bacchus@pollux.cs.uga.edu (Shaheed Bacchus) writes: As promised here is some of the lyrics from VEX, these are pretty conscious, at least in my opinion: BACK TO MY ROOTS Woe Na Na Na Hey Yeh Yeh Oh Yeh This is to whom it may concern Raggamuffin rastaman return Says we all got a lesson to learn This is the reason that I'm back to my roots Back to my roots I'm back to my roots We took that commercial road Searching for some fame and gold And gained the whole wide world And almost lost our souls Some say we should have lead the way Take it over from Bob Marley Got brainwashed by the system yeah What a heavy price we paid It's time to go back The way we was Reggae Raggamuffin rub-a-dub Back to my roots Back to my roots Back to my roots There ain't no turning back We pon de culture track Some a seh that we gone soft Whatever happened to the pulse so hard They use to take a militant stance Now all we're hearing is a song and a dance Well we tried all the pop and jive To keep the band and the music alive So here's my promise to everyone I'll serve the sufferers from this day on It's time to go back to the way we was Reggae Raggamuffin rub-a-dub Back to my roots Back to my roots It's time to go back to the way we was Reggae Raggamuffin rub-a-dub Back to my roots Back to my roots This is to whom it may concern Raggamuffin rastaman return Says we all got a lesson to learn Help I andI mek babylon burn yah! Back to my roots There ain't no turning back We pon de culture track ISLANDS UNITE Wo oh now Unite all the islands unite And fight the wicked dem out a sight First world your bomb is sticking Dirty deeds and politricking A whore's A whore, A witch is a witch Answer to your name Elizabitch Thirld world its time for switching Watch how the tables are turning We must abandon the sinking ship So here's your chance don't make it slip Christopher Columbus and a captain Hook Pirates of the ocean glorified Written in your books They never knew that this ya music Would help us find our way It's the source I say that makes us one Pumping through our veins Independence is what we crave for So leave our riches alone Don't wanna be your footstool cause you rule With your heart of stone Don't want corruption to lead us And keep the masses poor Now prophecy must fulfill Pon babylon the whore You take the commonwealth and make the common poor Your tables are turned cause we know the score We gonna scrap your script and flip your ship No more lashes from the massa's whip The bomb a tick, a cause panic and when it hit Your world will smash to bits Bit by bit, bit by bit Woe no no na yeah Unite and fight ENDANGERED SPECIES A slack we slack, it's keeping us back A slack we slack, no time fe dat, oh wee Destruction of the black civilisation Let me tell you this Cause everytime I raise my weary hand I see desolation and I feel despair Watching my nation going down the drain Going around as if they just don't care Still in the streets looking for justice Losing our life a very heavy price to pay Lift up your voice and shout for equal rights They're killing us out, oh yes from day to day Don't touch the coke nor the crack That de kind a drug just a keep you back Watch de gang and de gun That dey kind a life just a keep we down Go to school and learn the rule Let me tell you something, education rule Got to earn self respect A good things a come through blood and sweat Cannot all born fi live a prison To live by the gun is only suicide So when wise men speak you better listen Never too late to take some sound advice The nation's strength is in the family now A house that's divided, no can never stand Brothers take up responsibility Lead all your children with your precious hand Destruction of the black civilisation Endangered species don't you know Destruction of the black civilisation Sho way wa ba da yeah Don't touch the coke not the crack That de kind a drug just a keep you back Watch de gang and de gun That kind a life just a keep you down Go to school and learn the rule Let me tell you something education rule Got to earn self respect A good things a come through blood and sweat Destruction of the black civilisation donnam7377@aol.com (DonnaM7377) writes: Here are lyrics to the song "Dirty H2O"... Set sail from the island shores Told of the streets that were paved with gold We were cheap labour right after the war A pie in the sky we were searching for Our mamas and papas came over and got no respect When they came for work And sent for our brothers and sisters Who left all the sunshine To be treated like dirt....so now Dem a throw dirty water in our face We came here and got no love only hate So we are tired to eat up the crumbs pon your plate ....can't wait I just can't wait, no way ....can't wait I just can't wait, now, no way Give one good reason why you do that We ain't got completion to get the connection To be in position for the right direction Wow know We've got wounds from old slavery And even today they refuse to heal Just like a scapegoat we almost feel Cause we have been given a very raw deal The last to be hired the first to be fired oh yes Still remains the same We built up your country and foretold your wars Any crises we would get the blame so now Can't wait, I just can't wait no way Can't wait, I just can't wait Gimme back me shilling with mi lion pon it Gimme back me land flowing with milk and honey Bsck away with your name calling us Jungle Bunny You tell too much blasted lie with your tarzan movie Can't wait, I just can't wait Just give me one good reason why you do that! (My apologies for any typos) Donna in Philly aka Nubian Vixen u77522@sys30030.orl.mmc.com (Richard N. Kurpiers) writes: I noticed no one has posted the lyrics for NO JUSTICE NO PEACE from the Steel Here they are: The law is back to front yeah! Up side down yeah ah! What do we want justice what do we need justice stiddly bop No justice no peace Retaliation won't cease No justice no peace Retaliation won't cease For the whole world was a witness We saw it on t.v. Four officers they got acquitted For beating of Rodney King As my friend Macka B would say It wasn't right in any kind of way That Mike Tyson got six long years For a rape that was not proven Take the case of Kennedy Pardoned and got away scott free O black people why don't you see Their democracy has spoken Give me a riot me can't keep quiet Mek we loot set the place pon fire Too much abuse sey me sick and me tired Hang the jury dem a blasted liar A blackman's incarceration Cause of white supremacy Let's break down the walls of oppresion Their lies and hypocracy woe Don't forget old Howard Beach Hatred practised what it preached Michael Griffiths lay dead on the streets By a mob of white extremists Yusef Hawkins was gunned down In a little red neck part of town We won't take that sitting down Cause that's a sign of weakness Woe na an woe na na woe na na Not funny I'm in a fury Kangaroo court and the judge a monkey I smell a rat and it skunky funky If you a sly fox The law is back to the front yeah Upside down Inside out in Babylon Chant dem chant dem yeah chant dem It no funny I'm in a fury It's my duty string to up the jury Not satisfied with your tricks and lies Not satisfied with the system No justice no justice No justice no peace