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BDL Radical Speech (Skit) Lyrics - Artist : Big Narstie
One one coco, full basket
Trouble nah sit like rain Time longer than rope Learn fi creep before you walk Every mickle'll make a muckle Seein' blind, hearin' deaf Duppy no who fi frighten Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God And princes shall come out of Egypt Selah Africa's been sleepin' Not dead Only sleepin' Today, Africa is walkin' around Not only on her feet, but her brains You can slave as you have for 300 years The bodies of men You can shackle the hands of men You can shackle the feet of men You can imprison the bodies of men But you cannot shackle or imprison the minds of men Lie down, black man and dig Reach out black men and women And put our nature's knowledge to use The black race is one of the branches of the human race As a section of humanity He occupies a position in the world At the present time, most unfavorable And most uncomfortable The black people are subjects of ostracism It is said that our humanity has shown us no more love No greater sympathy than we are experiencing Wheresoever you go throughout the world The black man is discarded Is ostracized Is relegated to the lowest of things Social, political and economical This therefore suggests a problem And one that must be solved We, in this section of the world, are not entirely free From this unkind, unsympathetic and uncharitable behavior Of the groups of races around us But since man has been placed on his own responsibilities Whether he be black, white or yellow He must act on his own account We will not unduly whine or complain But reason amongst ourselves And see what can be done to remedy this state of affairs Life is a conflict You have to fight your way through it Whether you will it or not Those of us who are able to fight more stubbornly live Accomplish most And to them go the laurels The palm and the triumph Of our civilization and world We, unfortunately, have not been trained or educated to the truths of life Paradoxically so He has shown us no more love, no greater sympathy Than we are expecting Rastafari stands alone Jah, Rastafari King Selassie I |
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