Confrontation

Confrontation Lyrics

H.I.M Haile Selassie: (SPEAKS IN ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGE)

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 epression of ONE LOVE, then mother earth shall honeymoon in peace.
Forever eliminating the aspirations, lust and anguish of wars and rumors of wars...SELAH!

VERS:

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 racehourse
and gi dem a uniform and shave dem head with razors
and now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed cause
inna dem churches tryin to save...saviours

Garvey Dialogue:

Can we do it? We can do it, we shall do it!

Damian Marley:

Boom, tell dem fe uh draw mi out when the world government inna falling out
only few men survive crawling out
run lef 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 hearfrom 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 slaughter house from Bagdad to Waterhouse
she start 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 CLAATT!
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 burningball
loose ball....dat no work...IN WAR, sleepin...dat now 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 we f**k 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.

Garvey:

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:

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 racehourse
and gi dem a uniform and shave dem head with razors
and now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed cause
inna dem churches tryin to save...saviours/

Damian Marley:

Hey! now wi fore parents sacrifice enough
dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup
any dany a revolution might erupt
and they 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
searchign for the sign and the sign is us
searching for the truth all you find is us
searching for the troops still behind it's us
the almighty we recruit and we come from the root
we build like roach killing boot
weh just can't done
Rastafari design we 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 buss 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 learing WAR
instigating and urging WAR
always keep alert in WAR
cause man wi jump out a swerving car
now bees and birds IN WAR
and the freeks 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

Garvey:

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.