunneling through mountains, building networks of caves
Forty million dollars for forty thousand graves
Collateral damage and friendly fire
Talking the talk of the undercover empire
Live and direct from the undercover empire
Live and direct from the undercover empire
Live and direct, live and direct
Live and direct from the undercover empire
What's the rules of engagement?
What's the price of containment?
Can we come to an arrangement?
Make a buck off the blowback
They don't know about this flow
Watch your pipe line not your show
It's McWorld and fries to go
Starring in the blowback
One sided triangle
Squarin' the circle
Pentagonal diagonal
Caught out in the blowback
Is it really all over?
Are we living in end time?
Don't we know that there's no time?
Step back from the blowback
Control, we now have air superiority
Their only plane was the one we sold them last week
As leaflets, food parcels explode into nails
Bush chokes on a pretzel and Clinton exhales
Sayin' cool down India, cool down Pakistan
Here comes your new billion dollar air squadron
Laying down a pipeline through Kazakstan
This ends this broadcast live from absurdistan
Live and direct from London, absurdistan
Live and direct from London, absurdistan
Step back from the, step back, step back from the blow, blowback
Step back pushin', step back pushin'
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
We can't hear ourselves
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
We can't hear ourselves
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Snapping at the heels of the Great Eight
All the massive pushing at the front gate
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Hey, ba, ba, ba, ba, basta, basta, basta
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Mohammed Singh Azad
Sindabad !
No apologies
Not a shot in the dark
This is a warning
The sleeping tiger awakes each and every morning
The time is now right to burst the imperial bubble
And my act of revenge is just a part of the struggle
A bullet to his head won't bring back the dead
But it will lift the spirits of my people
We'll keep on fighting
We've been a nation abused
Your stiff upper lip will bleed
And your pride will bruised
No apologies
Not a shot in the dark
This is a warning
The sleeping tiger awakes stretching each and every morning
The time is now right to burst the imperial bubble
And my act of revenge is just a part of the struggle
Synchronise time
Vengeance will be mine
As I cross the curzon line into his mind
Into his home I will burn the trophies he owns
Symbols of a future postponed
Mohammed Singh Azad
Sindabad
A bullet to his head wont't bring back the dead
But it will lift the spirits of my people
A bullet to his head won't bring back the dead
But it will lift the spirits of my people
I'll shake hands with the hang man
I'll wear the noose with pride
For unlike the British I've no crimes to justify
Pentonville will be my last place on earth
This here's the miracle of modern creation
So we say jump up, jump up because you know we're buzzin'
Anytime, anytime when we come, I say we shock and a sting
Yeah, jump up, jump up 'cause you know we're buzzin'
Anytime when we come, we shock and a sting
Get up, get up come and do something
Like a fly in the sky forever workin', yeah
I know so we are shock and a sting
So anytime when we come we are get up, get up, get up
This is the miracle of modern creation
We come outside the tunnel not twisted nor bitter
Approach the future with a sound that is fitter
Equippin' our minds to deal with every situation
This here's the miracle of modern creation
Abandon all your first impressions
Come and take part in this conscious session
Look to the past to get inspiration
Move yourselves forward with the dub acceleration
Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme
Done enough chillin' got to organize my time
Now said as I ain't standin' still
Just watch me now I've got a lifetime to fill 'cos I'm buzzin'
Yeah, jump up, jump up 'cause you know we're buzzin'
Anytime when we come, we are shock and a sting
We come so far, so fast layin' down foundations
Pavin' the way for the next generation
What we are deal with millennium trainin'
Come jump aboard now there's enough time remainin'
Been checkin' the roots so we know where we are goin'
Time we were reapin' for the years we've been sowin'
All across Europe collectin' like minded
Not here to misguide or be divided
Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme
Done enough chillin', I got to organize my time
Drums and bass, junglist massive
Jump up, jump up 'cause you know we are buzzin'
Anytime when we come, we are shock and a sting
Get up, get up, get up and do something
Like a fly in the sky in the sky forever workin', so
Chandrasonic you're mad, Chandrasonic you're mad
Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme
Done enough chillin', I got to organize my time
No sense in standin' still
Just watch me now I've got a lifetime to fill
'Cause I'm buzzin' yeah, come with me, come with me
Jump up, jump up 'cause you know we're buzzin'
Anytime when we come, we are shock and a sting
Anytime when we come, we are shock and a sting, so
My ears are burning, my back has started to bleed
I've noticed you only contact me when I've got some weed
And when I'm in need to help you with something you need to do
I must have been a fool 'cause now I see the real you
You couldn't even look me in the eye
I knew something was wrong you can't justify, it's all lies
Telling me other's business and telling me how they be
Come to think about it, you could be doing it to me
The pieces of the puzzle are now fitting into place
I know what kind of person you are you're a disgrace
I don't hold a grudge even though what you did
I just can't trust you with absolutely anything
If I see you it just hi and bye keep going my way
'Cause I've got things to do, I've got bills to pay
I've had enough of your two faced company
And that's the way it's going to be
My friend, welcome to reality
Remember the times it was cold outside
Everyone said blurt but I said na come to mind
Hours and hours of blazin', feel fine
Did you think your parents would allow it at that time
I didn't think so well now you know how
It was growing up with ungrateful brothers about
It makes me wanna scream, it makes me wanna shout
Ask what I did for them and their mind blacks out
Day by day pushin' me away others them a turn
Others stayed tried to relate
To make me see I was wrong no it's too late
Back biting, street fighting it the mess that was made
Great, I spent half my life with you guys
Now you want to rush me in front of my mothers eyes
I don't know why you did it and you was high
Two face people die twice, no lie
To all them a boy them a liar, liar
With their mouths on fire, they say it's human nature
They are playing with lives, they slowly burning wire
You'd better be aware 'cause in the end you'll suffer
To all them a boy them a liar, liar
With their mouths on fire, they say it's human nature
They are playing with lives, they slowly burning wire
You'd better be aware 'cause in the end you'll suffer
2 face, two bait when it's written on your face
Two fake, too straight when your out on the estate
After all the lies you've gone and spread about me
You put on your disguise and go on like we're sweet
Who needs enemies when you've got brothers like these
They be smiling when they're with you
But you know it's full of cheese
Oh, please who else be trying to eat up our cake
Two, two, two you're 2 face
'Cause they're the masters of deception
They wanna bring you down
Your phone keeps ringing taking you for a clown
Them threats keep coming make you wanna leave town
Not before you find out who's behind this showdown
Your best friends been makin' others real mad
You're tellin' this dude everything and now it's real sad
He's rollin' with your enemies and now they seem glad
They know all they need and got their pen to the pad
So why do they do what they do against you
Fake arsed brothers you're life they want to screw
It's true when I say all they want is attention
To satisfy their needs with no consideration
To all those people who've got more than one face
You better be on your defense 'cause now we're on the case
The mace that you sprayed has been cleared from my eyes
What comes around goes around you better realize
2 face, two bait when it's written on your face
Two fake, too straight when your out on the estate
After all the lies you've gone and spread about me
You put on your disguise and go on like we're sweet
Who needs enemies when you've got brothers like these
They be smiling when they're with you
But you know it's full of cheese
Oh, please who else be trying to eat up our cake
Two, two, two you're 2 face
2 face, two bait when it's written on your face
Two fake, too straight when your out on the estate
After all the lies you've gone and spread about me
You put on your disguise and go on like we're sweet
Who needs enemies when you've got brothers like these
They be smiling when they're with you
But you know it's full of cheese
Oh, please who else be trying to eat up our cake
Two, two, two you're 2 face
They come down your home pretend to be your mate
But deep inside their souls it's just you that they hate
And whenever you were hungry you placed food on their plate
And any time they were in trouble, you always helped them escape
Indirect or direct they try to put you down
Low down, way down underground with no sound
And all the bullshit that they talk they can't just even hold down
With their mouth full of rubbish they try to spread around
2 face two bait
Two straight, man, you're too fake
Every time we come around you know we penetrate
Any time you come around we must eliminate
2 face two bait
Two straight, man, you're too fake
Every time we come around you know we penetrate
Written by: Das, Savale, Pandit, Thorpe, Zaman, Tailor
We never had it so good
Day to day It's the government plan
To grind them down Every man and woman
To grind them down Every man and woman
To grind them down Every man and woman
Day to day It's the government plan
To grind them down Every man and woman ....
To fuck up their minds
Pat their lives in their hands
To mash up their brains
Unable to understand
This is a message to those in command
There was never any freedom
Written by: Das, Savale, Pandit, Thorpe
Tu meri me tera
You are mine and I am yours
Standing together side by side
I'm not your shadow but I could be your guide
Stick with me in this time of insanity
Working together to survive this reality
Without you I don't think I could bear
Belief in myself man You take me there
You see me as I am And what I wanna be
The hopes for myself Yes you are the key
And when I'm on the mic
I don't have to chat shit
Guns or cars or the size of my prick
Your inspiration makes me rap wisely
Like Tunes for a cold ( ! )
You make me think clearly
Asian sisters shouldn't hear slackness
But conscious lyrics like Sounds of Blackness
Asian brothers come listen to me
Respect your sisters if you wanna be free
I will never forget the love you have given
Sacrificed for the life we are living
the greatest wealth that no-one can steal
No amount of wickedness woulda stand in your way
I will never forget
how you struggled to allow us to see a better day.
Standing together side by side
I'm not your shadow but I could be your guide
Stick with me in this time of insanity
Working together to survive this reality
Without you I don't think I could bear
Belief in myself man You take me there
You see me as I am And what I wanna be
The hopes for myself Yes you are the key
And when I'm on the mic
I don't have to chat shit
Guns or cars or the size of my prick
Your inspiration makes me rap wisely
Like Tunes for a cold ( ! )
You make me think clearly
Asian sisters shouldn't hear slackness
But conscious lyrics like Sounds of Blackness
Asian brothers come listen to me
Written by: Das, Savale, Zaman, Pandit, Thorpe
The police a chase we
The beast can't catch me
When I see his big stick
him deal me a lick
Tower Hamlets Nine have to go free
Not even a fine
for the Tower Hamlets Nine
Youth Connection
Stop this infection
Defenfing defending defending the community
Some fascists in Brick Lane looking for a fight
Police doing nothing:
One rule for Black
One rule for White
ADF, we're about to strike
Time is getting short
Elections in May
Give the fascist man a gunshot
That's the only way
There are many different languages spoken in this land
But only one language that the fascist understand
Why don't you
Kick the fuckers in the head
Kick the fuckers in the head
Why don't you?
Master D Adlib
" Every institution in this city, right
is prejudiced against us
There's no accountability
There's no servant of the Police Force
Or his DI or whatever
Who is accountable for his attitudes"
Our parents had to sit tight
Weren't allowed to fight back
physically
just a mental strain
Restraint!
Now I think I've found a remedy to this recurring pain
Not passive but resistant
Your assumptions were wrong:
Like coffee without milk ( ! )
Too black to strong
For too many years man you've had your fun
Now it's time
Now it's time
For us to hit and run
'Cos we're second generation
but we're not second class
Now the wrath of the Asian will hit you like a blast
Now the wrath of the Asian will hit you like a blast
In this time there is no justice or peace
In this time there is no trust in the police
Quddus Ali saw no justice or peace
Altab Ali saw no justice or peace
Stephen Lawrence saw no justice or peace
Too many people still waiting for release
Written by: Das, Savale, Pandit
Ami Bidrohi!
I the Rebel Warrior
I have risen alone With my head held high
I will only rest
when the cries of the oppressed
no longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
no longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!
I'm hear to teach you a lesson
I'm hear to torture your soul
I'm the itch in your side That's got out of control
'Gonna prey on your conscience
You'll be praying for forgiveness
Seen all the evidence
No longer need a witness
So take my word man
Here's my sentence
One hundred thousand years of repentance.
Check my anger, it's real
Ain't no token
I'll be satisfied only when your back's been broken
It's my burning ambition to burn down your empire
Man I'll be building you a funeral pyre
The fire in my eyes
If looks coulda kill
I won't be satisfied until I've had my fill.
Check my anger, it's real
Ain't no token
I'll be satisfied only when your back's been broken
Ami Bidrohi!
I the Rebel Warrior
I have risen alone With my head held high
I will only rest
when the cries of the oppressed
no longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
no longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!
Repetitive beats beating against your skull
I'll be striking you down
to the sounds of the wardrum
The doum!
The doum of the dhol
taking its toll
Null and void is what you've become
An underground army with my brothers and sisters
Hand to hand fighting
building up a resistance
Repetitive beats beating against your skull
Null and void is what you've become
Ami Bidrohi!
I the Rebel Warrior
I have risen alone With my head held high
I will only rest
when the cries of the oppressed
no longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
no longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!
I read the commitments
Strange alliance
The siren and the flute in unison
'Cos it's a part of my mission
to break down division
Mental compartments
In political prisons.
I'll be sowing the seeds of community
Accomodating every colour every need
So listen to my message and heed my warning
I'm telling you know
how a new age is dawning
Ami Bidrohi!
I the Rebel Warrior
I have risen alone With my head held high
I will only rest
when the cries of the oppressed
no longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
no longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!
Ami Bidrohi! Ami Bidrohi!
Yes the unity of the Hindu and the Muslim
will end your tyranny
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Lies ! Damn lies and statistics
Fitting up and stitching down at ballistics
The back of the van it ain't used for seating
Just check through the window the youth them get a beating
Meet P.C P.R the designer policeman
Putting up a smokescreen with his multi coloured truncheon
Shake a few bad apples off the long arm of the law
But he knows and we know that it's rotten to the core
Black man on a double yellow he's a criminal
A racial attack- investigation minimal
You'll always find us on the end of a baton
When the black meets the blue you know who's getting spat on
Now I'm giving to you and I'm driving into you
The truth- no number crunching- it's just your mind that we are mugging
ADF taking them on at I- spy
Watching them watching us operation eagle lie
Unity is strength and strength is unity
IC1, IC2 and also IC3
All together we can defend the whole community
One people, all nations to reach their destiny
Before the devil man used to use the truncheon
To kill the black man is still his dream ambition
Now they have swat batons and CCTV
For unusual people just like you and me
Young sisters and brothers dying from heart attacks
But how can we breath when the beast is on our back
CS gas in your lungs, eyes and your mouth
Just another police murder without without a doubt
CPS is the piggies alibi
None of them ever prepared to be the fall guy
ADF taking them on at I- spy
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Every Sunday morning in front of the TV
Recording with a microphone Naya Zindagi
Pioneer Gurdas Maan
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Kept our parents alive
Gave them the will to survive
Working inna de factories
Sometimes sweeping de floor
Unsung heroines an heroes
Yes they open de door
They came a long time ago
But now it seems we've arrived
Naya Zindagi! Naya Jeevan
New Way New Life
Stayed an we fought an now de future's open wide
New Way New Life
Naya Zindagi! Naya Zindagi!
New Way New Life
Naya Zindagi! Naya Jeevan
Tjinder pon de radio
Dis is England's new voice
Censorship for years
But now dem have no choice
Running thru de playground
We could never have known
Dat in de future
Our role models would be home grown
And now we're walking down de street
Wid a brand new pride
A spring inna de step
Wid our heads held high
Young Asian brothers an sisters
Moving forward, side by side
Naya Zindagi! Naya Jeevan
New Way New Life
Our opportunity will no longer be denied
New Way New Life
Naya Zindagi! Naya Jeevan
And we're supposed to be cool
Inna de dance our riddims rule
But we knew it all along
Cos our parents made us strong
Never abandoned our culture
Just been moving it along
Technology our tradition
Innovation inna the song
Now de struggle continues
To reverse every wrong
New heroines and heroes
Inna de battle we belong
When we reach de glass ceiling
We will blow it sky high
Naya Zindagi! Naya Jeevan
New Way New Life
Stayed an we fought an now de future's open wide
New Way New Life
Naya Zindagi! Naya Zindagi!
New Way New Life
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Brothers and sisters of the soul unite
We are one indivisible and strong
They may try to break us but they dare not under estimate us
They know our memories are long
A mass of sleeping villages
That's how they're pitching it
At least that's what they try to pretend
But check out our history
So rich and revolutionary
A prophecy that we will rise again
Again and again until the land is ours
Again and again until we have taken the power
Again and again until the land is ours
Again and again until we have taken the power
Deep in the forest
High up in the mountains
To the future we will take an oath
Like springing tigers we encircle the cities
Our home is the undergrowth
Because I am just a naxalite warrior
Fighting for survival and equality
Police man beating up me, my brother and my father
My mother crying can't believe this reality
Again and again until the land is ours
Again and again until we have taken the power
Again and again until the land is ours
Again and again until we have taken the power
Jump into the future dub zone
Roots rockers
And we have taken the power
And the land is ours
And we have taken the power
And the land is ours
And we have taken the power
And the land is ours
And we have taken the power
And the land is ours
Because I am just a naxalite warrior
Fighting for survival and equality
Police man beating up me, my brother and my father
My mother crying can't believe this reality
Iron like a Lion from Zion
This one going all the youth, man and woman
Orginal Master D upon the microphone stand
Cater for no skeptical man- me no give a damn
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Who controls the past controls the present
And who controls the present controls the future
The battle for the past is for the future
Must be the winners of the memory war
Smash reach out and then grab the flower
At the end of the day their defeat will be for sure
Have you inside your memory the scene of the crime
If you don't have a clue then you're running out a time
Struggle continues while di sunshine
Past and the truth two of them you have to combine
Because books dem a burnt and documents are shredded
Cover ups are covered up in the name of the law
Presidents and royalty caught red handed
And you won't know about it for fifty years or more
Come pay attention to the re-educator
The battle for the past is now the battle for the future
Fire for the messengers of this fake nostalgia
Soon come judgement day
Who controls the past controls the present
And who controls the present controls the future
The history they teach is the voice of the victor
You need to look again you need to have a propaganda!
If truth is your price then come join the bounty hunters
Because truth make you the enemy of all these liars
Because books dem a burnt and documents are shredded
cover ups are covered up in the name of the law
Presidents and royalty caught red handed
And you won't know about it for fifty years or more
Come pay attention to the re-educator
The battle for the past is now the battle for the future
Fire for the messengers of this fake nostalgia
Somewhere in the ghetto where morality died
It's a rapid response and who hands are tied
Ask the questions later, raise the .45
Press it against his head, watch him beg for his life
Now you're the judge, the jury and the executioner
Are you're the judge, the jury and the executioner?
Sealing his fate
You're feeling the hate
You're feeling the hate, hate, hate, hate
You never asked why it's two eyes for one eye
Act on instinct, know the truth from a lie
And you spit at the man behind the video lens
In his crazy theme park where the means are the ends
Hate breeds hate and a beat makes a beat
Can this bitter revenge ever be so sweet?
So you're the judge, the jury and the executioner
Sealing his fate
You're feeling the hate
You're feeling the hate
Make no mistake, make no mistake
There's no escape, there no escape
Make no mistake, make no mistake
There's no escape 'cause you're feeling the hate
You're so close to the edge, can you pull back in time?
There's a voice in your head and there's a voice from behind
Appealing to reason, to help you to make sense
Of the mess that's around you
Are you a spanner in the works or part of the plan?
Are you shaking or biting the invisible hand?
Is revenge the the only way that you can make a stand?
It's not how you fall, it's how you land
It's how you land
Are you the judge, the jury and the executioner?
Are you the judge, the jury and the executioner?
Are you the judge, the jury and the executioner?
Are you the judge, the jury and the executioner
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
And we say back way to all the trouble makers
Better fix up your brains because you are the biggest fakers
Come in the place better know who you are
Self defence is no offence
The scales of justice are weighed down on one side
Freemasons on the case you know you're gonna get a rough ride
Hold tight even if you know your rights
It's just a piece of paper unless you're prepared to fight
For ten years one hell of a long time
To rot in a cell when you've committed no crime
Another innocent man forced to carry the can
Free Satpal Ram
Free Satpal Ram
Another innocent man
Whose word against who ?
Whose word against who ?
The degenerate crew
Out on the town thought they had something to prove
Self defence - only offence - had to protect himself from all the murdering fools
Cutting remarks on account of his race
A plate to his chest and a glass to his face
An Asian fights back can't afford to be meek
With your back against the wall you can't turn the other cheek
And its back way to all the trouble makers
Better fix up your brain because you're the biggest fakers
Come in the place better know who you are
Free Satpal Ram
Another innocent man
Birmingham six
Bridgewater four
Crown prosecution totting up the score
Kings Cross two
Guildford four
Winston Silcott - man how many more ?
Satpal attacked in a restaurant by racists
Now the brother's been locked up on a life time basis
Convicted of murder but what's never mentioned
Self defence was his only intention
ADF once again taking to the stand
Witness the jailing of an innocent man
Kicking up a fuss because it could happen to us
Time to join in the fight back
Because enough is enough
And it's back way to all the trouble makers
Better fix up your brains because you're the biggest fakers
Come in the place better know who you are
Open up, open up, open up
Open up
Enemy, enemy, enemy
Enemy, enemy
Bring this
Enemy of the enemy, who?
Enemy of the enemy, what?
Enemy of the enemy, who?
Enemy of the enemy, what?
Enemy of the enemy, who?
Enemy of the enemy, what?
Enemy of the enemy
Me, me
Babylon is really burning this time
My chick is coming home to roost on a Soviet airline
Climbing on the subway, burning eyes spinning head
Walking through the station, breaking into a cold sweat
Is the ticking time bomb in my head or your bag
Have you been snorting white lines with president, gas
Crawling from the wreckage of my tumblin' tower block
Someone else had to finish the job
It was the enemy of the enemy
The enemy of the enemy
He's a friend
Till he's the enemy again
It was the enemy of the enemy
The enemy of the enemy
He's a friend
Till he's the enemy again
Enemy of the enemy, who?
Enemy of the enemy, what?
Enemy of the enemy, who?
Enemy of the enemy, what?
Enemy of the enemy, who?
Enemy of the enemy, what?
Enemy of the enemy
Me, me
Rig a dig
Starin' out the window at 50,000 feet
At the mercy of the skies, no escape velocity
And as your eyes meet my skin, see the terror on your face
Do you want it to stop, put yourself in their place
Where what your life is worth depends on where you live
Too many generations down the line to forgive
If all you knew was total war from every side
You'd have to decide, you'd have to decide
Who's the enemy of the enemy
The enemy of the enemy
He's a friend
Till he's the enemy again
Who's the enemy of the enemy
The enemy of the enemy
He's a friend
Till he's the enemy again
Choose the enemy, know the enemy
Love the enemy, feed the enemy
Sleep with the enemy, arm the enemy
Sell the enemy, bomb the enemy
Choose the enemy, know the enemy
Love the enemy, feed the enemy
Sleep with the enemy, arm the enemy
Sell the enemy, bomb the enemy
Keep your friends close
But keep your enemies closer
Closer, closer, closer
Keep your friends close
But keep your enemies closer
Closer, closer, closer
This is easy, uh, they got a turban
We don't have to know
What's going on in the turban
Just proceed with the story
Choose the enemy, know the enemy
Love the enemy, feed the enemy
Sleep with the enemy, arm the enemy
Sell the enemy, bomb the enemy
Choose the enemy, know the enemy
Love the enemy, feed the enemy
Sleep with the enemy, arm the enemy
Sell the enemy, bomb the enemy
Keep your friends close
But keep your enemies closer
Closer, closer, closer
Keep your friends close
But keep your enemies closer
Closer, closer, closer
It was the enemy of the enemy
The enemy of the enemy
He's a friend
Till he's the enemy again
It was the enemy of the enemy
The enemy of the enemy
He's a friend
Till he's the enemy again
Choose the enemy, know the enemy
Love the enemy, feed the enemy
Sleep with the enemy, arm the enemy
Sell the enemy, bomb the enemy
Choose the enemy, know the enemy
Love the enemy, feed the enemy
Sleep with the enemy, arm the enemy
Written by: Das, Savale, Pandit, Zaman
Spread power with words
The gold that you stole
The pillage and the plunder
Is it any wonder that we're here?
It ain't no mystery
The fecting and the shooting
That's the real history
We're only here 'cos you were there
Consequences of your global pillage
I never had the feeling to either destroy or conquer
I sift to the debris you left in your wake
When you pushed us in to third place
When the truth is uncovered and the story's been told
you won't be able to look me in the face .....
We're only here 'cos you were there
Here in England a global village
Consequences of your global pillage
Master D chat it up ....
I sift to the debris you left in your wake
When you pushed us in to third place
When the truth is uncovered and the story's been told
you won't be able to look me in the face .....
You treated my mother's land
just like one big plantation
You did this to the African
You did this to the Asian
Famine was caused not by god but taxation
The fruits of our labour were used to build your nation
Sucking us dry - our country's natural juice
Yes our underdevelopment was caused by your abuse.
Gonna check the missing pages
We'll be adding up the numbers
We'll be looking for witnesses so they can tell our brothers
We'll be using the technology
Jammin' with it consciously
Culture Move
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, Crawford
Now watch this !
I want all of the masses them come do culture move
This collaboration here with no ego trip
WE don't bring no badness no fuss or fighting with it
And educational why don't you keep up with this
Time to pay attention to the conscious lyrics
May try!
What them a do man an' what them ah chat about
With the youth them after nine o' clock can't stay out
A government man he must have run up on the mob
Hear ! What him ah say will happen without a doubt
He cannot think for himself, copy the American
To build up the tension bring the idea to Britain
Now ! When the law is done he'll have his satisfaction
Then it will be as life for the old man, young man and woman
Who goes there?
The original Asian Dub Foundation
alongside Navigator on the M- I- C
Up here reality we talk and strictly culture
Culture upon the move this year
HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeh ....Asian Dub Foundation
HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey ....
Kingdom 'gains kingdom and nation 'gains nation
Time we are living up in them revelation
'Cos when you take a stock of the whole situation
The elders them ah poison the young generation
Instead of them ah trying to build a firm foundation
Them ah bring human beings down to pure degradation
With chemical warfare and nuclear weapons
Starvation, Sufferation, Dehumanisation
The world population have to take precautions
From pollution, corruption, deception, infection
Politicians can claim that they've got the solution
But deep in up them hearts them have a wicked intention
To rinse out poor people with tax and inflation
Segregating the massive, separating the nation
You think ah, so it goes before you answer a question
You better watch yourself before they bug you're not madman
All of the masses inside the place do culture move
All of the masses inside the place do culture move
All of the masses inside the place do culture move
All of the masses all of the public do culture move
Sooner the culture on on the move...
Coming Deeder!
This one for all microphone entertainers
You have the tool you have the voice so be an educator
Stop! Stopping the slackness and come on, tell them proper
Encourage the massive to become their own creator
Because in ah this time you have to understand
That the government man's going to try and mash up on the plan
So direct the crowd and give them navigation
Believe you'll me get a wicked reaction
Show 'em on!
HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey beyond the navigator!
HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey
Sound of the culture upon on the move
You gotta be conscious in everything that you do .....
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
New Crash is coming
Watch out IMF dem try to tek away your sight
Boom an a gloom, recession it a loom
For de second time in ten years monies starting to get tight
Better tek cover 'cos de crash is coming soon
Lock, stockbrokers and two smoking barrels
Spun de roulette wheel an a you won de first time
So forget bout prayers an a your christmas carols
Welcoming de new year back on de breadline
New Crash is coming
Pointing de index finger at meaningless figures
Dow Jones, Wall St., Nikkei they all lied
Speculator, golddigger an free market ligger
Here comes a FTSE up your backside
Pacific Rim panic, taking de tooth from de tiger
Financial fallout overriding de geiger
A war of nerves between the US an Japan
Once again de underdogs end up carrying de can
Watch out IMF dem try to tek away your sight
Boom an a gloom, recession it a loom
For de second time in ten years it's your money or your life
Better tek cover 'cos de crash is coming soon
International Monetary Foul play
Talking doublespeak is de order of de day
Freetrade, Slavetrade, slip dem a bung an call it aid
Gurus, Fakirs: Witness de mess dat they have made
It's de end of history, we say it's just de beginning
Struggle for de truth no more doctors will be spinning
Pilger prophecised de profits of de city
Media mogul dying wid his hand inna de kitty
We live in de world that time BeGATT
Time to check de data debris an change de format
All de way from de frontline here comes de backlash
Today, the Colour Line/Is the Power Line/Is the Poverty Line
Racism and imperialism work in tandem
And poverty is their handmaiden
Those who are poor and powerless to break out of their poverty
Are also those who by and large are non-white, non-western, third world
Poverty and powerlessness are interwined in colour, in race
Discrimination and exploitation feed into each other today
Under global capitalism...
We are back to primitive accumulation - plunder on a world scale
Only this time, the pillage is accompanied by aid, sustained by expert
advice and underpinned by programmes and policies that perpetuate dependency
The IMF, The World Bank, Structural Adjustment Programmes
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - GATT,
are just a few of the organisations, schemes, projects
which under the guise of developing the third world, plunder it.
Trade agreements and commodity price-fixing, patents and
intellectual property rights
They lock them into paralytic dependency
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Black is not just the colour of our skins
It's the colour of our politics...
There's no such thing as illegal immigrants, only illegal
governments...
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
For every opportunity we squeeze de last drop
Seeds sown inna de past and now we're reaping de crop
Yer, spreading de roots an we're no longer under-ground
Those dat turned away are now turning around
Homebeats and High-hats mightier than de sword
Version excursions an breaks from abroad
Too many secret histories dat have never been told
Reveal hidden agendas
Remove de blindfold
Examine de story before you tek de stage
Unscramble freaktalk displayed pon de front page
Frequency flashing synchronised like strobe
Can't do it alone you need to get into de collective mode
Need to get into de collective mode
We're taking note of every brand new sound
Keeping our minds open
Cor we know we're future bound
Together we must recognise the signs of our times
Together we must learn to read between the lines
Make your own programme
No bother become digital captive
You need some Audio
So you must be Active
Get into collective mode
Spirits become positive
You live de life you love
An you love the life you give
No-one is an island whether you like it or not
All inna di same boat which is about to be rocked
Warning light flashing synchronised like strobe
Can't do it alone you need to get into de collective mode
Do you spend too much time living inside your head
Worry too much about what the other man said
Need to pay heed to dis sonic reflection
Turn dis disconnection into interconnection
Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman
Demolition dub
Sort it out Sonic
Charge
Now watch this
Now hear this
This is a warning to the slack society
Release the pressure
Fabulous
Now watch this
Charge
Attack Attack Attack
Look through the square or round window
Now a change a gonna come
Whether you come by bus or underground
Still a change a gonna come
If you're north or if you're south
You know a change a gonna come
Whether by fax or word of mouth
Still a change a gonna come.
Meters peaking
Truth is leaking out into the sticks
Too late now no turning back now
'cos the switches have been flicked
Goalposts moving
Signposts pointing you the wrong way
They're screwing up
You're queuing up
Come back another day.
If you're old or if you're young
You know a change a gonna come
No matter where you come from
What colour - black, white or brown
Government man plan
Mash up in a britain
Criminal justice bill me bawl
Where them get it from?
Them can't understand
Just want to build up tension
But just watch the future
'cos a change a gonna come
Adf is here to show you how it should be done
And we know that this style is identical to none!
Yeah!
Bureaucrat, democrat, fatcat
Too long they've had their way
A breeze of sleaze coming to blow them away
Satellites crashing down on india
We say no way
Adf broadcasting
We no ramp we no play.
We get madddddddd.....
What them a say
What them a chat 'bout
This is reality man
You can't run adf out.
What them a do what them a talk 'bout
All of the politician run up on your mouth
