Handsworth Revolution
Steel Pulse
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I say the people of Handsworth Knows that one hand wash the other so they say So let's join hands, my bredren Make the way for our children (our children, our children) And their children (their children, their children) Ensuring that they get life's fair share of Equality Doesn't justice stand for all? Doesn't justice stand for all? Doesn't justice stand for all mankind? We find society putting us down Crowning us, crowning us, crowning us, crowning us A place of evil, oh, oh Handsworth means us the Black people Handsworth means us the Black people We're talking now Speaking Jah Jah language Long, long way we're coming from To send this message across, across Been hidden, forbidden, concealed, unrevealed It's got to come out in the open that Babylon is falling Babylon is falling It was foolish to build it on the sand Handsworth shall stand firm like Jah rock Fighting back We once beggars are now choosers No intention to be losers Striving forward with ambition And if it takes ammunition We rebel in Handsworth revolution Handsworth revolution Handsworth, yeah, yeah, revolution Handsworth revolution Revolution Dread town, dread town, dread town Dread town, dread town, dread town Dread we are for a cause Deprived of many things Experienced phony laws Hatred Babylon brings We know what you've got to offer We know what's going on Don't want no favors 'Cause there's still hunger Innocent convicted Poor wage, hard labor Only Babylon prospers And the humble suffer They are my brothers, yeah, in South Africa One Black represent all, all over the world Can't bear it no longer Blessed with the power Of Jah Creator We will get stronger And we will conquer And forward ever, and backward never Handsworth revolution Handsworth revolution Handsworth, yeah, yeah, yeah, revolution Handsworth, yeah, yeah, yeah, revolution Revo-, revo-, revolution Revo-, revo-, revolution Revo-, revo-, revolution Revo-, revo-, revolution
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Written by: David Robert Hinds, Alphonso Martin Martin, Basil Gabbidon, Mike S Riley, Ronnie McQueen, Selwyn Brown, Steve Nesbitt
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