1. |
Soul Of The Nation
03:31
|
|
||
Chorus
Don’t drive us away
Because we are here to stay
Don’t drive us away
You can’t kill the soul of the nation
Verse 1
Why do you want to remove our rights
And change the way we live our lives
Don’t be tempted by the hidden lies
Or we’ll have to live with the choice that sold our souls
Chorus
Don’t drive us away
Because we are here to stay
Don’t drive us away
You can’t kill the soul of the nation
Verse 2
How can you choose what is best for us
You are a goddamned economist
Were gonna have to stand up and fight
Or we’ll have to live with the choice that sold our souls
Chorus
Don’t drive us away
Because we are here to stay
Don’t drive us away
You can’t kill the soul of the nation
|
||||
2. |
Got Me
03:27
|
|
||
Verse 1
Chase the sunlight's heat but never feel it's warmth
Working days are long but can never right my wrongs
Verse 2
Live life for the gain but never get to play
I need to be with you, don't wanna waste away
Pre Chorus
Thought time was on my side to leave behind these lies
Now I stay and try not to lose my mind
Chorus
Spun her web so nicely that i didn’t even see it there
Corporation's got me
And I live in hell but they pay me well
Verse 3
System feeds me well but still inside it starves
Plan the big breakout but cannot see the bars
Pre Chorus
Thought time was on my side to leave behind these lies
Now I stay and try not to lose my mind
Guitar Solo
Pre Chorus
Thought time was on my side to leave behind these lies
Now I stay and try not to lose my mind
Chorus
Spun her web so nicely that i didn’t even see it there
Corporation's got me
And I live in hell but they pay me well x 3
Spun her web so nicely that i didn’t even see it there
Corporation's got me
And I live in hell but now i really got to get myself out of here
|
||||
3. |
District Six
04:20
|
|
||
A section
In 68 the army came
and took the people away
In District 6 there'll be no coloured mix
Divide the folk and segregate
was the state decree
In District 6 there'll be no coloured mixx
Forced by law to leave their homes
where generations had grown
In District 6 there'll be no coloured mix
Bulldozers came knocked down their dreams
of social harmony
In District 6, a malicious trick
B section
Community destroyed for greed , always there to haunt us
Humanity can do without, world apartheid forces
Guitar solo on A & Horns B section
Spoken word (24 bars)
Imagine if you will, wakin' up on a bright sunny day, wid a tank at yu door,
machine gun fire, people screamin', women beaten to di ground children torn away from their mothers breast, fathers beaten grown men cryin', and for what?
Just so dat somebody can subjugate another one.
Well I never understood what was going on at the time
But life gives some long heavy licks and some serious blows and I will never never forget and I will pass on to every generation
So dat the world understands that apartheid system is wrong.
B Section x 3
Community destroyed for greed , always there to haunt us
Humanity can do without, world apartheid forces
Tag
You got to end apartheid forces
End apartheid forces
|
||||
4. |
|
|||
Verse 1
We don’t want another selfish leader telling us we are more important than our brother
The welfare of the people is number one, not the size or stash of corporate funds oh no
We don’t want another foreign power taking all the milk and honey away
Pre Chorus
The profits high with no return the hit and run's about to burn
And all that’s left is one big social mess
Chorus
You got to give back give back the love
The people need to know it’s gonna to be ok
You got to give back give back the love
The people need to know it’s gonna to be ok
Post chorus
The social need is there but who is going to care
For the ones who have fallen down
Horn line
Verse 2
The government they say they can’t be spending
They say they cannot fund you health and learning
Pre Chorus
The profits high with no return the hit and run's about to burn
And all that’s left is one big social mess
Chorus
Post chorus
The social need is there but who is going to care
For the ones who have fallen down
Sax Solo
Brass line
Verse 3
We don’t want another selfish leader telling us we are more important than our brother
Pre Chorus
The profits high with no return the hit and run's about to burn
And all that’s left is one big social mess
Chorus
Post chorus
The social need is there but who is going to care
For the ones who have fallen
The social need is there but who is going to care
For the ones who have fallen
The social need is there but who is going to care
For the ones who have fallen
The social need is there but who is going to care
For the ones who have fallen down
|
||||
5. |
Good Life
03:31
|
|
||
Verse 1
Keep on hiding but forget to seek a higher way of life
Our children’s future is looking bleak among the clouds of smoke
Pre-Chorus
Burning, abusing can’t be forgiven
Inflicting pain upon the world so we can all relax and have the
Chorus
Good life, Use everything for the
Good life, Do anything for the
Good life, Use everything for the good life
Flute line
Verse 2
Build a fence and say it’s mine on land as old as time
The trees of life they loose their leaves cut down so they won’t seed
Pre chorus
Double Chorus
Horn Groove
Toast
Di belly of my country is full of black and gold, all the world they want it but we got the cash flow, we spending on the wide screen we spending on line, living in a bubble which is going to explode. We eating and drinking while the land is getting tired, sittin' in front of tele while our bunda's getting' wide. Not thinkin' 'bout the burnin' not thinkin' what we use, we're tryin' to be happy not thinkin' what we lose, for the goodlife
|
||||
6. |
One of These Days
04:25
|
|
||
Verse 1
Around the world there is a feeling clouds could go away
Release the past it's broken glass that can be one again
Verse 2
The born of new can look beyond without a clouded view
The skys will clear and let the light reflect within your eyes
Chorus
Around the world there's a feeling clouds could go away
One of these days
Around the world there's a feeling clouds could go away
Horn riff and Sax solo
The wind will blow your doubts away
Double Chorus
Round the world there's a feeling clouds could go away
One of these days
Round the world there's a feeling clouds could go away
One of these days
Round the world there's a feeling clouds could go away
|
||||
7. |
Honest Man
03:13
|
|
||
Honest Man
Why do you come here and always terrorise me
You have never met my kind so don't you classify me
You always prop me up then you push me over
Come on and take my hand you know that you can leave your pride at home
Come and see my paradise and see the world through others eyes
Journey to my paradise and live your life an honest man
Why do you always set us up for failure
Then you tell the world that you are our saviour
Sax Solo
Come and see my paradise and see the world through others eyes
Journey to my paradise and live your life an honest man
Why do you come here and always terrorise me
You have never met my kind so don't you classify me
Solo
Come and see my paradise and see the world through others eyes
Journey to my paradise and live your life an honest
Come and see my paradise and see the world through others eyes
Journey to my paradise and live your life an honest
Come and see my paradise and see the world through others eyes
Journey to my paradise and live your life an honest man
|
||||
8. |
Find A Way
03:56
|
|
||
Find a Way
Chorus:
You got to find a way to find a way
To stand up to others who try to knock you ‘round
You got to find a way to find a way
To not let the attitude of people put you down
Verse 1
Don’t know why you listen, soon you’ll stop believing
Those words are poison, to keep you in the dark
They want you to be one who never gets rockin’
You need your own rhythm, to make you feel alright
Double chorus
You got to find a way to find a way
To stand up to others who try to knock you ‘round
You got to find a way to find a way
To not let the attitude of people put you down
Horns - Middle 8
Bridge
They want to take the light
So you’ll never have the right
To love this world
Guitar Solo 16 bars
Verse 2
The answer is out there, you’ll find it if you care
The future is waiting, for you to feel alright
You might be bleeding, from fighting the demons
You gotta keep marching, until you find the light
Chorus
Horns for one chorus
Outro
You got to find a way to find a way x 8
To not let the attitude of people put you down
|
||||
9. |
Time
03:34
|
|
||
Time
Horns
Verse 1
Now is the time you must take your chance
To rise against the corrupt establishment
Oh why do I see you always sitting on the fence
Act now, we’re running out of Time!
Chorus
There’s no time
Can’t stop time
Out of time!
Verse 2
You have to see, there is trouble in the world
Even though your life is full of wealth and toil
We are fighting for the water, we are fighting for the air
Act now, we’re running out of time!
Chorus
Toast (Drum and bass)16 bars
Stand up and be counted pour forth like a fountain, of ideals of justice of fairness of rights, don't shy from the issues of misprinted doctrines that use us abuse us and leave us confused.
Just open your eyes and you'll see all the lies
Open your mouth and unite in one shout that can take us from here to great heights.
United in power in riddim new sights
Sax solo
Guitar solo
We're running out of time
Chorus
|
||||
10. |
The Protest
03:58
|
|
||
11. |
Flames
05:12
|
|
||
Flames
Verse I
People all competing so hard, to get the big piece of the pie
Losers fight for all that remains, lives cannot be part of the game
Verse II
Workers living day to day, find out they may not get paid
Financial crisis is the excuse, for the boss to get away with the loot
Chorus
I see the flames coming but see no water
Only the peace will come with new world order
I see the flames coming but see no water
If there’s no change we will surely burn
Verse III
So much money in the world, lots of poverty everywhere
Rich nations they don’t want to share, the pots of gold they keep in their care
Chorus
We will surely burn yaw, we will surely burn, we will surely burn, yeah we will burn
Toast
All the world leaders just make promises to break, they keep us in the dark when we really need some light, to mislead by omission is the true crime of today, when all that we are askin' is an opportunity, so many asperations are growing every day, created by the very ones you try to lead astray, if leaders only listened to all that they survey, the land the sky the people would have nothing more to say in the goodlife
Verse IV
Presidents they all say the same, home security is to blame
Keep the third world hungry and poor, then they won’t lose all the control
|
||||
12. |
Positive
04:30
|
|
||
We need to walk the dangerous path of individuality
To express ourselves without the fear of society
Don’t take away the right to use, our creativity
I see people searching for a world of positivity
Pre- Chorus
The word is out that we are not a positive majority
If we must then we’ll defy to live this way
Chorus
If we’re positive, you know we can make our way,
When we’re positive the next step is a higher stage
Brass line
Verse 2
I don’t want, people giving, me their negativity (drums out for 4 then bass in for next 4)
I always need to see who I, really wanna to be
Don’t take away the right to use, my creativity
I see i'm searching all around in this world for positivity.
Pre- Chorus
The word is out that we are not a positive majority
If we must then we’ll defy to live this way
Double Chorus
If we’re positive, then you’ll believe cause we're positive
When we’re positive, you just may share the trust
If we’re positive you know we can make our way,
When we’re positive the next step is a higher stage
Positive vibrations oh yeah oh yeah, positive vibrations oh yeah x 8
|
The Protesters Sydney, Australia
What happens when members of Watussi, King Tide and Melbourne Ska Orchestra come together to create new music? These musicians bring their mix of cultures, meeting on common ground with their love of reggae and a firm belief in social justice. Enter The Protesters. ... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like The Protesters, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp