Delhi sultanate

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From the soundtrack of Sanjay Kak's Red Ant Dream
News clips and a soundbite from Orissa’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik introduce the themes of violent struggles plagueing such large swathes of India, contemplated by Delhi Sultanate's fiery and indignant lyrics. Chris McGuinness' deep and innovative riddim samples Bhanwre Ne Khilaya Phool, from the 1982 Raj Kapoor film Prem Rog, infusing the tune with a menacing and tense atmosphere.



LYRICS:

(news)
(Naveen Patnaik)

I heard the news several days ago
It made me want to blaze arrow
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

(news snippet Operation Green Hunt) 

people tell me how does it feel
dont have nothing and they make your skin peel
authorities seize you and the truth get concealed
nobody nah do nothing even when it gets revealed
youths a get desperate 
resort to the steel
rather buss back than continue to live weak
some will get mad and clap off the heat
so bullets start to beat and raise from the concrete

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

Gunman put their guns into the air
and lick shots like they just dont care
when badboy put them tools into the air
and lick shots like they just dont care
I hear these things from me eye them a mi knee
eye them a mi knee
Yes from my eye them a mi knee
I hear these things from me eye them a mi knee
man turn badmen fighting to get free no

(snippet gun vs sword)

have the license have the title
they give tribal youths the rifle
and now life it gets stifle
because money is their idol
government gunman come pillage your villages
Koya Commando come start killing kids
PR agents have their clean images
but them all bring death they run it like businesss
now ey

The whole of them run racket 
big money man and government a run profit
draw for the matic unlock it cock it and clap it
And big politicians deya ina them pocket 
say a we?
public enemy number on
say a them
cause they worship destruction

I heard the news several days ago
It made me want to blaze arrow
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

Dantewada sufferers
Chattisgarh sufferers
Jungle sufferers
raise up their guns like?

Orissa sufferers
Kashipur sufferers
Posco sufferes 
raise up their guns like?

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

Word Sound Power - Badang

Cus Cus ina rub-a-dub style from the upcoming mixtape.. stay tuned

LYRICS:
run come - freedom fighters

Begum X:
Divide and rule is their whole plan
I'm no fool - to let them overcome
cuz I & I are kings in this jungle
seated up so high and so humble
seen so many fall and they stumble
all along the way

Delhi Sultanate
Government will send gunmen to trouble we - holla and heckle
my sound dust them - make them seize and settle
they are too two faced - too two faced like Hyde & Jeckle
disturb the tranquility like water from pebble
my sound will send ripple - topple - them rule cripple
jungle - zameen - jal is the principle
red, gold and green with the bass and treble
revolutionary rebel take it to another level

Begum X:
Divide and rule is their whole plan
I'm no fool - to let them overcome
cuz I & I are kings in this jungle
seated up so high and so humble
seen so many fall and they stumble
all along the way

Run co co come come

Delhi Sultanate:
Nuff a them run of their mouth - don't know what reggae really means
don't know what it means to represent for the red, gold and green
red stands for the blood of dead freedom fighters dead den in a blood stream
green stand for the fertility of the land - it all a pure and clean
gold stand for the wealth of the country shine glisten and a gleam
and we build up our self-esteem and burn fire for the pope and the queen
want revolution an by any means
represent for red gold and green
and we're down with PWG they killed AZAD say RIP
this is Delhi Sultanate New Delhi Junglist Nation
all my real real Junglist fling up your hands








Divide And Rule (Cus Cus Riddim)

Delhi Sultanate – King Zumbi (Riot Police) Lyrics

Well this is Delhi Sultanate  
New Delhi Junglist representer
Lal Salaam

Start riots ina Attica
Bon fire ina Attica – how you mean?
Chill with King Zumbi in the liberated zone – kingdom of Palmares

Big up mi foundation we have to honor them
This is for my New Delhi man & woman again
If you love Reggae music go raise your hand again
Selector rewind wheel up and come again
The Fire ago bon again
If Babylon them come around tell them we nah go bow to none of them
We practice the ghetto grammer then
We nah go drink them rum and them food we nah go nyam again

Somebody call the riot police
Because the prisons are burning
Babylon worry and them start a fret
Because them feel say the tables are turning
Somebody call the riot police
Because the prisons are burning
Youthman them all a flood the streets because them feel say the tables are turning

We
Sample the beats and trample the beast have trophies on my mantelpiece
Dismantle them like black Jack Johnson
Float just like butterfly sting them like a bumblebees
We crumble streets when we impose sanction
I grew up in the Dancehall – wait DanceMansion 
Impervious their secret services mal function
Let me serve them an injunction
For Hypocrisy 
How dare they lock up Buju Banton
While HSBC bankman launder billions of money for drugsman
And yet them go scott free
On Judgement day that will be costly
Meantime we build big tunes and get mad ina the dance
Big bass ina di dance
Girls whine waist ina trance
Selector trigger the avalanche
Yeah—weh ya say a judgement?
Yaman
Ina liberated zone – kingdom of Palmares – Kingdom of Zion – Abhujamad

Somebody call the riot police
Because the prisons are burning
Babylon worry and them start a fret
Because them feel say the tables are turning
Somebody call the riot police
Because the prisons are burning
Youthman them all a flood the streets because them feel say the tables are turning

 “That is why I come through the music – a weh de wah conscious and trust con?”

Nowadays Dancehall is full of computer pussy with the idiot tough chat
I ride roughshod jewels in my dub box
Talk bout buss – buss what ? we buss wax
Plus buss facts for the youths
Cuz we must act

Reality ?
You better stop and check
Bass Foundation Roots Youths discoteque
We play tunes
India to the World
I wonder how it all unfurl

Fire ago bon down













King Zumbi / Riot Police (Stylo G Riddim)

Artist: REDS Ft. Delhi Sultanate & Begum X 
Title: FEVER 
Remixes by: Marcus Visionary, Mungos Hi Fi, Von D & The Dirty Dubsters 
Label: Liondub International 
Catalog #: LNDB-019 
Format: Vinyl 12" / Digital 
Full Release Date: 7 MARCH 2014 
File Under: Reggae, Dubstep, Jungle, Drum & Bass

As LionDub International charges into 2014 with new releases and a newly-unveiled Street Series, we welcome a roster of unheard talent to both our main label and the freshly-born sub-label. First off are REDS, a recently-minted East London drum-and-bass duo who we proudly offer their solo vinyl debut featuring vocals from India's Delhi Sultanate and remixes from Canada's jungle don Marcus Visionary, the inimitable Mungos Hi Fi out of Scotland, Dublin's Dirty Dubsters and one of France's dubstep legends, Von D. The bouncy original from the pair falls close to a dancehall feeling, with understated and low-mixed drums dropping away to accentuate the bounding bass rhythm and the center-stage vocal performance. The old-school jungle style of Marcus Visionary comes through strongly in his rolling remix, which revels in the rush of tumbling drums and blasts of mid-range bass. Mungos Hi Fi give this release a solid reggae re-lick with new sound clash style vocals from Delhi Sultanate and sweet choruses from longtime collaborator Begum X out of India. This particular Mungos riddim released earlier in 2013 to great acclaim featuring vocals from none other than Soom T on her "Bong Bong' anthem. The Dirty Dusters offer up a unique, Euro dancehall twist on their high energy remix. Full vocals and simple, yet, catchy grooves wind up the track in a unique style. From his rich past on labels like Argon, Black Acre, and Boka, it would be expected that Von D give an altogether more contemporary treatment, and fittingly he reduces the tempo, ups the atmospherics, and brings in brutal walls of battering bass in half-step time for the smokers in the room while leaving most of the vocals, which were so present in the other mixes, on the cutting room floor. The transformative ending to this widely-varied EP gives balance and range to the release and presents a strong debut offering for REDS and Delhi Sultanate as Liondub International continues its charge towards new territory for 2014. 

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REDS Ft. Delhi Sultanate - Fever - Mungos Hi Fi Special Ft. Begum X

REDS Ft. Delhi Sultanate - Fever - Extended Original Mix

'War Dance' on Stephen Marley's Bongo Nya riddim begins with a sample of the legendary Indo-Jamaican artist Super Cat. Cat, in a conversation with Chin, gives a mystical history of how drum beats played by slaves and native Indians metaphorphed over the years into dancehall and studio riddims. Cat in his speech conflates East Indians and First Nation Indians of the Americas. The Bongo Nya riddim kicks in and provides the perfect bass for Delhi Sultanate's lyrics evoking images of a post apocalyptic Indigenous people's war dance.

Lyrics:
Bring it and come
Righteous consciousness
Bring it and come
Rastaman
Bring it and come
Rudegirl intellect
Bring it and come
Beat the drum
My people a bring it and come

Beat the drum 
Flesh a mi palm beat pan goat skin
A war dance
Unno think is a joke thing
Necromantic capitalist a close in
Fake democratic antics 
Them pose in
We are not free
Expose this dagger and cloak thing
Wolf pack dress up in a meek sheep clothing
We cope -
But dark days keep approaching
Excess a genocide a feed up di wealth dem a promoting

Brag up and a boast dem belly fat a keep bloating
Sink like titanic why dem boat keep floating
Gravalicious and greedy glutton ugly up a goading
And you know how me feel about the queen and the pope thing

Total resistance well
Bring it and come
Roots and cultre
Bring it and come
Rastaman
Bring it and come
Righteous gangsta
Bring it and come
Righteous consciousness
Well bring it and come
Indian African
Well bring it and come
Indigenous tribes
Well bring it and come
If you’re ready for whatever
We say bring it and come

Place razor in the hand of cantankerous slave
Amazing It coulda happen anyone of the days
encourage the coward and start roll with the brave
Abolish them system just  anyone of these dayz


Beat di drum
Bingiman
Beat di drum – beat drum
Bongoman
Beat di drum – beat drum
Indian
Beat di drum – beat drum
Rastaman
Beat di drum – beat drum

Indigenous all make the fire bon
People hear it from far and come
Bassline linked to the foundation
We go gather the lineages and the wicked hafi run

War Dance (Bongo Nya)

‘Lighters Up’ is a re-lick of Major Lazer’s tune for Snoop Lion, by London based producer Tramendas. Begum X sings harmonies on the Chorus ‘today not tomorrow’ while Delhi Sultanate’s verses contain multiple references to colonial history, from the 1857 uprising in India to the killing of Colonel Gaddafi in 2011. The Gaddafi reference echoes a classic Dancehall song by Indo-Jamaican artist Super Cat released in 1984. For these lines Delhi Sultanate borrows Cat's pattern of the 1984 classic ‘Under Pressure’ where Cat pays homage to the Libyan leader and proponent of pan Africanism. 

'The system is a fraud 
attempt fi go tek it over
head ago roll
India to Ethiopia'

Today not Tomorrow (Lighters Up)

'No capitalists shall escape' opens with a sample from Chronixx, prophesizing that in the near future all youths will grow up as revolutionaries. Stephen Marley's rockstone beat kicks in over analogue dub siren sounds and we hear the sampled voice of Johnny Clarke 'No Capitalists Shall Escape in this time'. Reminding listeners of the original source of Stephen Marley's riddim. The Johnny Clarke line is taken from a dubplate he voiced for Bass Foundation Roots. Interestingly, while the original lyrics to his famous song ' None Shall Escape' do not mention the word 'capitalists' anywhere, a lesser known dub version by King Tubby exists that contains different lyrics. Clarks voice comes in only briefly in the militant dub mix of this track, yet his words are straight to the point. Instead of his usual 'none shall escape' you can clearly hear him say ' No Capitalists Shall Escape' - pointing to the existence of alternate vocal takes of this great roots classic.

As the beat kicks in Delhi Sultanate begins his verse, riddled with references to colonial history and metaphors of disease ala 'small pox blankets' and dubplate boxes full of 'black bacteria'. Johnny Clarke's voice returns once more in the break down before Begum X takes over the rest of the song with her heavy blues style delivery written by her after she spent an afternoon reading Frantz Fanon's 'Wretched of the Earth'

Lyrics: 
DS:
Sultanate in a your area
18” scoops Bass foundation roots is taking care of ya
step into the stereo
we steppin tropical 
and waste colonialists just malaria
World Bank a send some small pox blankets 
my dub box full up a black bacteriea
Dread bass vibrate your body
send messages to  all the provinces 
gather all a di the warriors
fire bon dem weh cast the curse
these crackers start some things that just dem cant reverse
dwell in the DK jungle is my last reserve
die out in the embrace of mumma earth
the cataclysm make us face the unthinkable
dem mash up flesh we hold invincible principle
but we know seh that dem ship soon sinkable
ghost dance & rastafari aint going down 

BX:
My master turned me lose
and I ain't lyin
no I ain't lyin
master yu turned me lose
you better watch out
oh you better watch out
you wanna rein me in
but you made a monster out of me
I just changed the rules
you better watch out
no I aint lyin



No Capitalist Shall Escape feat. Begum X (Rockstone Riddim)

Released 2016 on System Music produced by V.I.V.E.K

V.I.V.E.K. Feat Delhi Sultanate & Begum X - Zindagi

On the NYC-2-Africa riddim. This is some Wiki-leaks shit. Delhi Sultanate from New Delhi, India dropping serious information on the mic.

#1 on Beatport charts for reggae/dub right now. Get it while it's hot on the new High Chai Recordings compilation SUBcontinentalBASS: http://beatport.com/s/t7Jytf

This is a version was inspired by our "NYC-2-Africa" riddim produced by Subatomic Sound System & Nomadic Wax originally released with vocals by Anthony B, Jahdan Blakkamoore, and Bajah from Dry Eye Crew. If you don't already know the story, get the info here:

Subatomic Sound : NYC-2-Africa riddim : Anthony B, Jahdan Blakkamoore, & Bajah by SubatomicSound

Shout to James Whetzel for the cameo on sarod: JamesWhetzel

NYC-2-India

Mashed-up reggae and hip-hop from the Cast A Blast label on this new single from Dedy Dread and DJ Rebel, which sees the distinctive descending riffola of Ray Charles' "Hit The Road Jack" incorporated into the excellent "Criss N Shine". While this original is full of rootsy jazz goodness, Turntable Dubbers & Sebski recast the vocals against a light, warm and friendly dancehall beat while Blend Mishkin evoke the "Sleng Teng" riddim on the plugged-in beats of their own remix.

LYRICS:

Intro:
well this is Delhi Sultanate
alongside Dedy Dread & DJ Rebel
collaboration - what do you say man?
New Delhi - Europe
All INdian Raggamuffin
All revolutionary Outlaw
New Delhi Junglists
ey yo Massive you know we just cant take these politicians anymore - what did Bountykiller say?? Polluticians....

Verse 1:
Delhi Sultanate - lyrical hot stepper
mic checker - sound wrecker - dubplate maker
lyrical naxalite say we are lyrical life takers
never did like the government has us under pressure
return of the mac - wiki leaks hacker
have a heap of dubplates and i have a heap of choppers
too many New Delhi men are big name droppers
we will come and kill them send them to their mama and papa
proper - rudeboy music we are no country crackers
Indian shakka zulu lyrical top shotta
musical gunshot will make corrupt brains splatter
all of them will dead up and scatter
Salwa Judum could dead up and scatter
Koya Commando could dead up and scatter
CRPF coulda dead up and scatter
all of these politicians get the ratatatatata

Chorus:
we keep it criss we keep it shine 
one day all of the youths will combine
we keep it criss we keep it shine
god forbid they start to raise up the nine 
talk in the background:
time are crazy
we cant take it no more
can't fool the people all the time
rise up
revolution...

Verse 2:
we ring the alarm for that
some sounds are real sounds but most sounds are idiot 
and you done know BASSFoundation have the city on lock
and any Drumpan try test they will get a dubshot 
remember
they murdererd people down in Nandigram
youths capture police abuse on the handicam
many people never did know and never understand
how the government sells us to corrupt corporations
youthman rise up we have to set up a plan
to much loot and shoot - boom boom blam blam
we stand for the truth that you cant run from
long time singers have sung bon babylon 
i rate all of the youths who gwaan strong

Chorus:
we keep it criss we keep it shine
one day all of the youths will combine
we keep it criss we keep it shine
god forbid they start to raise up the nine
Verse 3:
Government is run by the gun nozzle
gunmen flex muscle and will shoot things to frazzle
villagers then have to hide and huddle
their 'progress' means strife and struggle
death rates double - homes broken up in rubble
chain and shackle - any obstacle we tackle
big up all the warriors who are ready for the battle
big up all the warriors who are ready for the battle

dont you know that its a bloodclaat disease
they run it like crackers in the forties
they are brownskin white men dressed three piece
they sell us out to corrupt companies
one day we could make them freeze
one day youths they will take to the streets
fists will raise and bullets will beat
youths will rise up and never take no defeat

Chorus:
we keep it criss we keep it shine 
one day all of the youths will combine
we keep it criss we keep it shine
god forbid they start to raise up the nine 

Outro:
big up - New Delhi Jungliste movement is there
Delhi Sultanate - Dj Rebel - Dedy Dread
you done know big up all BASSFoundation massive same way
culture wars
big up all rudeboy intellect
massive you done know - it cannot go on like this
they sell out life
for real
wise up
allright
all soundman
soundboys
all revolutoinary outlaws


Criss & Shine (prod. by Dedy Dread & DJ Rebel)

After more than 4 years this track is finally out on Subatomic Sound. This riddim was built by Chris McGuinness

Lyrics:
Rollin -  revolutionary outlaws
In a jungle, man a dedicate to the cause
run marathon we never come a exhaust
we no visit them malls – no dine in five stars
we no ina weh dem ina – we nah follow them mirage
jesus, them all a nail pan cross
Watch fi di rats and snakes in a grass
When things come to pass Life shatter like glass
Stop – the whole world pan stand still
Hype up – well unno better stay tranquil
We go drop it pan them like anvil
General Dwyer surround them from every angle
Boom - dem coulda get dismantle
Massacre - man bury in a landfill 
World run by Winston Churchill
Remember the famine, memories dem all a hurt still
Rage bruk out and erupt like Tyson 
Stronga than Gamma when people start rising
Syphon - noose tighten - price a food highten 
Solid things melt up – future get frighten 
City life – constrict man like python
Selfhatred – them waan them skin fi whiten
Cannibal – one another them no stop exploiting 
Weather get badda – bredda we better keep fighting
Man a cramp in jungles of concrete 
Fuel the city – turn wolf – nuff man a sheep
Vampire feed – man a make a man bleed 
Strange fruit them a sell- strange man upon street 
them vision of living cyan sustain
Democracy them hollow out – things must change 
Military carry baton – come bust brain
We must train youths – you know we must campaign 
Meantime things come to pass 
Work hard my people keep working
Some a soldier some a punk some a sit pan fence 
And earth a keep hurting
But a them weh a start the killing
Urban warfare kin against kin
Dash with them life like rubbish in a bin 
Nuff man get played like puppet on a string
Heavy metal it a cling like ting a ling
King in a forest get reduced to nothing

Discipline

beatport

Word Sound Power - Discipline

recorded in Kabul Afghanistan and mixed and dubbed by the great Scienist

Sun is Shining feat. Begum X (mixed by Scientist)

LYRICS

Rollin - revolutionary outlaws
In a jungle man a dedicate to the cause
run marathon me never come a exhaust
we nah visit dem malls – nah dine in five stars
we no ina weh dem ina – we nah follow dem mirage
jesus christ dem all a nail pan cross
Watch fi di rats and snakes in a grass
When things come to pass Life shatter like glass

Stop – the whole world pan stand still
Hype up – well unno better stay tranquil
We go drop it pan dem like anvil
General Dwyer surround dem from every angle
Boom - dem ago get dismantle
Massacre - man bury in a landfill
World run by Winston Churchill
Remember the famine, memories dem all a hurt still

Rage bruk out and erupt like Tyson
Stronga than Gama when people start risin
Syphon - noose tighten - price a food highten
Solid things melt up – future get frighten
City life – constrict man like python
Selfhatred – dem waan dem skin fi whiten
Cannibal – one another dem no stop exploiting
Weather get badda – bredda we better keep fighting

Man a cramp in jungles of concrete
Fuel the city – turn wolf – nuff man a sheep
Vampire feed – man a mek a man bleed
Strange fruit dem a sell- strange man upon street
Dem vision of living cyan sustain
Democracy dem hollow out – things must change
Military carry baton – come bust brain
We must train youths – you know we must campaign

News clips and a soundbite from Orissa’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik introduce the themes of violent struggles plagueing such large swathes of India, contemplated by Delhi Sultanate's fiery and indignant lyrics. Chris McGuinness' deep and innovative riddim samples Bhanwre Ne Khilaya Phool, from the 1982 Raj Kapoor film Prem Rog, infusing the tune with a menacing and tense atmosphere.

LYRICS

I heard the news several days ago
It made me want to blaze arrow
upon dem
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

people tell me how does it feel
dont have nothing and they make your skin peel
authorities seize you and the truth get concealed
nobody nah do nothing even when it gets revealed
some youths a get desperate 
resort to the steel
rather buss back than continue to live weak
some will get mad and clap off the heat
so bullets start to beat and raise from the concrete

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

Gunman put their guns into the air
and lick shots like they just dont care
when badboy put them tools into the air
and lick shots like they just dont care
I hear these things from me eye them a mi knee
eye them a mi knee
Yes from my eye them a mi knee
I hear these things from me eye them a mi knee
man turn badmen fighting to get free now

gun vs sword

have the license have the title
they give tribal youths the rifle
and now life gets stifled
because money is their idol
government gunmen come pillage your villages
Koya commando start killing kids
PR agent have their clean images
but they all bring death
they run it like business
now ey
the whole of them a run racket
big money man and government a run profit
draw for the (auto)matic unlock it cock it and clap it
and big politicians are in their pocket
say a we?
public enemy number one
say a them
cause they worship destruction

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

I heard the news several days ago
It made me wanna blaze arrow - on them
the sword of zorro
bandalero
reduce dem ina zero

Dantewada sufferers
Chattisgarh sufferers
Jungle sufferers
raise up guns like?
Orissa sufferers
Kashmir sufferers
Posco sufferers
raise up the guns like?

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
some youths turn warrior the state execute them

badang bang ba biddy bang - skeng
badang bang ba biddy bang biddy bang
badang bang a biddy bang - skeng
youths fight for freedom the state execute them

‘Bon Dem Again’ employs Damien Marley’s ‘As We Enter’ riddim. Of all the songs on the EP ‘Bon Dem Again' contains the clearest musical connection to Africa. Damien Marley rebuilt a song originally created by Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke, titled Yègellé Tezeta. ‘Bon Dem Again’ was first created as a dubplate for London based producer Jstar, the lyrics are a mix of sound clash bravado and revolutionary references. 'pump your fist now - time get stricter'

As We Enter (Bon Dem Again)

In the colonies the truth stood naked, but the citizens of the mother country preferred it with clothes on: the native had to love them, something in the way mothers are loved. The European elite undertook to manufacture a native elite. They picked out promising adolescents; they branded them, as with a red-hot iron, with the principles of western culture; they stuffed their mouths full with high-sounding phrases, grand glutinous words that stuck to the teeth. After a short stay in the mother country they were sent home, white-washed. These walking lies had nothing left to say to their brothers; they only echoed.


LYRICS:

Don’t seduce to reduce mi knowledge,
because I will always break those barriers and break down bondage
oh Lord God Almighty grant me all privilige
you see I have overcome all the wicked,
them and them false things

Chrous

India have no white god
don’t teach me anything wrong
could the white god save me from white man oppression?
I have no white god it’s just a Black Messiah,
if a white god ah bless you him no bless India

Verse 1

I want what is rightfully mine
so me nah stay mute
your system is designed to distract me from the truth
but it will come to pass unknown not to the youths
in the process of time we will know the truth
you give we white god to praise in slavery
the doctrine follow on in the black community
the Black Messiah you try to shield with fantasy,
but we nah guh mek you destroy the love with luxury
that’s why,
have to go through I have no place in Babylon
as I go they make mi victim of their unjust action oh God
I won’t be coquered in this region oh yes
I have to stand and go strong

Chorus


Sizzla - India has no white god [tempo riddim]

feat. Begum X - Promised Land

New Delhi Nuttah (prod. by NUCLEYA)

Word Sound Power - The Bant Singh Project - 04 - Into the Fire

Bant Singh, Delhi Sultanate, Chris McGuinness.

http://wordsoundpower.org

Delhi sultanate

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