Rasta Say My Country.
Rasta Say My Country
Look here mon
This, is mine sah
My earth
Yeah mon
Jab gift to I
My Country
Best nobody
Tell I, nothin'
Otherwise sah;
That I must
Speak better
Parlez Francais
No accent
No Creole
Or Rasta
I starve
So hear I
Hear what I
Rasta I ah say
Cussing
Bleating
Defiance
From in the dark
Urban gutters
Cosmic
Alienation sah
This is my rap
My poetry
My language
My culture
Reshaped
By my rhythm
Consciousness
One identity
Hammered on anvils
Forged in ah the fires
Of Babylon land
Branded
On this tongue
That spit fury
And damnation
Aint goin take
No oppression
No downpression
Babylon man hear
What I say
Aint go suffer
No pain, no more
Aint go listen
No kiss meh ass
Settler man
Tell Rasta I
Speak this
Speak that
Properly
"No Creole Sir?"
Listen to me mon
This is my land
Jah gift
And anybody
What say
Otherwise
Up your
Know what ah say.... ?
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