Soldiers Lyrics - Handsworth Revolution - Steel Pulse

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

And when soldiers came 

Them say them come to make us tame 

And from that day until now on 

We were jeered and laughed to scorn 

Things used to be ire (before the soldiers came) 

Things used to be nice, so nice now 

Things used to be ire 

Things used to be nice, so nice 

Our country them did enter, yeah 

Troops trodding left right and centre 

Everywhere 

One moment at peace with Nature 

Now victims of a massacre 

We got our spears 

We got our shields 

But their guns were greater 

Prepare for a slaughter 

Give I back I witch doctor 

Give I back I Black Ruler 

Me no want no dictator 

Me no want no tyrant on yah 

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

Way down in Africa 

Where the backra still rules day after day 

The Black Man is suffering now far more 

Than when he was a slave 

Is there a need for war? 

No. 

Peace my bredren - here them bawl 

Bodies in mutilated condition 

Faces scarred beyond recognition 

Is this what civilization means to me? 

Then without it I prefer to be 

So... 

Give I back I witch doctor 

Give I back I Black Ruler 

Me no want no dictator 

Me no want no tyrant on yah 

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

Dutallee! 

Dutailee!