Confrontation

by Damian Marley

195

[Intro] *(Spoken)
 
N.C.
Since the beginning of modern civilization,
Generations have witnessed and inherited,
The only conflicts of world wars.
But behold the marriage supper of the lamb,
And the bridegroom onto his bride;
Then shall the earth's children know the true expression of one love.
Fm
 Then mother earth shall honeymoon in peace.
Bbm                           C7
 Forever eliminating the aspi-rations,
         Db                  Bbm             Ab  C7
Lust and anguish of wars and rumours of wars.     Selah!
 
[Chorus 1]
 
Fm
 See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors,
Bbm                       C7
 And propaganda spreading in-a the Sunday papers.
Db                         Bbm
 Not even Superman could-a save you with him cape, 'cos,
Ab                 C7
 Red-a judgement a-blaze, blaze ya.
 
Fm
 And Babylon a-gamble the youth dem life like racehorse,
Bbm                         C7
 And gi dem a uniform and a-shave dem head with razors.
Db                          Bbm
 And now the clock a-strike war, don't be amazed, 'cos,
Ab                           C7
 In-a dem churches tryin' to save, saviours.
 
*(Spoken)
 
N.C.
Can we do it? We can do it; we shall do it! (Boom!)
 
[Verse 1]
 
Fm
 Tell dem fe uh draw mi out,
When the world government in-a falling out.
   Bbm
On-ly few men survive crawling out,
     C7                                            Db
Run; left him colleagues dem sprawling out, nearly dead!
Medic haffi haul him out,
             Bbm                                        Ab
And give him two tranquilizer fi stall him out; deh pon base!
                                  C7
Can't get no calling out when him hear from the shout last week.
             Fm
Him mistress find a-new shoes, wife can't get no news,
                                                   Bbm
And lately she starting to doubt; she still search-ing!
                                    C7
And the youth dem bawling out, work-ing hard not to let it all come out.
      Db
Well, it's not safe to go walk about;
  Bbm
A slaughterhouse from Baghdad to water house.
               Ab
She start to a-rouse; sometime she want a spouse,
          C7                                      Fm
She start go out, start beat a darker stout, guns come out!
Working people funds run out;
                                                 Bbm
Keep a show last week and no one come out; bombs come out!
                              C7
Mi gas tank just run out, bom-bo clatt!
                                   Db
The scotch tape just run out, weed run out!
Yuh senses must dumb out;
          Bbm
Mi have a pound round a-back deh a gwan sun out.
         Ab
Nah come out! 'Til the chalice bun out,
         C7
Nah come out! 'Til the malice bun out, a war!
 
[Bridge 1]
 
Fm
 Zimbabwe to Berlin wall, blazin' like a burnin' ball.
Bbm                              C7
 Loose ball, dat no work, in war, sleeping, dat no work in war
Db                             Bbm
 Can't wear jheri curl, in war, no diamond and pearl, in war.
Ab                               C7
 Can't drink weh a serve, in bar; gas wi fuck up yuh nerves, in war.
Fm
 Shot wi blood up yuh shirt, in war, can't go lift up no skirt, in war.
Bbm                            C7
 Now disease and germs, in war; can't go release your sperms, in war.
Db                             Bbm
 Stamina must preserve, in war, fire constantly burn, in war;
Ab               C7
 Red, it red, it red, it red, it red!
 
[Interlude]
 
N.C.
 If you cannot do it,
If you are not prepared to do it, then you will die.
You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles,
You race of good for nothings.
If you cannot do what other men have done,
What other nations have done, what other races have done,
Then you yourself shall die.
 
[Chorus 2]
 
Fm
 See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors,
Bbm                       C7
 And propaganda spreading in-a the Sunday papers.
Db                         Bbm
 Not even Superman could-a save you with him cape, 'cos,
Ab                 C7
 Red-a judgement a-blaze, blaze ya.
 
Fm
 And Babylon a-gamble the youth dem life like racehorse,
Bbm                         C7
 And gi dem a uniform and a-shave dem head with razors.
Db                          Bbm
 And now the clock a-strike war, don't be amazed, 'cos,
Ab                           C7
 In-a dem churches tryin' to save, saviours.
 
[Verse 2]
 
            Fm
Hey, now wi fore parents sacrifice enough;
Dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup.
    Bbm
Any day a revolution might erupt,
        C7
And the skies over Kingston lighting up.
        Db
For the new generation rising up,
   Bbm
Of youths nowadays, weh dem sighting up.
    Ab
And through reasoning dem biding up,
       C7
Search-ing for the sign and the sign is us.
       Fm
Search-ing for the truth; all you find is us,
Searching for the troops; still behind is us,
       Bbm
The al-mighty we recruit and we come from the root,
   C7
We build like roach building boot.
               Db
Weh just can't done; Rastafari' design me tuff,
         Bbm
If a-the fight for freedom, sign me up.
         Ab
'Cos you tell-lie-vision can't blind me up,
    C7
Sol-diers and police dem wising up;
    Fm
Rea-lising they're no more right than us,
Realising there's no use fighting us.
    Bbm
Rea-lising; they're opening their eyes,
           C7
To see the same demoralising life as us.
      Db
So we nah tek talk nor smiling up,
         Bbm
'Cos the word temper tantrum boiling up.
        Ab
And who calling the shots and nah bust none,
    C7
Con-trolling the mind of the young, bring down.
 
[Bridge 2]
 
Fm
 Bare famine; no rain nah fall from London to Dadeland mall.
Bbm                             C7
 All the son of the virgin bawl, institute of the church in war.
Db                             Bbm
 Preaching and researching war, practice and rehearsing war.
Ab                             C7
 Teaching and dem learning war, instigating and urging war.
Fm
 Always keep alert in war, 'cos man will jump out a swerving car.
Bbm                        C7
 Now bees and birds in war, and the freaks and nerds in war.
Db                                  Bbm
 And the straight and curves in war, forward and reverse in war.
Ab               C7
 Red, it red, it red, it red, it red!
 
[Outro]
 
N.C.
 If you cannot do it,
If you are not prepared to do it, then you will die.
You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles,
You race of good for nothings.
If you cannot do what other men have done,
What other nations have done, what other races have done,
Then you yourself shall die.
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                  Mr. President, Distinguished delegates...

[H.I.M. Haile Selassie I dialect]

[Bunny Wailer dialogue]
Since the beginning of modern civilization
Generations have witnessed and inherited the only conflicts of world wars
But behold the marriage supper of the lamb and the bridegroom onto his bride
Then shall the earth's children know the true expression of ONE LOVE
Then mother earth shall honeymoon in peace.
Forever eliminating the aspirations, lust and anguish of wars and rumors of wars...SELAH!

[Verse 1]
See it deh know the innocent going up in vapors 
And propoganda spreading inna the sunday papers not even superman coulda save you with him cape cause
Red-a Judgement a blaze, blaze ya
And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse
And gi dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razors
And now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed cause
inna dem churches tryin to save...saviours

[Marcus Garvey dialogue 1]
Can we do it? We can do it, we shall do it!

[Verse 2]
Boom! 
Tell dem fe uh draw mi out when the world government inna falling out
Only few men survive crawling out
Run left him collegues dem sprawling out
NEARLY DEAD!
Medic haffi haul him out
And give him two tranquilizer fi stall him out
DEH PON BASE!
Can't get no calling out when him hear from the shout last week
Him mistress find a new shoes
Wife can't get no news and lately she starting to doubt
SHE STILL SEARCHING!
And the youth dem bawling out
Working hard not to let it all come out
Well it's not safe to go walk about
A slaughterhouse from Bagdad to Waterhouse
She start to arouse sometime she want a spouse
She start go out, start beat a darker stout
GUNS COME OUT!
Working people funds run out
Keep a show last week and no one come out
BOMBS COME OUT!
Mi gas tank just run out
BOMBO CLATT!
The scotch tape just run out
WEED RUN OUT!
Yuh senses must dumb out, Mi have a pound round a back deh a gwan sun out
NAH COME OUT!
Till the chalice bun out, 
NAH COME OUT!
Till the malice bun out, A WAR! 

Zimbabwe to Berlin Wall
Blazin' like a burnin' ball, loose ball...dat no work...IN WAR
Sleeping...dat no work..IN WAR
Can't wear jheri curl...IN WAR
No diamond and pearl...IN WAR
Can't drink weh a serve...IN BAR
Gas wi fuck up yuh nerves...IN WAR
Shot wi blood up yuh shirt...IN WAR
Can't go lift up no skirt...IN WAR
Now disease and germs...IN WAR
Can't go release your sperms...IN WAR
Stamina must preserve...IN WAR
Fire constantly burn...IN WAR
RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED!

[Marcus Garvey dialogue 2]
If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it...then you will die.
You race of cowards, you race of imbosiles, you race of good for nothings
If you cannot do what other men have done
What other nations have done, what other races have done 
Then you yourself shall die.

[Repeat Verse 1]

[Verse 3]
SEE IT DEH NOW...Hey!
Now wi fore parents sacrifice enough
Dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup
Any day a revolution might erupt, and the skys over Kingston lighting up
For the new generation rising up, of youths now a days weh dem sighting up
And through reasoning dem biding up, 
Searching for the sign and the sign is us,
Searching for the truth all you find is us,
Searching for the troops still behind is us,
The almighty we recruit and we come from the root
We build like roach building boot
Weh just can't done, Rastafari design me tuff
If a the fight for freedom sign me up
Cause you Tell-Lie-Vision can't blind me up
Soldiers and police dem wising up, realizing they're no more right than us
Realizing there's no use fighting us
Realizing their opening their eyes to see the same demoralizing life as us
So we nah tek talk nor smiling up
Cause the word temper tantrum boiling up,and who...
Calling the shots and nah bust none
Controlling the mind of the young, bring down...

Bear famine, no rain nah fall from London to Dadeland mall
All the son of the virgin bawl, institute of the church IN WAR
Preaching and researching WAR
Practice and rehearsing WAR
Teaching and dem learning WAR
Instigating and urging WAR
Always keep alert in WAR
Cause man will jump out a swerving car
Now bees and birds IN WAR
And the freaks and nerds IN WAR
And the straight and curves IN WAR
Forward and reverse IN WAR
RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED...IT RED.

[Marcus Garvey dialogue 2]                
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