B.A.D. Mon Anthem
Lyrics + Music by Djata | January 2007
Released 30 September 2007 


For so many years 
Mothers and Sons in tears 
And oh so many nights 
Fathers telling sons 
Give up your rights (no, no, no way!) 
But no, no no more 
It’s time to shut the door 
It’s time for young bredrin to fret no more 
It’s time 
It’s time to recognize 
This is an abuse of our rights 
This Conscription 
Conviction 
Got me on a mission 
They can’t stop we now 
We change the babylon tradition 
They can’t stop we now 
We recruiting the conscripted 
They can’t stop we now 
No way! 

(chorus) 
I’m a BAD man 
I stand up to the law of the land 
You want me, you come and get me 
Bring your whole regiment 
I’m not afraid, I’m not scared 
Lock me up if you want 
I know god’s got my back 
He’ll prove me right in the end! 

They take me from my work, 
My home, and my family 
Terrorize me like I’m the enemy 
Act like I don’t help my community 
You Judge me falsely but you don’t even know me 
Force me to take an oath I find unholy 
Treat me like you are trying to break a pony 
You don’t try to help me you try to control me 
No, no, no way! 
I say you wrong, you wrong, 
You wrong, you wrong 
You wrooooaaong 
I say you wrong, you wrong, 
You wrong, you wrong 
You wrooooaaong 

(chorus) 

(bridge) 
First came slavery 
Then came segregation 
It’s time for conscription to be done 
First came slavery 
Then came segregation 
It’s time for conscription to be done!

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