The Message

I've heard and I've listened They've said and they've repeated Told me their truth and lies And tried to make me eat it Learn it and then eventually repeat it Like I'm a machine A vessel for the message I speak my mind I use my words like a weapon Dem can't test cause I'm solid like a lion You hear that revolution sound It goes a little bit something like this now Bum de dum dum dum To the beat of the drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the war drum You think you're teaching me violence Jah guide with love You think you fill me with malice Jah guide with love Bum de dum dum dum To the beat of the drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the war drum Bum de dum dum dum To the beat of the drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the war drum As soon as the little yout dem come out di womb Labeled a threat so dem deh inna di war too Indoctrination, state education Incarceration paid for by corporations I speak my mind I use my words like a weapon Dem can't test cause I'm solid like a lion You hear that revolution sound It goes a little bit something like this now You think you're teaching me violence Jah guide with love You think you fill me with malice Jah guide with love Bum de dum dum dum To the beat of the drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the war drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the beat of the drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the war drum We have to tell them again We have to tell them again I do defy You'll never deny My time to rise Shine a light I swear this on my life Your resistance to love is useless and futile We'll tear down the walls of the wicked and vile Dis a one goes out to the real people dem Keep that fist high in the air, change is coming From London to Berlin New York to Accra Johannesburg to Kingston, Jamaica ATX stand up You think you're teaching me violence Jah guide with love You think you fill me with malice Jah guide with love Bum de dum dum dum To the beat of the drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the war drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the beat of the drum Bum de dum dum dum Goes the war drum