R.A.F.I [1997] Assassin Change Black White Buzzing Free Satpal Ram Modern Apprentice Operation Eagle Lie Hypocrite Naxalite Dub Mentality Culture Move Real Areas For Investigation ASSASSIN Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman Mohammed Singh Azad Sindabad ! No apologies Not a shot in the dark This is a warning The sleeping tiger awakes each and every morning The time is now right to burst the imperial bubble And my act of revenge is just a part of the struggle A bullet to his head won't bring back the dead But it will lift the spirits of my people We'll keep on fighting We've been a nation abused Your stiff upper lip will bleed And your pride will bruised No apologies Not a shot in the dark This is a warning The sleeping tiger awakes stretching each and every morning The time is now right to burst the imperial bubble And my act of revenge is just a part of the struggle Synchronise time Vengeance will be mine As I cross the curzon line into his mind Into his home I will burn the trophies he owns Symbols of a future postponed Mohammed Singh Azad Sindabad A bullet to his head wont't bring back the dead But it will lift the spirits of my people A bullet to his head won't bring back the dead But it will lift the spirits of my people I'll shake hands with the hang man I'll wear the noose with pride For unlike the British I've no crimes to justify Pentonville will be my last place on earth And then death will return me to the land of my birth. CHANGE Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman Look through the square or round window Now a change gonna come Whether you come by bus or underground Still a change gonna come If you're north or if you're south You know a change gonna come Whether by fax or word of mouth Still a change a gonna come Meters peaking Truth is leaking out into the sticks Too late no turning back now Because the switches have been flicked Goal posts moving Sign posts pointing you the wrong way They're screwing up You're queuing up Come back another day If you're old or if you're young You know a change gonna come No matter where you come from What colour black, white or brown Government plan Mash up in a Britain Criminal justice bill me bawl Where they get it from ? Them can't understand Just want to build up tension But just watch the future Because a change a gonna come ADF is here to show you how it should be done And we know that this style is identical to none Yeah ! Bureaucrat and fat cat Too long they've had their way A breeze of sleaze coming to blow them away Satellites crashing down on India We say no way ADF broadcasting We no ramp We no play We get mad ! What them a say WHat them a chat about This is reality man You can't run ADF out What them a do what them a talk about All you politician a run up your mouth Man you give me joke ..... BLACK WHITE Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman J and D here united Black and white here to show you how we've been delighted The new generation since the mid nineties Showing you it's done if you think you are a smartie Telling you the truth since we spotted eachother We'd like to big up our elder sister and brother Because they are the legend and they are like no other Trained by the greater legend mother and father Now we think jump up lyrics are alright But we'd like to broadcast a subject we know is not right Look at us- but don't look at us in disgust Because you know the reality and it's time to adjust Think to yourself- don't be foolish about it Fix up your brain or you'll be the target A black man and a white woman living together Face the facts you fascist perpetrators And as the world is getting smaller and smaller We can only get closer and closer Building this community of sound Celebrating the unity we've found And we know this is the model to follow For all the dub children of tommorow As they grow under shifting skies We'll se every nation in their eyes Black and white here has united We're here to show you how we've been delighted Black and white here has united Building this community of sound BUZZING Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman This here's the miracle of modern creation So we say jump up, jump up because you know we're buzzing Any time we come I say we shock and a sting Yeah, jump up, jump up because you know we're buzzing Any time we come we shock and sting Get up, get up come and do something like a fly in the sky forever working I know we shock and we sting anytime we come we getup, getup This is the miracle of modern creation We come out of the tunnel not twisted or bitter Approach the future with a sound that is fitter Equipping our minds to deal with every situation This here's the miracle of modern creation Abandon all your first impressions Come and take part in this conscious session Look to the past to get inspiration Move yourselves forward with the dub accelaration Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme Done enough chilling got to organise my time You now see I ain't standing still Just watch me now I've got a lifetime to fill 'Cos I'm buzzing Yeah jump up, jump up cos you know we're buzzing Any time we come we shock and sting We come so far so fast laying down foundations Paving the way for the next generation What we deal with millenium training Come jump aboard now there's enough time remaining Been checking the roots so we know where we are going Time we were reaping for the years we've been sowing All across Europe collecting like minded Not here to misguide or be divided Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme Done enough chilling got to organise my time Drums and bass Junglist massive Jump up, jump up cos you know we are buzzing Any time we come we shock and we sting Get up, get up, get up and do something Like a fly in the sky forever working Chandrasonic you're mmmmmmmmmmad Chandrasonic you're mmmmmmmmmmad Can't live my life with no rhythm or rhyme Done enough chilling got to organise my time No sense in standing still Just watch me now I've got a lifetime to fill I'm buzzing Yeah come with me come with me Jump up, jump up 'Cos you know we're buzzing Any time we come we shock and sting Any time we come we a shock and sting We come out the tunnel not twisted nor bitter. FREE SATPAL RAM Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman And we say back way to all the trouble makers Better fix up your brains because you are the biggest fakers Come in the place better know who you are Self defence is no offence The scales of justice are weighed down on one side Freemasons on the case you know you're gonna get a rough ride Hold tight even if you know your rights It's just a piece of paper unless you're prepared to fight For ten years one hell of a long time To rot in a cell when you've committed no crime Another innocent man forced to carry the can Free Satpal Ram Free Satpal Ram Another innocent man Whose word against who ? Whose word against who ? The degenerate crew Out on the town thought they had something to prove Self defence - only offence - had to protect himself from all the murdering fools Cutting remarks on account of his race A plate to his chest and a glass to his face An Asian fights back can't afford to be meek With your back against the wall you can't turn the other cheek And its back way to all the trouble makers Better fix up your brain because you're the biggest fakers Come in the place better know who you are Free Satpal Ram Another innocent man Birmingham six Bridgewater four Crown prosecution totting up the score Kings Cross two Guildford four Winston Silcott - man how many more ? Satpal attacked in a restaurant by racists Now the brother's been locked up on a life time basis Convicted of murder but what's never mentioned Self defence was his only intention ADF once again taking to the stand Witness the jailing of an innocent man Kicking up a fuss because it could happen to us Time to join in the fight back Because enough is enough And it's back way to all the trouble makers Better fix up your brains because you're the biggest fakers Come in the place better know who you are FREE SATPAL RAM. Modern Apprentice Written by: Lisa Das I am a modern apprentice I believe in the life-long learning 'Ain't gonna take away this natural yearning To know the truth The truth about the lies you've been giving It's not a state of affairs that that I'm prepared to live in I will find out for myself No I ain't gonna be your clone Ain't gonna be working my fingers to the bone To feed your mouths When the poor around me are starving And you the fat cats are sitting pretty and laughing I will do it in spite of you I'll educate myself Then I'll empower others So that we can make our own wealth Yes I'll empower others So that we can make our own wealth OPERATION EAGLE LIE Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman Lies ! Damn lies and statistics Fitting up and stitching down at ballistics The back of the van it ain't used for seating Just check through the window the youth them get a beating Meet P.C P.R the designer policeman Putting up a smokescreen with his multi coloured truncheon Shake a few bad apples off the long arm of the law But he knows and we know that it's rotten to the core Black man on a double yellow he's a criminal A racial attack- investigation minimal You'll always find us on the end of a baton When the black meets the blue you know who's getting spat on Now I'm giving to you and I'm driving into you The truth- no number crunching- it's just your mind that we are mugging ADF taking them on at I- spy Watching them watching us operation eagle lie Unity is strength and strength is unity IC1, IC2 and also IC3 All together we can defend the whole community One people, all nations to reach their destiny Before the devil man used to use the truncheon To kill the black man is still his dream ambition Now they have swat batons and CCTV For unusual people just like you and me Young sisters and brothers dying from heart attacks But how can we breath when the beast is on our back CS gas in your lungs, eyes and your mouth Just another police murder without without a doubt CPS is the piggies alibi None of them ever prepared to be the fall guy ADF taking them on at I- spy Watching them watching us operation eagle lie. HYPOCRITE Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman Hypocrites ! We gonna get inside your mind Hypocrites ! You will pay for your crimes Hypocrites we're gonna bleed you dry Your pockets will be empty but you won't know why Redistribution is the name of the game All the cash that you stashed man We're gonna give away Lizard man beware this is the digital under class Coming from places that you've only seen from your car Accountant, Lawyer, Financial advisor PR consultant, Journalist, Advertiser We know your game and you think that we're playing it When the bill comes through the door you're gonna be paying it Hypocrite ! We gonna get inside your mind Hypocrite ! You will pay for your crimes Hypocrite ! We're gonna bleed you dry You're pockets will be empty but you won't know why ADF definitely without a doubt have the skills to pay the bills The word is community We shout it with impunity It's so uncool It's incendiary No slogans, no sound bites, but a long term plan Teaching is the frame work Building chains of command So when the lizard man sticks out his tongue We pull out our scissors and do a hit and run This is the digital underclass Yes this is the digital underclass ADF definitely without a doubt have the skills to pay the bills NAXALITE Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman Brothers and sisters of the soul unite We are one indivisible and strong They may try to break us but they dare not under estimate us They know our memories are long A mass of sleeping villages That's how they're pitching it At least that's what they try to pretend But check out our history So rich and revolutionary A prophecy that we will rise again Again and again until the land is ours Again and again until we have taken the power Again and again until the land is ours Again and again until we have taken the power Deep in the forest High up in the mountains To the future we will take an oath Like springing tigers we encircle the cities Our home is the undergrowth Because I am just a naxalite warrior Fighting for survival and equality Police man beating up me, my brother and my father My mother crying can't believe this reality Again and again until the land is ours Again and again until we have taken the power Again and again until the land is ours Again and again until we have taken the power Jump into the future dub zone Roots rockers And we have taken the power And the land is ours And we have taken the power And the land is ours And we have taken the power And the land is ours And we have taken the power And the land is ours Because I am just a naxalite warrior Fighting for survival and equality Police man beating up me, my brother and my father My mother crying can't believe this reality Iron like a Lion from Zion This one going all the youth, man and woman Orginal Master D upon the microphone stand Cater for no skeptical man- me no give a damn 'Cos me a naxalite warrior DUB MENTALITY Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, Spacek Dub is the place we come to argue and debate It isn't just a backdrop for our herbal intake And in this time we fill the space with noise Black noise will be a sound you can't avoid We're raising our voices to reflect our reality Using dub as our foundation because we've got dub mentality Listen to the sound of the drum and the bass Different communities meet up in the same place We are mixing the flavours to suit every taste This music have the power for all of the human race Dub is the teacher Jungle is the preacher Dub education through the jungle a go reach ya Cut and a splice and regeneration Militant mix and equalisation These are the methods for a serious operation Pushing back the borders of your musical civilisation So listen without prejudice and without delay To the sound of the Asian Dub Foundation today And in this time we fill the space with noise Black noise will be a sound you can't avoid Listen to the drum and bass Different communities meet up in the same place We are mixing the flavours to suit every taste This music has the power for all the human race Dub is the teacher Jungle is the preacher Dub is the preacher Jungle is the teacher Dub is the teacher. CULTURE MOVE Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman, Crawford Now watch this ! All the massive them come do culture move This collaboration herewith is no ego trip WE bring no badness no fuss or fighting with it Educational why don't you keep up with this Time to pay attention to the conscious lyrics What them a do man what them chat about The youth after nine o' clock can't stay out Government man he a just a run up on his mouth Hear ! What him a say will happen without a doubt Cannot think for himself, copy the American To build up the tension bring the idea to Britain Now ! When the law is done he'll have his satisfaction Then it will be for life for all youth, man and woman Who goes there the original Asian Dub Foundation Alongside Navigator on the M- I- C Up here reality we talk and strictly culture Culture on the move this year HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeh ....Asian Dub Foundation HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey .... Kingdom 'gains kingdom and nation 'gains nation Time we are living in it's called revelation 'Cos when you take a stock of the whole situation The elders them a poison the young generation Instead of them trying to build a firm foundation Them bring human beings down to pure degradation With chemical warfare and nuclear weapons Starvation, Sufferation, Dehumanisation The world population have to take precautions From pollution, corruption, infection, deception Politicians claim that they've got the solution But deep in their hearts they have a wicked intention To rinse out poor people with tax and inflation Segregating the massive, separating the nation You think a so it goes Why don't you answer my question You better think again before they turn you a madman All the massive in the place do culture move All the massive in the place do culture move This one is for all the microphone entertainers You have the tool you have the talent to be an educator Stop the slackness and tell them proper Encourage the massive to become their own creator Because in this time you have to understand That the government man's going to try and mash up man plan So direct the crowd and give them navigation And believe you'll get a wicked reaction HeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHeyHey Asian Dub Foundation Sound of the culture on the move You better be conscious in everything that you do ..... Real Areas For Investigation Written by: Das, Pandit, Savale, Tailor, Zaman Check it out Check it out Without a doubt This is the new sound a coming around No we never lost sight of the fight on our hands People of colour Listen up We're giving you the first bite Homegrown - many seeds have been sown We're developing our sound Now it's fully blown Creative movements- Moves meant to make you think Sounds shaped to take you to the brink Messages received and sent MIDI Warriors OMNI on This is Rafi's revenge Equal opportunity denied to us Yes they put us on the white list That's why we're making a fuss They never thought we'd get to this stage Still they won't give us any space on their page Mixing the rant with the rave- That's our way But they only want to listen if we've nothing to say No start or end points Just dealing with this time stretch Cos in this time, dread We're on a mission to vex.