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Jahmekya
1991







    Drastic
    WRITTEN BY
    David Marley, A. Cole and C. Barrett


    To the will of the people, the will of the people All nation have to bow, drastic solution And to the will of the people, all nation bow Drastic resolution Drastic, do you want it Do you want it to be drastic, would you like it Drastic, do you want it Oh do you want it to be drastic, would you like it Hey, I'm a say, we don't want to fight But if you push us we have to Hey, we don't give up our right, will not stand still Mmmh, all this oppression make things rough So I'm a see I've become a slave to my purpose Drastic, do you want it Do you want it to be drastic, would you like it Man mi sey fe drastic, do you want it Oppressor all over the world, drastic, Man would you like it Oh now, you push us down we still get up You turn your back on us, mmmh, we, we are still here Try, economic slavery, and this is what you do You put us in a social jail for isolation Upper class, middle class, lower class Third World people look look look look Look you know, look, you know Know the power that we have Know the power catch it like a cat in a bag Through the power that we have Know the power catch it like a cat in a bag All over the world poor people suffer Mi sey a dog eats more supper in society You make the world so hard How is a womanto live, how is a man to think Hey, I'm just talking to you Make up your mind, make up your mind Make up your mind Make up your mind, make up your mind Make up your mind Make up your mind, make up your mind Make up your mind Drastic, do you want it, oppressor over the world Drastic, man would yo like it, me sey fi hear my world Drastic, do y ou want it, drastic solution Drastic, would you like it, drastic revolution Drastic, do you want it Do you want it to be drastic, would you like it All nation have fe bow, oh to the will of the people All nation have fe bow, to the will of the people Now, now drastic, drastic, drastic solution Drastic drastic, a drastic drastic revolution Drastic a drastic a drastic drastic solution Mmmh a drastic a drastic a drastic a drastic revolution I'm willing and able, I'm willing and able I'm willing and able, I'm willing and able I'm willing and able, I'm willing and able Ziggy Marley: lead vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboard Wilburn "Squidly" Cole: drums Christopher Meredith: bass Bashiri Johnson: percussion Constantine "Vision" Walker: guitar Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul: piano, organ, synth Tyrone Downie: bass crunch, plastic tube Glenn Rosenstein: guitar backing vocals: Cedella Marley, Sharon Marley Prendergast, Erica Newell, Stephen Marley sample from "War" by Bob Marley and the Wailers

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