Jericho Lyrics - Singles - Asian Dub Foundation

For the consciousness of the nation 

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation 

The music we make It cuts across borders 

We never make music to someone else's orders 

Plenty of issues on the agenda 

If you want to lend a helping hand 

You're always told to shut up and dance 

But you have to change this-take a chance 

Turn the tables, we know you're able 

Don't just consume, make your own tune 

The music, we use it, we're making a stand 

I wouldn't call this a green and pleasant land 

A conscious response is what we demand 

Challenge the system and those in command 

Express your opinion, it's your domain 

If you fail to do this, you are partly to blame 

My heart is beating, no retreat 

The battle continues, we'll suffer no defeat 

This war you've been waging, it's time we were raging 

In our minds and on the streets 

Sample this, it's an education 

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation 

Look around you, yeah, open your mind 

Check it out, tell me what you find 

Here to document a situation 

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation 

Hope and glory, a myth of the stories 

We're here to tell you a different story 

Here to readdress the situation 

The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation 

A rapper I may be but packaged I'm not 

I'll slip through the noose before you tie the knot 

This work in progress not slick but rough 

Breaking all records, twelve inches ain't enough 

Sample this, it's an education 

The sounds of the original, the original 

We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic 

The only 'E' we use is electric 

An Asian background that's what's reflected 

But this militant vibe ain't what you expected 

With your liberal minds, you patronize our culture 

Scanning the surface like vultures 

With your tourist mentality, we're still the natives 

You multicultural but we're anti-racist 

We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic 

The only 'e' we use is electric 

And we cry 

Them coulda never escape 

Disya judgment