Equil Rights
2005.05.08. 00:42
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Get up, Stand up!
(CHORUS) Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight (2x)
You, preacher man don't tell me Heaven is under the earth I know you don't know What life is really worth
It's not all that glitter is gold And half the story has never been told So now we see the light We gonna stand up for your rights Come on
CHORUS
Cause you know most people think A Great God will come from the skies Take away everything And left everybody dry
But if you know what life is worth Then you would look for yours on earth And now you see the light We gonna stand up for your rights
CHORUS
We're sick and tired of this game of technology Humbly asking Jesus for his mercy We know and we know and understand Almighty Jah is a living man
You fool some people sometimes But you can't fool all the people all the time And now we see the light We gonna stand up for our rights
Downpresser Man
Downpresser man Where you gonna run to (3x) All along that day (CHORUS)
You gonna run to the sea But the sea will be boiling When you run to the sea The sea will be boiling(2x) All along that day
You gonna run to the rocks The rocks will be melting
When you run to the rocks The rocks will be melitng(2x) All that day
So I said CHORUS
You drink your big champagne and laugh(3x) All along that day
I wouldn't like to be a flea Under your collar man (3x) All along that day
You can run but you can't hide(3x) Telling you all along that day
You gonna run to the law Beggin' to hide you (2x) You gonna run to Jah Beggin' to hide you All, all along that day
And I said Downpresser Man
Where you gonna run to Where you gonna run to Downpresser man Where you gonna run to I said all along All along, along that day Downpresser man(4x)
Wait, Downpresser man Where you gonna run to Downpresser man I don't know where you gonna run to All along that day
Downpresser man You can't run, you can't bribe Jah-Jah Can't call him in a bar Fe can drink some Devil soup Can't bribe him to run a car now Can't test him faith Downpresser man(5x) Where you gonna run to
Downpresser man You can't bribe no one Them no want no money Them run'f money That money get funny
Downpresser Man...
I am that I am
I'm not in this world To live up to your expectations Neither are you here to live up to mine, yeah
I don't owe no one No obligation No I don't mean none So everything is fine, fine
CHORUS I said I am that I am I am I am Iam (4x)
Don't underestimate My ability Don't definate my character Don't belittle My authority It is time you recognized my quality
CHORUS
Learn to love To love your brother Don't covet your neighbor
Flee from the city It's getting shitty It is full of out-a-quity(Inequity)
CHORUS
I am the rock of the ages You cannot move I at all I am the son of lightining You cannot move I at all Son of Jacob Cannot move me at all I am the son of Moses You can't move I at all I am the son of David You cannot move I at all
I am a firm ripe diamond You cannot move I at all You could a shed more tears You cannot move I at all
You could a full of evil You cannot move I at all You could a try more nuttin' You cannot move I at all
And you can try make a something That can't move I at all And could a come with ism You can't move I at all
And could come with skism That can't move I at all
Stepping Razor
If you wanna live Treat me good If you wanna live, live I beg you treat me good
I'm like a walking razor Don't you watch my size I'm dangerous Said I'm dangerous (2X)
If you are a bully Treat me good If you are a bully, a bully I beg you treat me good
I'm like a stepping razor Don't you watch my size I'm dangerous, dangerous (CHORUS)
If you are a chucky Nobody chucky from me If you are a chucky, a chucky Nobody chuck from me, Yea
CHORUS
I'm like a chopping razor Don't you watch my size I'm dangerous, dangerous
If you eat asphalt I beg you treat me good If you drink lead soup You better treat me good
CHORUS
If you are bull bukka Nobody buk from me If you are duppy You move away from me
CHORUS
I'm like a stepping, walking I'm dangerous, dangerous
If you wanna live Treat me good Warning you if you wanna live You better treat me good
I'm like a stepping, walking, cutting, flicking, jumping,chopping, walking I'm dangerous(2x) I'm like a stepping, jumping, flicking, bumping, boring I'm dangerous(2x)
If you drink mortal Treat me good And if you eat brick Treat me good
I'm like a flashing laser and a rolling thunder I'm dangerous(2x) I'm like a stepping razor Don't you watch my size I'm dangerous, dangerous
Treat me good If you wanna live You better treat me good
Talking: ...You don't through a fifth of the trilliation I go through... Only a name would be here to represent...
If you wanna live You better treat me good You could a drink lead soup I'm dangerous You could a eat asphalt I'm dangerous You could a eat brick crackers I'm dangerous... I saw the sun...Fucking dangerous...
Equal Rights
Everyone is crying out for peace yes None is crying out for justice (2x)
I don't want no peace I need equal rights and justice(3x) Got to get it Equal rights and justice (CHORUS)
Everybody want to go to heaven But nobody want to die Everybody want to go to up to heaven But none o them(2x) want to die
CHORUS Just give me my share
What is due to Caesar You better give it on to Caesar And what belong to I and I You better(2x) give it up to I
CHORUS (I'm fighting for it)
Everyone heading for the top But tell me how far is it from the bottom Nobody knows but Everybody fighting to reach the top How far is it from the bottom
CHORUS
Everyone is talking about crime Tell me who are the criminals I said everybody's talking about crime, crime Tell me who, who are the criminals I really don't see them
CHORUS
There be no crime Equal rights and justice(Precedes each line below) There be no criminals Everyone is fighting for Palestine is fighting for Down in Angola Down in Botswana Down in Zimbabwe Down in Rhodesia Right here in Jamaica
African
Don't care where you come from As long as you're a black man You're an African (CHORUS) No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Clarendon And if you come from Portland And if you come from Westmoreland You're an African
CHORUS No mind your nationality You've got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come Trinidad And if you come from Nassau And if you come from Cuba You're an African
CHORUS No mind your complexion There is no rejection You're an African
'Cause if your plexion High(3x) If your complexion low, low, low And if your plexion in between You're an African
CHORUS No mind denomination That is only segregation You're an African
'Cause if you go to the Catholic And if you go to the Methodist And if you go to the Church of Gods You're an African
CHORUS No mind your nationality You have got the identity of an African
'Cause if you come from Brixton And if you come from Weesday And if you come from Wingstead And if you come from France ...Brooklyn ...Queens ...Manhattan ...Canada ...Miami ...Switzerland ...Germany ...Russia ...Taiwan
Jah Guide
Here though I trod through this valley I will fear no evil (2x) 'Cause I know Jah Guide(3x) Jah Guide(2x) I through this valley And I know he will When I'm trodding through this valley I know he will
(CHORUS) Though my enemies fight me everyday I will fear no evil Though my enemies set traps in my way Still I will fear no evil
CHORUS
Many petty workers dig pits every day But I don't fear no evil Oh the petty workers fight me everyday Still I will fear no evil
CHORUS
Pestilence lurks in dark places And I fear no evil Destruction walk with smiling faces Still I will fear no evil
CHORUS
When I'm walking the streets I know he will(Precedes each line below) When I'm smoking my pipe When I'm troddin the earth When I'm driving the road When they dig pits in my way When they try to keep me down
Fight Apartheid
You in a me land Quite illegal You're in a me land Dig out me gold In a me land Digging out me pearls In a me land Dig out me diamonds
We a go fight(3x) against apartheid We got to fight(3x) against apartheid
You're in a me land And you build up your 'partment You're in a me land You build up you're regimes You're in a me land Only talk 'bout justice You're in a me land Handing down injustice
CHORUS
You're in a me land(Precedes each line below) You no build no school for black children No hospital for black people You build your prison You build their camp
CHORUS
Africa's for black man Remember There certain place in Africa Black man get no recognition
CHORUS
You cross the border You shoot off the children Cross the border Shoot down women Cross the border You take your might Cross the border To beat for right
CHORUS
As for majority Majority rule, yea Who need minority But that couldn't rule, yea
CHORUS
You break off Break off from Britain You're quite illiegal Right where you are You get your forces From colonial powers Taking my diamonds Filling ballistic missiles
CHORUS
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