Burnin' and Lootin'
This morning I woke up in a curfewO God, I was a prisoner, too - yeah!Could not recognize the faces standing over meThey were all dressed in uniforms of brutality. Eh!
How many rivers do we have to crossBefore we can talk to the boss? Eh!All that we got, it seems we have lostWe must have really paid the cost
(That's why we gonna be)Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight(Say we gonna burn and loot)Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight(One more thing)Burnin' all pollution tonight(Oh, yeah, yeah)Burnin' all illusion tonight
Oh, stop them!
Give me the food and let me growLet the Roots Man take a blowAll them drugs gonna make you slow nowIt's not the music of the ghetto. Eh!
Weeping and a-wailin' tonight(Who can stop the tears?)Weeping and a-wailin' tonight(We've been suffering these long, long a-years!)Weeping and a-wailin' tonight(Will you say 'cheer'?)Weeping and a-wailin' tonight(But where?)
Give me the food and let me growLet the Roots Man take a blowI must say: all'em, all'em drugs gonna make you slowIt's not the music of the ghetto
We gonna be burning and a-looting tonight(To survive, yeah!)Burning and a-looting tonight(Save your baby lives)Burning all pollution tonight(Pollution, yeah, yeah!)Burning all illusion tonight(Lord, a-Lord, a-Lord, a-Lord!)
Burning and a-looting tonight (x2)Burning all pollution tonight