For the consciousness of the nation

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation

(For the consciousness of the nation)

(The sounds of the Asian)

The music we make

It cuts across borders

We never make music to someone else's orders

Plenty of issues on the agenda if you want to lend a helping hand

We're always told to shut up and dance

But you have to change this so take a chance

Turn the tables

We know you're able

Don't just consume

Make your own tune

The music, we use it

We're making a stand

I wouldn't call this a green and pleasant land

A conscious response is what we demand

Challenge the system and those in command

Express your opinion

It's your domain

If you fail to do this

You are partly to blame

My heart is beating

No retreat

The battle continues

We'll suffer no defeat

This war you've been waging

It's time we were raging

In our minds

And on the streets

Sample this

It's an education

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation

The Dub Foundation

Man, the walls come tumblin' down

Yeah, the walls, the walls, the walls come tumblin' down

Look around you, yeah

Open your mind

Check it out

Tell me what you find

Here to document the situation

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation

Hope and glory

A myth of the tories

We're here to tell you a different story

Here to readdress the situation

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation

A rapper I may be

But packaged I'm not

I'll slip through the noose before you tie the knot

This work in progress not slick but rough

Breaking all records

Twelve inches ain't enough

Sample this it's an education

The sounds of the original, the original

We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic

The only 'e' we use is electric

An Asian background

That's what's reflected

But this militant vibe ain't what you expected

With your liberal minds

You patronize our culture

Scanning the surface like vultures

With your tourist mentality

We're still the natives

You're multicultural but we're anti-racist

We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic

The only 'e' we use is electric

We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic

The only 'e' we use is electric

And we cry

Them coulda never escape Disya judgment

Them coulda never escape Disya judgment

Them coulda never escape Disya judgment

Them coulda never escape Disya judgment

The sound of the Asian Dub Foundation

For the consciousness of the nation

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation

The music, we use it

We're making a stand

I wouldn't call this a green and pleasant land

A conscious response is what we demand

Challenge the system and those in command

Express your opinion

It's your domain

If you fail to do this

You are partly to blame

My heart is beating

No retreat

The battle continues

We'll suffer no defeat

This war you've been waging

It's time we were raging

In our minds

And on the streets

Sample this

It's an education

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation

Yes yes, as we take you into part 2

And it goes a little, a little something like this

Man, no government gonna break it

That it sits on the crazy for you, right

The speaker is making me go with the concept

Now I fought you without one

And I picture what I need

For the coin, for the coin, for the coin

Because you're moving around

But start thinking a bit slow

I know ya know, charter for your flow

Professional man, this is what I am

So all you skeptical man I don't wanna get knocked down

Never for never cynical cynical

I know we great, I know my rhymin' might recognise

Make a net, music environment we all in agreement

For the consciousness of the nation

You have the sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation