Letter To The Editor

[00:00.68] Letter to the Editor
[00:05.10] Pocket full a promises
[00:06.00] Baby empty bellies
[00:07.23] Poverty and Democracies
[00:08.46] And political rallies
[00:09.76] But who the rich a lobby for
[00:11.09] Using me for votes
[00:12.02] Pretend a mi yuh sorry for
[00:13.18] Then win and its a joke
[00:14.48] I'm sick of trick or treaters in costumes like dem as leaders
[00:15.86] Charismatic public speakers
[00:18.03] False prophets and fake healers
[00:19.43] Articulate perfect grammar scammer
[00:20.64] Scamming us for votes
[00:21.77] Infront of tv camera with an innocent approach
[00:24.15] Nuh mo lies and fallacies
[00:25.49] Bun apologies
[00:26.58] Try nuh ask please when a squeeze and yuh pan yuh knees
[00:28.83] Justice or else says the minister Farakhan
[00:31.36] Suh me stand up a Gordon house
[00:33.80] Wid my Glock Inna me hand
[00:34.77] If I take it literally, fuck it geez I'm kinda sorry
[00:35.88] But smaddy need Fi answer
[00:37.51] Gimmi Di microphone and Mek mi rep di innocent paying recompense for money spent to feed the governments
[00:43.77] Yo! Gimmi Di microphone get the people riled up too much fuckery Piled up get di ting dem oiled up
[00:48.30] Parallel universes in the same Ol' hemisphere
[00:50.85] Authorities they don't care with dem nose up in the air
[00:53.24] Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
[00:54.85] We talk Di truth and mek Di youths dem better for it
[00:57.37] Cause I'm a fighter, yeah
[00:59.67] If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah
[01:02.64] Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
[01:04.48] We talk Di truth and mek Di youths dem better for it
[01:07.27] Cause I'm a fighter, yeah
[01:09.28] If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah
[01:22.23] Mek the stench from ghetto fences permeate dem residences extend up through the trenches up to where the presidents is
[01:27.13] Karma pan Di ones and twos yes it turn the tables
[01:29.58] Had enough a you with your parable and fables
[01:31.96] Jamaican bad gal queen and revolutionary
[01:34.42] Neva quick Fi start a war but shoot whenever necessary
[01:36.47] Product of the inner city
[01:38.52] Where me come from it nuh pretty
[01:39.46] Survive the nitty gritty
[01:40.40] Ain't nobody taking pity
[01:41.67] Survival kinda sticky
[01:42.83] In New York Cali and Philly
[01:44.06] A di same ting a gwaan in a Kingston
[01:51.66] Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
[01:53.01] We talk Di truth and mek Di youths dem better for it
[01:55.49] Cause I'm a fighter, yeah
[01:57.73] If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah
[02:00.82] Cause our bombs dem metaphoric
[02:02.47] We talk Di truth and mek Di youths dem better for it
[02:05.02] Cause I'm a fighter, yeah
[02:07.43] If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah
[02:11.44] These are the da days of the last days, pan the last page of Di book of the dark age
[02:16.03] We a path ways wid oppressors
[02:17.40] Seek Predecessors
[02:18.29] Wake up ancestors
[02:19.29] Den we team up together
[02:20.46] We will meet we will meet pan Di battle Di battle ground
[02:22.16] Trade mi microphone
[02:23.43] For a shottie and some copper stones
[02:24.54] Just be ready When Di gavel sound
[02:26.74] Bun a folly ground fus
[02:27.62] Jah surround us
[02:29.07] So We never nervous
[02:30.18] Was a mental war now this shit turn physical
[02:32.20] From long time scar we a reap the residual
[02:34.85] From slavery to now, now the ting get critical
[02:37.20] Dem CyAh kill we soul cause dem sight sey we spiritual
[02:39.77] So They be like, hey
[02:42.96] Prod the bull under Sykes as subliminal, get them mad
[02:45.07] Then chastise dem as criminal
[02:47.47] Give wi drugs under guise sey it clinical
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