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Confrontation lyrics with English Translations
[Intro: Bunny Wailer]
Since the beginning of modern civilization
Generations have witnessed and inherited
The only conflicts of world wars
But behold the marriage supper of the lamb
And the bridegroom onto his bride
Then shall the earth's children know
The true expression of one love
Then mother earth shall honeymoon in peace
Forever eliminating the aspirations
Lust and anguish of wars and rumours of wars
Selah...
[Verse 1: Damian Marley] See it deh know the innocent going up in vapours And propaganda spreading inna the Sunday papers Not even Superman could a save you with him cape, 'cause Red-a Judgement a blaze, blaze yah And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse And gi' dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razors And now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed, 'cause Dem inna dem churches trying to save... saviours
[Dialogue 1: Marcus Garvey] Can we do it? We can do it. We shall do I.!
[Verse 2: Damian Marley] Boom! Tell dem fi no draw me out When the world government inna falling out Only few men survive crawling out Run lef' him colleagues dem sprawling out Nearly dead! Medic haffi haul him out And gi' him two tranquillizer fi stall him out Deh 'pon base! Can't get no calling out When him hear from the shout last week Him mistress find a new shoes Wife can't get no news and lately she starting to doubt She still searching and the youth dem bawling out Working hard not to never let it all come out Well, it's not safe to go walk about A slaughterhouse from Baghdad to Waterhouse She start to arouse, sometime she want a spouse She start go out, start beat a darker stout Guns come out! Working people funds run out Keep a show last week and no one come out Bombs come out! Me gas tank just run out Bomboclaat, the scotch tape just run out Weed run out! Your senses must dumb out Me have a pound round a back deh a gwaan sun out Nah come out! Till the chalice bun out Nah come out! Till the malice bun out, a war!
[Bridge: Damian Marley] Zimbabwe to Berlin Wall Blazing like a burning ball Loose ball, that no work, in war Sleeping, that no work, in war Can't wear jheri curl, in war No diamond and pearl, in war Can't drink weh a serve in bar, cah Gas will f**k up your nerves, in war Shot we blood up your shirt, in war Can't go lift up no skirt, in war Now disease and germs, in war Can't go release your sperms, in war Stamina must preserve, in war Fire constantly burn, in war Red, it red, it red, it red, it red
[Dialogue 2: Marcus Garvey] If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it Then you will die You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles You race of good for nothings If you cannot do what other men have done What other nations have done, what other races have done Then you yourself shall die!
[Verse 1: Damian Marley] See it deh know the innocent going up in vapours And propaganda spreading inna the Sunday papers Not even Superman could a save you with him cape, 'cause Red-a Judgement a blaze, blaze yah And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse And gi' dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razors And now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed, 'cause Dem inna dem churches trying to save... saviours
[Verse 3: Damian Marley] Hey! Now we foreparents sacrifice enough Dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup Any day a revolution might erupt And the skies over Kingston lighting up For the new generation rising up Of youths now a days weh dem sighting up And through reasoning dem biding up Searching for the sign and the sign is us Searching for the truth all you find is us Searching for the troops still behind is us The almighty we recruit and we come from the root We build like roach building boot Weh just can't done, Rastafari we design tuff If a the fight for freedom sign me up Soldiers and police dem wising up Realizing they're no more right than us Realizing there's no use fighting us Realizing their opening their eyes To see the same demoralizing life as us So we nah tek talk nor smiling up Cah the word temper tantrum boiling up, and who... Calling the shots and nah bust none Controlling the mind of the young, bring down...
[Bridge: Damian Marley] Bear famine, no rain nah fall From London to Dadeland mall All the son of the virgin bawl Institute of the church, in war Preaching and researching, war Practice and rehearsing, war Teaching and dem learning, war Instigating and urging, war Always keep alert in, war Cah man will jump out a swerving car Now bees and birds, in war And the freaks and nerds, in war And the straight and curves, in war Forward and reverse, in war Red, it red, it red, it red, it red
[Dialogue 2: Marcus Garvey] If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it Then you will die You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles Tou race of good for nothings If you cannot do what other men have done What other nations have done, what other races have done Then you yourself shall die
[Verse 1: Damian Marley] See it deh know the innocent going up in vapours And propaganda spreading inna the Sunday papers Not even Superman could a save you with him cape, 'cause Red-a Judgement a blaze, blaze yah And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse And gi' dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razors And now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed, 'cause Dem inna dem churches trying to save... saviours
[Dialogue 1: Marcus Garvey] Can we do it? We can do it. We shall do I.!
[Verse 2: Damian Marley] Boom! Tell dem fi no draw me out When the world government inna falling out Only few men survive crawling out Run lef' him colleagues dem sprawling out Nearly dead! Medic haffi haul him out And gi' him two tranquillizer fi stall him out Deh 'pon base! Can't get no calling out When him hear from the shout last week Him mistress find a new shoes Wife can't get no news and lately she starting to doubt She still searching and the youth dem bawling out Working hard not to never let it all come out Well, it's not safe to go walk about A slaughterhouse from Baghdad to Waterhouse She start to arouse, sometime she want a spouse She start go out, start beat a darker stout Guns come out! Working people funds run out Keep a show last week and no one come out Bombs come out! Me gas tank just run out Bomboclaat, the scotch tape just run out Weed run out! Your senses must dumb out Me have a pound round a back deh a gwaan sun out Nah come out! Till the chalice bun out Nah come out! Till the malice bun out, a war!
[Bridge: Damian Marley] Zimbabwe to Berlin Wall Blazing like a burning ball Loose ball, that no work, in war Sleeping, that no work, in war Can't wear jheri curl, in war No diamond and pearl, in war Can't drink weh a serve in bar, cah Gas will f**k up your nerves, in war Shot we blood up your shirt, in war Can't go lift up no skirt, in war Now disease and germs, in war Can't go release your sperms, in war Stamina must preserve, in war Fire constantly burn, in war Red, it red, it red, it red, it red
[Dialogue 2: Marcus Garvey] If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it Then you will die You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles You race of good for nothings If you cannot do what other men have done What other nations have done, what other races have done Then you yourself shall die!
[Verse 1: Damian Marley] See it deh know the innocent going up in vapours And propaganda spreading inna the Sunday papers Not even Superman could a save you with him cape, 'cause Red-a Judgement a blaze, blaze yah And Babylon a gamble the youth dem life like racehorse And gi' dem a uniform and a shave dem head with razors And now the clock a strike war, don't be amazed, 'cause Dem inna dem churches trying to save... saviours
[Verse 3: Damian Marley] Hey! Now we foreparents sacrifice enough Dem blood sweat and tears run like syrup Any day a revolution might erupt And the skies over Kingston lighting up For the new generation rising up Of youths now a days weh dem sighting up And through reasoning dem biding up Searching for the sign and the sign is us Searching for the truth all you find is us Searching for the troops still behind is us The almighty we recruit and we come from the root We build like roach building boot Weh just can't done, Rastafari we design tuff If a the fight for freedom sign me up Soldiers and police dem wising up Realizing they're no more right than us Realizing there's no use fighting us Realizing their opening their eyes To see the same demoralizing life as us So we nah tek talk nor smiling up Cah the word temper tantrum boiling up, and who... Calling the shots and nah bust none Controlling the mind of the young, bring down...
[Bridge: Damian Marley] Bear famine, no rain nah fall From London to Dadeland mall All the son of the virgin bawl Institute of the church, in war Preaching and researching, war Practice and rehearsing, war Teaching and dem learning, war Instigating and urging, war Always keep alert in, war Cah man will jump out a swerving car Now bees and birds, in war And the freaks and nerds, in war And the straight and curves, in war Forward and reverse, in war Red, it red, it red, it red, it red
[Dialogue 2: Marcus Garvey] If you cannot do it, if you are not prepared to do it Then you will die You race of cowards, you race of imbeciles Tou race of good for nothings If you cannot do what other men have done What other nations have done, what other races have done Then you yourself shall die
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