Babylon Makes The RulesA weh dem a go do when the time comes around
A weh dent a go sek
Cos
My people are in a mess
But nobody wants to know
Cos when you're down and out and oppressed
Bad ManDem dread seh
Dem dread seh
Dem dread seh
Dem dread seh
No matter how you bad I man badder than you
No matter how you dread I man dreader than you
No matter how you hard I man harder than you
No matter how you raw
BodyguardEvery time you meet the public
You get scared and you start to panic
A who got a gun
A who got a bomb
A who got a knife
A who's gonna lose their life
So-called leaders with deceitful faces
Corruption in a high place
born fe rebelThe Blood of Marcus
Blood of Malcolm
Goes running through my veins
And Nat Turner's vision
I can see it very plain
Saw William Gordon and Paul Bogle
Hanging from a tree
May their spirits and their souls
Chant A PsalmRejoice rejoice
Good tidings I bring you
Hear ye a message to you my friend
Voices cry invoke your angels
When pressure drop it cannot conquer dread no
So blow away your bluesy feeling
Spirits say take the world off you shoulder
One foot in the grave is a foolish step to take (dancer)
Darker Than BlueReady right now, Ready right now
Ready right now, Ready right now
We people who are darker than blue
Are we gonna stand around this town
And let what others say come true
Are we just good for nothing so them figure
Dirty H2OSet sail from the island shores
Told of the streets that were paved with gold
We were cheap labour right after the war
A pie in the sky we were searching for
Our mamas and papas came over and got no respect
When they came for work
And sent for our brothers and sisters
Who left all the sunshine
Dub Marcus Say(C) 1982 Pulse Music Ltd
All songs written by David Hinds
Except "Your House" written by Phonso Martin
All songs published by Pulse Music Ltd
Produced by Karl Pitterson for IRM Productions
Engineered by Dennis Thompson
Handsworth RevolutionI say the people of Handsworth
Knows that one hand wash the other so they say
So let's join hands, my bredren
Make the way for our children (our children, our children)
And their children (their children, their children)
Ensuring that they get life's fair share of
Equality
Doesn't justice stand for all?
Kick the HabitWe know the system is one big jive
We’ve got to fight to stay alive
Brother man is hooked on drugs, sisters hooked on selling love
The good God knows how they survive
We’re living in a bubble, full of troubles
Dope is destroying my fellow man
Ku Klux KlanWalking along just kicking stones
Minding my own business
I come face to face, with my foe
Disguised In violence from head to toe
I holla and I bawl (Ku Klux Klan)
But dem naw let me go now
To let me go was not dem intention
Dem seh one nigga the less
Macka SplaffHi
I just feel blockup on you
Hey bum bu
Hey Jah stab
Hey size nine
Hey grey seed
Is like seh grizzly ah folly
Him smoke off the collie
PredictionPrediction, prediction foretold
Prediction, yeah, from the days of old
Prediction, yeah, from way back when
The years Jah send, years Jah send
Prediction a long, long time ago
Selassie was neglected, tell me when?
Like the tales of the Messiah, yah
RaversWoops outside your head
Woops outside your head
Crucial and red
When the sun goes down Me little moonshine darling
And you're in the mood for love and you feel like dancing
Rub it up Rub it up Rub it up Rub it up
Reggae FeverReggae music sends me in a fever
My blood pressure high
Yet I don't want no doctor
A reggae music get me hot around the collar
My blood pressure high
Yet I don't want no doctor
Roller SkatesOut on the corner
With my roller skates
Having fun with the girls
Says I'm feeling great woo
In the dark of the night
Street lamps glowing
On full blast is my radio
Radio
Settle The ScoreI wake up in the morning and I
Flash my natty dread yaah!
Give praises to the most high JAH JAH
Then me hold a fresh
Ready for the world wide pressure
It heavy like a lead
I deliver dis ya message with a vengeance
To the heads of government..
SoldiersAnd when soldiers came
Them say them come to make us tame
And from that day until now on
We were jeered and laughed to scorn
Things used to be ire (before the soldiers came)
Things used to be nice, so nice now
Things used to be ire
Sound CheckIf anything should mash up my head Sah
Play the music me can't dead
Jah in music prolongs gives me life to
Praise Jah
In motion with music getting what we want
Getting what we need
In motion with music getting what we want
Getting what we need
Sound SystemDig the music Mr. DJ
Sound system (sound system)
Heavy rhythm
Disco jive, conquer I no.
Sound system (sound system)
Juke box jive can't cramp I style.
Steal A Kiss'It's late enough
All your kids should be home.'
The policeman says
As he takes your beer for his own
You remember
Wondering what his wife thought
About his occupation
Stepping OutHuh, flashy jam
Steppin' out, steppin' out
Steppin' out, steppin' out
Open Sesame, here comes Rastaman
Abracadabra, catch me if you can
I know
Wild Goose ChaseI thought the destructione
Of creation
Would be nuclear power
And radiation
I thought judgement
Would come
When dem drop
Your HouseYour love is a life for I
Realized that so much
When I first met you
That was some time ago
From then until this
Resist, no, no, no, close to you, see
Oh yes, right from the start
Oh, no, no, no, could never part