I'm Not Fooled

I've been listening to what you said and wondering if it could be true,
if it's as bad as you say out there I leave the going out to you.
(Chorus)
I'm not believing all I see, fabrications on TV, distort the
news feed us your views, I'm not fooled so easily.

Statistics prove it's not too bright to walk the darker streets at night,
or talk to people you don't know, my world's become a horror show
(repeat chorus)

There's a murder in my living room, my child is watching avidly,
should I venture out tonight, tomorrow he'll be watching me.
(repeat chorus)

Pay your money take your choice, but every channel plays the same
the audience hears his master's voice, keeps him scared and keeps him tame.

Bring Me Your Cup

Did I ever say
how I feel about you
And did I ever find
that easy to do
Things that you do
don't need to be heard
You know your actions, baby
speak louder than words

I've got the bottle
bring me your cup
pop the cork and try some
when you're empty I'll fill you up
We'll drink it down
'till the sun comes up

I'm heading north
like a steaming train
Put to the floor
in the driving rain
My head is aching
and my mouth is dry
I've got thirst that
only you can satisfy

I've got the bottle
Bring me your cup
Pop the cork and try some
When you're empty I'll fill you up
We'll drink it down
'till the sun comes up

Become my love my baby
I dont mean no nor maybe
you know you drive me crazy
Sexy lady
Because I want you honey
Making your love not money
You make my days so sunny
My sweet honey
I want to kiss you baby
Me want to squeeze you honey
Me want to caress you darling
You're my lady
Me want to please you honey
Don't try to tease me baby
Me want your loving honey
Want my loving
Climb up on top my lady
Please don't stop my baby
I'm like a rock my darling
One and only
I brought the meat now baby
I know you got the gravy
I know your love will save me
My sweet lady

C'est La Vie

a woman came and said to me
she'd seen a lady sell a baby
for ten or twenty dollars maybe
and everybody thinks she's crazy
they're too blind to see
she never failed to call attention
to the things we never mention
real horror, daily, courtesy of your tv
c'est la vie

a woman came and said to me
now listen very carefully
there's brother killing brother
people living on their knees
biting sugar coated bullets
for the pain of this disease
c'est la vie

a woman come and said to me
she had a husband on an island
found his body on a wasteland
soldiers came and took him
just to torture her you see
all alone she mourned her lover
crossed the sea to find a brother
maybe he could help get her baby back for free
c'est la vie

D.U.B.

When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind,
To hold me little woman
And fe make her feel iree.
Be play album, dub plate, and forty-five
For dat's the kind of riddim that keeps me alive.
Me turn on fe me radio
Some a chat 'bout dat
But I know more than d.j.
So I nah play you dat.

Chorus:
Me tek a 'D' and a 'U'
An' a 'B' - not 'E'
That thing there
Is special to me.
Me listen in the morning
Also in the night
For dat form of music
Is outasight.
The newest form of music
Is easy to see
It start with a 'D'
And end with a 'B'
Dub in a de morning
And dub in a de night
Mek the whole neighbourhood
Feel alright, feel alright

When me reach me yard
Me got one thing on me mind,
To hold me little woman
And fe mek her fell iree.

Chorus

Rock in a de dance
Me seh fe give dub a chance,
Rock in de blues
You know you jus' can't lose.
A dub me a defend
On dub i can depend
Check out dis yah music
And run tell yo' friend.
We don't want rock 'n' roll
And we got enough soul,
We don't want rock 'n' roll
And we got enough soul.
Bass is beutiful
If it's clean,
But dis yah dub music
Man, it well mean.
No bother follow friend
And ignore dub again.
It's simple, but effective
Can't you see?
A lot of people catch on in 'eight-three.
Now is 'eighty-four
And you must know the score,
Anything me chat, you know
The people bawl 'more.'

Me jump 'pon de graphics
Don't get vex'
All me have
A total concept
To make you feel
Iree.

Groovin

I get my kicks from watching people running to and fro.
And if you ask them, where they're going, half of them don't know.

Let the world think I'm crazy 'cause they don't realize
That I'm just groovin' oh, groovin'. Grooving out on life.
I'm just groovin' and I can't stop moovin'. Groovin' till I die.

I see you river, flowin' by me, heading for the sea.
And I get the feelin' deep inside of me it's so good to be free.

Now I got sunshine in the daytime and moonlight every night
And I'm just groovin' oh, groovin'. Grooving out on life.
I'm just groovin' and I can't stop moovin'. Groovin' till I die.

Higher Ground

moon and stars sit way up high
earth and tress beneath them lie
the wind blows fragant lullaby
too cool the night for you and i
on the wind the birds fly free
leviathan tames angry sea
the flower waits for honeybee
the sunrise wakes new life in me

and every hour of every day i'm learning more
the more i learn, the less i know about before
the less i know, the more i want to look around
digging deep for clues on higher ground...

the fishes swim while rivers run
thru fields to feast my eyes upon
intoxicated drinking from
the loving cup of burning sun
in dreams i'll crave familiar taste
of whispered rain on weary face
of kisses sweet and warm embrace
another time another place

and every hour of every day i'm learning more
the more i learn, the less i know about before
the less i know, the more i want to look around
digging deep for clues on higher ground...

Kingston Town

The night seems to fade, but the moonlight lingers on.
There are wonders for everyone.
The stars shine so bright,
but they're fading after dawn.
There's magic in Kingston Town.

Oh Kingston Town, the place I long to be.
If I had the whole world I would give it away
just to see the girls at play.

When I am king surely I would need a queen.
And a palace and everything, yeah.
And now, I am king and my queen will come at dawn
she'll be waiting in Kingston Town.

(repeat last two refrains till end)

Riddle Me

Chorus:
Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this,
Who owns the chians that bind your wrists?
Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this,
Who built the machine that washed your brain?

Like parents did before them
Your parents did the same
They said do your best, you must pass the test
You must learn to play the game
They scrimped and saved and suffered
To send you off to school
But if they'd had the cash they could've bought the class
And a different set of rules
Chorus

They taught a simple system
Why they had and you had not
They said know your place, you can't win the race
Life's an auction you're the lot
If you'd ever thought to question
They would never answer why
When they buy your sweat, your are in their debt
And they own you till you die
Chorus

You took hook line and sinker
Everything they fed
Worked day and night, for most your life
To earn their daily bread
Now you're old and weary,
And you lay you down to sleep
With body worn and spirit torn
What's left is yours to keep
Chorus

Sorry

please don't say sorry
presuming a respect for what you say
if in your heart you mean it
then you'll understand me feeling
you must prove it sign the cheque without delay
most humbly yours, four hundred years back pay

just don't say sorry
and if that can excuse this tyranny
no value in your talking
money speaks and bullshit's walking
round in circles re-inventing history
trying to erase our memory

if you say sorry
can i assume you've realised the shame
the seeds of your oppresion
fall and ripen with agression
you can't hold us any longer with your chains
time to compensate us for our claims

i'm not begging charity
don't confuse the things i say
give me what belongs to me
gime me what belongs to me

rap:

don't bother wi' no sorry
don't bother wi' delay
a four hundred years
is not just the other day

i'm not begging charity
don't confuse your mind
payment overdue
fe a long long time

you come a we gate
no bother to hesitate
you tek away we tings
like a damn pirate

One In Ten

I am the one in ten a number on a list,
I am the one in ten even though I don't exist
nobody knows me but I'm always there
a statistic a reminder of a world that doesn't care.

My arms enfold the dole queue malnutrition dulls my hair
my eyes are black and lifeless with an underprevileged stare
I'm a beggar on the corner can no one spare a dime
I'm the child that never learns to read
'cus no one's spared the time.
Refrain

I'm the murderer the victim I'm licensed with a gun
I'm a sad and bruised old lady in an alley in the slums
I'm a middle aged business man with a chronic heart disease
I'm another teenage suicide in a street that has no trees.
Refrain

I'm a starving third-world mother I'm a refugee without a home
I'm a housewife hooked on valium I'm a pensioner alone
I'm a cancer ridden spectre that's covering the earth
I'm another hungry baby I'm an accident of birth.
Refrain

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