Brothers Keeper
Bunny WailerFrom the slaveship to the chainFrom the task masters whip to my brainKidnapped, enslaved, raped and killed by the lynch clanAgain and againIs it the origin of the skin or the face of a raceWhy you don't care about me?
Ziggy MarleyNow, I know you don't care about meI`m just a nigger walking down your streetThe brother did nothing wrongbut now his life is goneSo, I know you don't care about meCode of silence you sayYet your action speaks so loud and clearDiallo`s killers going free paid by societyNow I know you don't care about me
Damian "Junior Gong" MarleyHey - we should be burning and looting, believe me, start exchange 41 fe 90Our ancestors wey build this country and all sticks and whips and kicks and punches meanwhile your living like some bird in bunchesTell me where the justice much less the dances?Mi world must know that man still in darkness
Yami BoloLord! Rapings, torture, kill and maim. Their injustice remains the samekilling the people in the Queens nameNo one will gets the blame, and my people keep going down the drainAll these crimes we've come to read, they'll be written in black historyCrimes of injustice and inhumanity, perpetuated by society, and my peopleare living in poverty
Bunny WailerMy struggle for survival is to be accepted and treated as a member of the human family, who's practice should reveal the fundamental right and duty to be humane in all judgement and action to all humanitySo, why don't you care about me?
Ziggy MarleySay, I know you don't care about meI`m just a nigger walking down your streetThe brother did nothing wrong, but now his life is goneand I know you don't care about meCode of silence you saybut your action is so loud and clearAre Diallo's killers going free? Paid by societyAnd I know you don't care about me
Buju BantonAmadou Diallo, they killed him for nuttin'No crime him did not do!And just like him there were others who suffered for what they didn't doWe're living in a system, we are the victim and that is so trueAmadou Diallo - Reggae music knows your nameAmadou Diallo - Reggae music knows your name
Ziggy / Refrain/Morgan HeritageYo, Ziggy, check this out!It's kinda strange how the same things been happeningover and over again, over and over againAnd they say their constitution's for the benefit of allIt's all a lie again, it's all a lie againTell me when will this injustice changeTell me when will we stop feeling painJust the way we survive in their eyes it's a crimeYou're to blame for all that's bleeding this wayYes, we know you don't care about weYes, we know you don't care about we
Malcolm X: "We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. We all agree tonight - all of the speakers have agreed - that America has a very serious problem! Not only does America have a very serious problem / But our people have a very serious problem."
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