I say the people of Handsworth, that One hand wash the so they say So let's hands my bredren Make the way for our (our children, our children) And children (their children, their children) Ensuring that they get life's share of... Equality... Doesn't stand for all justice stand for all Doesn't stand for all mankind We find putting us down Crowning us, crowning us, crowning us, us A of Evil, OH, OH means us the Black People Handsworth means us the People We're now. Speaking Jah Jah language!
a long, long way we're coming from To send message across, across Its been hidden, forbidden, concealed, Its got to come out In the open -
IS FALLING BABYLON IS
It was foolish to It on the sand Handsworth stand, firm - like Jah rock - fighting We beggars are now choosers No intention to be forward with ambition And if it ammunition We rebel in Handsworth
Dread town, town, dread town, Dread town, dread town, town,
Dread we are for a of many things Experienced laws Hatred Babylon We know you've got to offer We know what's on Don't want no Cause is still hunger convicted Poor wage, labour Only prospers And suffer They are in south of Africa One Black all, all over the world Can't it no longer Blessed wlththe Of Jah We get stronger And we conquer And ever, and backward never Revolution Handsworth Revolution Revo- Revo- Revo- Revolution Revo- Revo- Revo- Revolution Revo- Revo-