Lowkey, Mavado - Soundtrack to the Struggle lyrics

It's been a long time coming
Too long, too long
It's been in the making a quarter century
But it's here now, it's here now
If by time you hear this album
I'm not here you know why

Tell ya so mi say
Too many suffering too many tears
To see a youth die and mi know him for years
When me look around nobody care
The people dem a live inna fear
The system need to change right now
To much youth a go down inna grave right now
Yuh nuh see the bigga heads a gaze right now
Haffi ghetto people a no slave right now
(Woo ooh! oi)

The system need to change right now
To much youth a go down inna grave right now
Yuh nuh see the bigga heads a gaze right now


Haffi ghetto people a no slave right now
(yeah yeah)

My music Is my natural resource
Now I want it back
'Til I sever every single chain
I will not relax just constant attack
'til my world looks like Montserrat
Contact my comrades, for combat
What's conscious rap when you say the truth
They attack like a Sabre-tooth
Thinking clear they make you disappear
Like you hate the fruit
We don't need more Boeings, we
Don't need more Rebors, weed or Lyor Cohens
They tell us about terrorism and
Tell us about terrorists
Look up the definition and tell
Us what terror is
Only know the definition if the
Television tells us it
Public Enemy #1 they treat
Me like Professor Griff
This album has been in the
Making a quarter century
Born to bless the beat and
Rap over recorded melody
I knew the truth since I
Was a small little boy
I am a product of the system
I was born to destroy
Mi can’t believe a suh dem treat people
Dem deh ya fi protect and dem a beat people
And mi nuh see nuh system fi de street people
Can’t believe dem a de lead people
The system need fi change right now
Too much youth a go down inna grave right now

On the news, they glorify their own henchmen
Support the troops
But won't mention Joe Glenton
It's funny 'cos the rappers are
Posing as the gangsters
While the government taking money
As bonuses for bankers in life you learn
To close your eyes and hold your tongue
But together we will overcome
There's never been a chosen one
Still tryina understand, the land I stand on
I'll probably die from cancerous
Anger like Frantz Fanon
I will never give up, I will never just quit
I will never give in, I will never submit
The reason that I came
Is bleeding from the veins
Of the people 'cause we're equal
Only freedom is the aim
This album has been in the
Making a quarter century
Born to bless the beat and
Rap over recorded melody
I knew the truth since I
Was a small little boy
I am a product of the system
I was born to destroy

If you're subordinate to corporate
Guys supplying your orders
You're fighting fire with fire
I'm fighting fire with water
When they kill me
I know I'll die with a focused mind
Plus there will be millions of me
Ready to multiply
Don't just mention, acknowledge me
Remember to honour me
My pen and this honesty, defended equality
Declared a republic, and ended your monarchy
Your corporate dictatorship
Pretends it's democracy
I hold your bloodline
Accountable for every crime
Adam Smith to Rothschild
It's all been a clever lie
Two choices now, revolution or genocide
But thanks to Rupert Murdoch neither
One will be televised
This album has been in the
Making a quarter century
Born to bless the beat and
Rap over recorded melody
I knew the truth since I
Was a small little boy
I am a product of the system
I was born to destroy