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For the consciousness of the nation
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 We?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 the situation The sounds of the original, the original... Hope and glory A myth of the tories We're here to tell you a different story Here to readdress 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 Asian Dub Foundation... We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic The only 'e' we use is electric An Asian background That's what's reflected But this militant vibe ain't what you expected With your liberal minds You patronize our culture Scanning the surface like vultures With your tourist mentality we're still the natives You're 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 Disya judgment... |
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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 Respect your sisters if you wanna be free |
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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 We are gonna spread power with words. |
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For the consciousness of the nation
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 We?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 the situation The sounds of the original, the original... Hope and glory A myth of the tories We're here to tell you a different story Here to readdress 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 Asian Dub Foundation... We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic The only 'e' we use is electric An Asian background That's what's reflected But this militant vibe ain't what you expected With your liberal minds You patronize our culture Scanning the surface like vultures With your tourist mentality we're still the natives You're 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 Disya judgment... |
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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 Respect your sisters if you wanna be free |
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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 Watching them watching us operation eagle lie. |
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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 Put their lives in their hands To smash up their brains Unable to understand This is a message to those in command There was never any freedom Just castles built on sand ... |
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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. Master D Adlib |
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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 Put their lives in their hands To smash up their brains Unable to understand This is a message to those in command There was never any freedom Just castles built on sand ... |
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