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Grow Down
01:11
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This is technically a revolution, just not the kind we wanted
Grow down, grow down, down low
And cycle again…
…Through a 2pi rotation and crawl back to the starting point once more
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2. |
Spinning Top
03:35
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If we had to be quite honest
We are all just quite fed up of...
Of complaining, about the same things
Over and over and over...
...And over and over
And over and over
And over and over again
They say we're 'spinning top in mud'
But instead of mud it's shit
You can dress it up and call it something nicer like
‘Conservation of angular momentum in faecal matter’
But your hands are still covered in shit
So if we had to give an opinion
We still welcome the opportunity
To discuss this phenomenon
And to document the history
Of the fact the we're all just so fed up
Of self-justifying apathy
We're going in circles
But the circles are imperfect
The two ends don't even seem to meet
Over and over and over and over
And over and over again
We’re growing; Devolving
Still sinking; Repeating
Self-justifying apathy
We’re spinning; We’re spinning
We’re spinning; We’re spinning
We’re spinning; We’re spinning
Perpetually spinning; Tops in shit
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3. |
Long Story Short
01:49
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New World conquest; Slavery
Indentureship; Post-colony
Federated conspiracies
Cane field Labour and oil wealth greed
Rising rates of homicide and
Social Inequality
Failing Healthcare, education
Imported food dependency
Pollution
Gross economic mismanagement
Corruption
Trans-Atlantic narco shipment hub
Engineered racial divide
To facilitate Kleptocracy
But in the end we just gonna breeze…
…just like we always have
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4. |
Two Parties
01:06
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When they blur out your voice with a binary choice
There’s no reason to oblige (to) all the things that they decide
An incessant deception and a blatant misdirection
How can you prescribe (that) we belong on either side?
We continue to regress every time you oppress
The nation is divided even though you try to hide it
We thought it was endemic but it surely is systemic
So we still feel sick when we’re forced to live with these
Two Parties, Two Parties
Two Parties, One Fucking Disease
Two Parties, Two Parties
Two Parties, One Fucking Disease
We goin an fete till we dead with these…
…Two Parties
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5. |
Hadda Try ah Ting
02:43
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(J) - you have the right to freedom of assembly and association
but can only assemble if you apply, and they give you permission
(I) - you have the right to freedom of thought and expression
but you are not allowed to express yourself wit words of aggression
So what can an angry man do?
What can a frustrated woman do?
Or a youth wit no options do?
What can a fed up people do?
You love to hear of the struggle when its sung to beat you can cross the stage to
Love to preach about love and unity when it helps bring in that tourism revenue
But you call your fellow man a cockroach
The colonial guard is the exterminator
Criticise the act of burning tyres in the road
From behind a keyboard in yuh air-conditioned home
So what can an angry man do?
What can a frustrated woman do?
Or a youth wit no options do?
What can a fed up people do?
We cyah do nuting
They say we cyah do nuting
No way, Not at all!
We cyah do nuting
But we still hadda try a ting
We cyah do nuting
They say we cyah do nuting
No way, Not at all!
We cyah do nuting
But we still hadda try and do we ting….
No way, Not at all!
We cyah be on dat anymore
Cuz doing nutting never really worked before
We hadda try a ting
We hadda try someting
We hadda say we ting
Even if we end up with nuttin
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6. |
Leading Zeros
02:37
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So, what does it mean to progress?
And how do we measure it?
Given what was promised examined in retrospect?
They used to speak of a bright development plan
But the title referred to an average state
Well if this is what it means, for visual acuity to be 6/6
I hope our other senses compensate
It sometimes feels like we are just the leading zeros
In datasets collected through imperfect methodologies
Inputs into indicators that will never meet
Arbitrary benchmarks for prosperity
Converging
To a resource curse
Can not be our destiny
It’s a tragedy that we’re forced to concede
To the inverse relationship that’s between
A historically successful denominator
And proximity to the Equator
No matter who is in power
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7. |
Jumbies and Corn Curls
03:29
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Jumbies and corn curls
We hadda bun them out
We hadda bun them down
We hadda bun them
Jumbies and corn curls
Up in d green fig tree
We hadda shake them off
We hadda bun them
Cheap and Disposal; Non-nutritional
But we're coming back for more
Spicy or original
It's undeniable that we like it so
They say monkey know which tree to climb
But the higher monkey climb, the more he ass is on display
Troubled times but refuse to eat pepper
Human see, human do, but monkey doh see he own tale
You can re-count if you really want
But that is just short term
What we really need is reform
Cuz the focus the future
Need to reform every branch
If we want to stand a chance
To change banana republic cultya
They got too comfortable; Doh want to leave office
They try to buy support with lies disguised as promises
They used to tailor words to what you want to hear
But now they got too comfortable to still pretend to care
Goal!
Jumbies and corn curls
We hadda bun them out
We hadda bun them down
We hadda bun them
Jumbies and corn curls
Up in d green fig tree
We hadda shake them off
We hadda bun them down
Bun dem, even if the whole plantation burns
It's time to raise up the heat
But like a stale piece of sponge cake,
They won't boil down; They'll just dry out
You can analyse the numbers
But that only goes so far
We need long term solutions
Because the focus is the future
We need to cut down every branch
If we want to stand a chance
To change banana republic cultya
Radical System Reform
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8. |
Spider Belly
03:47
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Take a long gaze into the fire, now as yuh transform slowly
See through cubic powered eyes, but all of them cokey
Crawling with a pace, always on a scene
Become a hero or a villain, or something in-between
It depends on who you ask, which stories they remember
(The) lessons the children learn, from the ancestors
Now go pass it down
We passing through
Who pays the debts?
Who defines the truth?
Wrapping string around yuh waist, to known when the food is ready
Look up to the moon in the sky, and now yuh feeling gladdy
(real gladdy!)
Collect up all the knowledge, but forget about respect
Climbing up the branches, fall down and break yuh neck
Consulting the spirits, transcribing what dey said
Limbo under the wire, or it might cut off your head
This is how we adapt; This is how we cope
Now we must adapt again, in an ever changing world
Playing tricks and catching kix
Dressing crips to catch it
Counting sticks, and taking lix
Throwing bricks and run
Playing tricks and catching kix
Dressing crips to catch it
Counting sticks, and taking lix
Blaze up, then look to buss out
Courage…without…
Courage and persistence, without wisdom
Cannot be vindicated, via dictum
You can’t define morality, based on history
That’s written by the victor, but lived by the victim
Buss out!
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