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 And them coulda never escape this ya judgement
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 At the end of your line......
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 'Cos me a naxalite warrior
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
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 It's all over
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
Now watch this ! All the massive them come do culture move This collaboration herewith is no ego trip WE bring no badness no fuss or fighting with it Educational why don't you keep up with this Time to pay attention to the conscious lyrics What them a do man what them chat about The youth after nine o' clock can't stay out Government man he a just a run up on his mouth Hear ! What him a say will happen without a doubt 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 for life for all youth, 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 on the move this year HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeh ....Asian Dub Foundation HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey ....
Kingdom 'gains kingdom and nation 'gains nation Time we are living in it's called revelation 'Cos when you take a stock of the whole situation The elders them a poison the young generation Instead of them trying to build a firm foundation Them 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, infection, deception Politicians claim that they've got the solution But deep in their hearts they have a wicked intention To rinse out poor people with tax and inflation Segregating the massive, separating the nation You think a so it goes Why don't you answer my question You better think again before they turn you a madman
All the massive in the place do culture move All the massive in the place do culture move This one is for all the microphone entertainers You have the tool you have the talent to be an educator Stop the slackness and tell them proper Encourage the massive to become their own creator Because in this time you have to understand That the government man's going to try and mash up man plan So direct the crowd and give them navigation And believe you'll get a wicked reaction
HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey Asian Dub Foundation Sound of the culture on the move You better be conscious in everything that you do......
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
Now watch this ! All the massive them come do culture move This collaboration herewith is no ego trip WE bring no badness no fuss or fighting with it Educational why don't you keep up with this Time to pay attention to the conscious lyrics What them a do man what them chat about The youth after nine o' clock can't stay out Government man he a just a run up on his mouth Hear ! What him a say will happen without a doubt 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 for life for all youth, 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 on the move this year HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeh ....Asian Dub Foundation HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey ....
Kingdom 'gains kingdom and nation 'gains nation Time we are living in it's called revelation 'Cos when you take a stock of the whole situation The elders them a poison the young generation Instead of them trying to build a firm foundation Them 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, infection, deception Politicians claim that they've got the solution But deep in their hearts they have a wicked intention To rinse out poor people with tax and inflation Segregating the massive, separating the nation You think a so it goes Why don't you answer my question You better think again before they turn you a madman
All the massive in the place do culture move All the massive in the place do culture move This one is for all the microphone entertainers You have the tool you have the talent to be an educator Stop the slackness and tell them proper Encourage the massive to become their own creator Because in this time you have to understand That the government man's going to try and mash up man plan So direct the crowd and give them navigation And believe you'll get a wicked reaction
HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey Asian Dub Foundation Sound of the culture on the move You better be conscious in everything that you do......
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 Just castles built on sand ...
Pagal ki na bole? Chagal ki na khai? Kuch bolo ke ni?
Pagal ki na bole? Chagal ki na khai?
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 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 ..... 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 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! ) That there was nothing to nick anyway! )
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 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 ... 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 ..... 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 ... got its facts wrong and it's fucking up my day Pagal ki na bole? Chagal ki na khai?
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 Disya judgement ......
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!
Null and void is what you've become
Take the long train to Bombay Dark ask the tombs came Your christmas set You won the freedom to forget Feeling good,vibration Which need to another nation Taking hurray taking hurray
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 You got to have the jungle eye ....
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.
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
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
