ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION - Jericho lyrics

Written by: das, pandit, savale, zaman<br><br>For the consciousness of the nation<br>The sounds of the asian dub foundation:<br><br>The music we make it cuts across borders<br>We never make music to someone else's orders<br>Plenty of issues on the agenda<br>If you want to lend a helping hand<br>You're always told to shut up and dance<br>But you have to change this-take a chance<br>Turn the tables,<br>We know you're able<br>Don't just consume<br>Make your own tune.<br><br>The music, we use it<br>We're making a stand<br>I wouldn't call this a green and pleasant land<br>A conscious response is what we demand<br>Challenge the system and those in command<br>Express your opinion<br>It's your domain<br>If you fail to do this you are partly to blame<br>My heart is beating<br>No retreat<br>The battle continues<br>We'll suffer no defeat<br>This war you've been waging<br>It's time we were raging<br>In our minds and on the streets<br>Sample this it's an education<br>The sounds of the asian dub foundation<br><br>Look around you, yeah<br>Open your mind<br>Check it out, tell me what you find<br>Here to document a situation<br>The sounds of the asian dub foundation<br>Hope and glory<br>A myth of the tories<br>We're here to tell you a different story<br><br>Here to readress the situation<br>The sounds of the asian dub foundation<br><br>A rapper I may be but packaged I'm not<br>I'll slip through the noose before you tie the knot<br>This work in progress not slick but rough<br>Breaking all records twelve inches ain't enough<br>Sample this<br>It's an education<br>The sounds of the original, the original ....<br><br>We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic<br>The only 'e' we use is electric<br>An asian background that's what's reflected<br>But this millitant vibe ain't what you expected<br>With your liberal minds you patronise our culture<br>Scanning the surface like vultures<br>With your tourist mentality<br>We're still the natives<br>You multicultural but we're anti-racist<br>We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic<br>The only 'e' we use is electric<br><br>And we cry<br>Them coulda never escape<br>Disya judgement ......