Текст песни с аккордами
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Riddim: The Message
Use a capo in fret 3 to play easier chords: Em C G Am
(For that select "-3" in the transposing tool below.)
[Refrain]
Gm Eb Bb Cm
Then and only then, shall we be independent
Gm Eb
That's the message (that's the message)
Bb Cm
Check the message
Gm Eb
You better change up the structure
Bb Cm
We're on the way to destruction
Gm Eb
So change up the structure
Bb Cm
Becah we can't take destruction
[Chorus]
Gm
So take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want trod we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
Gm
Take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want trod we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
[Verse 1]
Gm
'Cause independence no mean
Eb
No Negril party scene
Bb Cm
Or colonial regime, yeah, we know what dem schemes
Gm Eb
Nah show no meaning no straight dem just leaning
Bb Cm
Dem fight out the green and a cigarette dem come in, but
Gm Eb
Jah make a assets of the people
Bb
I beg you start treat dem good
Cm
Stop haul dem outa dem vehicle
Gm Eb
Dem set the public housing, we enclose dem
Bb Cm
Imprison dem by the thousand
[Chorus]
Gm
So take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want walk we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
Gm
Take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want trod we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
[Verse 2]
So
Gm N.C.
Dem gi' we flag dem gi' anthem
Bb Cm
No even gi' we half a wha' we need fi execute dem plan dem
N.C. N.C.
So we still dependent 'pon dem
Bb Cm
Dem just a wait fi we fi come back and long out we empty hand dem
Gm Eb
You talk the truth then you get condemn
Bb Cm
Walter Rodney speak of it, we owna government go ban him
Gm Eb Bb
Dem waan fi block we overstanding, waan we do the wrong thing
Cm
That's why you hear me song sing
[Chorus]
Gm
Take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want walk we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
Gm
Take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want trod we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
[Verse 3]
So
Gm Eb
It takes some time fi analyse
Bb Cm Gm
So we living in a paradise, but be full of parasites
Gm
To dem they say you have your rights
Eb Bb Cm
Dem switch it up again and it gone before tomorrow night
Gm Eb Bb Cm
But understand a our fight and truth will overpower might
Gm
And the youth dem have dem owna plight
Eb Bb Cm
So we pree- the day- when we- see the way weh we could a say
[Chorus]
Gm
Take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want walk we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
Gm
Take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want trod we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
[Refrain]
Gm Eb Bb Cm
Then and only then, shall we be independent
Gm Eb
That's the message (that's the message)
Bb Cm
Check the message
Gm Eb
You better change up the structure
Bb Cm
We're on the way to destruction
Gm Eb
So change up the structure
Bb Cm
Becah we can't take destruction
[Chorus]
Gm
So take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want trod we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then
Gm
Take control a dem
Eb Bb
Tell police officers and soldier men
Cm Gm
Say we want trod we street and road again
Eb Bb
Hold we head high and proud again
Cm
Then and only then /fade
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