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For the consciousness of the nation
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The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation:
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The music we make It cuts across borders
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We never make music to someone else's orders
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Plenty of issues on the agenda
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if you want to lend a helping hand
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You're always told to shut up and dance
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But you have to change this-take a chance
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Turn the tables,
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We know you're able
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Don't just consume
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Make your own tune.
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The music, we use it
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We're making a stand
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I wouldn't call this a green and pleasant land
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A conscious response is what we demand
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Challenge the system and those in command
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Express your opinion
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It's your domain
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If you fail to do this You are partly to blame
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My heart is beating
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No retreat
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The battle continues
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We'll suffer no defeat
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This war you've been waging
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It's time we were raging
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In our minds And on the streets
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Sample this It's an education
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The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation
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Look around you, yeah
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Open your mind
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Check it out, tell me what you find
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Here to document a situation
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The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation
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Hope and glory
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A myth of the tories
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We're here to tell you a different story
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Here to readress the situation
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The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation
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A rapper i may be But packaged I'm not
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I'll slip through the noose before you tie the knot
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This work in progress not slick but rough
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Breaking all records Twelve inches ain't enough
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Sample this
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It's an education
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The sounds of the original, the original ....
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We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic
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The only 'e' we use is electric
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An Asian background that's what's reflected
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But this millitant vibe ain't what you expected
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With your liberal minds You patronise our culture
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Scanning the surface like vultures
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With your tourist mentality
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we're still the natives
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You multicultural but we're anti-racist
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We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic
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The only 'e' we use is electric
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And we cry
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Them coulda never escape
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Disya judgement ......
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Jericho
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Asian Dub Foundation |