Capital Offence

Текст песни Ranking Toyan - Capital Offence

Capital Offence Lyrics[Intro]
You see!
Time getting dread, time getting red
So, youth, tell 'em, have to hold up dem head
An' stop di backward thinking an' thinking ahead (Murda!)
Crucial Rasta, dreadful
Say, di bandits taking over the town (Say, so)
Di deputy sheriff isn't around (You, do you like that?)
Dem even send him underground

[Refrain]
Jah, mi say, I shot di sheriff in a self defence
Cah, babylon a say, cah, dat a capital offence
[Chorus]
But, a time fi we get up an' fight
Cah, black man, time fi we get up an' fight
Cah, tell you, said, a time fi we fight fi we right
Cah, so mi said, a time fi we get up an' fight (But, hear mi, man-a!)

[Verse 1]
Say, time fi we have a revolution
Cah, dis a time fi we have a revolution
Cah, mi say, due to mi no have no ammunition
Talking 'bout di nuclear weapon; 'bout di nuclear weapon

[Chorus]
Jah, let mi tell you, said, a time fi we get up an' fight
Say, say dat, a time fi we fight fi we right

[Verse 2]
Say, say dat, a pick him up, you lick him down
Him bounce right back
You pick him up, you lick him down, him bounce right back
What a hard dread fi dead; what a hard dread fi dead-a
(You do mi dat!)

[Chorus]
Say, time fi mi get up an' fight
Time fi mi get up an' fight; time fi we get up an' fight
[Verse 3]
Say, say dat, a time fi we have a revolution
Cah, mi say, due to we no have no ammunition
Say, say, talking nuclear weapon
Jah, let mi tell you 'bout di nuclear weapon
No, no, no, no, no, no, no way [Scatting] (Do it, Jah!)
Black people! Time fi we stop fuss an' stop fight
Time fi we get together an' try to unite

[Chorus]
But, let mi tell you, said, a time fi we get up an' fight
No, no, say, time fi we get up an' fight

[Bridge]
Cah, tell you, say, no coppo, no [?]
Say, no come fi [?]
No, no way, say no coppo, no [?]
Say, no come fi [?]

[Chorus]
Jah, let mi tell you, said, a time fi we get up an' fight (Bimma!)
Cah, mi say, time fi we get up an' fight (Hey!)

[Bridge]
Cah, mi say, special request to the man called Junjo
As I try in youth from the ghetto
Say, as I try in youth from the ghetto
[Chorus]
So, dat a time fi we get up an' fight (Boyo!)

[Refrain]
Cah, mi say, I shot di sheriff in a self defence
Cah, babylon a said, cah, dat a capital offence

[Verse 4]
But a, Popeye di sailor man
Cah, tell you, said, him living in a di garbage pan

[Outro]
Cah, tell you, said, a time fi we get up an' fight (Jah dread)
Time fi we get up an' fight (Jah dread)
Jah dreader than dread (Jah dread-Jah dread-Jah dread-Jah dread)
Jah heavy than lead
I-ya, I-ya natty, congo, bongo, rongo, I-ya, bredda [Scatting]
Murda!