Is word, sound and powa dat break down de barriers of oppression and drive away transgression and rule equality . . . Well, right now yu ave a system or a shitsystem whey gwaan inna dis country ya fe a long ages a times.
Four hundred years an de same bucky maasa bizniz. An black inferiority, an brown superiority, an white superiority rule dis likkle black country here fe a long times. Well, I and I come wid Earthquake, Lightnin’ and Tunda to break down dese barriers of oppression and drive away transgression and rule equality between humble black people.
Dis concert here whey dem say is a peace concert, I man never did a go come unno. Yu know why? Cause wha, was a peace concert . . . And ah wonder if many people know what the word peace mean. Eeh? Yu see most intellectual people in society think the word peace mean ‘coming together’. Peace is de diploma you get in the cemetary, seen? On top of yu grave is marked: ‘Here lies the body of John Strokes, Rest in Peace. Seen?...
An’ I know many of you likkle brothers wouldn’t like to hear yu dawters say she going to give away a little piece, a bongo clippins, yu no seen. So yu can imagine how defective peace is. Seen? Dis is a integration concert, seen? When black people come together an forget say well dere is a lotta destructive elements between I and I what segregate I and I, which was a force laid down by Lucifer, seen.
But know that I know dat Lucifer’s hand and foot will soon be bound, seen? And I shall cast him into outer darkness and bring love and justice to black people once more dat we long to hear a gun fire. We long to see one die, cause learn this man, white man teach I and I say; ‘I and I ha fe dead go a heaven’
Why? Dat them can come a Jamaica come tek whey de whole of the Sun, you no seen? And inherit the blood baat earth. And we gone away, heaven, gone drink milk and honey . . . cause we are what? Fools!...
Everyone is cryin out for peace, none is crying out for justice. Everyone is bawlin out for peace, yes, none is bawlin out for Justice. I don’t want no peace till my brothers get equal rights and justice, we all need equal rights and justice.
Yes, talking bout pirate, yu have all some likkle pirate now whey juss come from America all bout, wide dem camera and dem TV bizniz fe go do what? Get rich offa I and I, but hear me now man, Hoono make sure say Hoono come talk to I inno cause a lightning I flash . . .
Well right now Jamaica have been livin under dis colonial, imperialistic shituation for a long time, seen. Where irrespective of what goin on now and what government in powa, government ave to know dat yu ave whole lot of evil forces to fight who don’t like to see nuttin progressive, so learn dat. And de devil’s a dangerous guy, seen. And I hear hoonoo talk dis year is anti-apartheid year, what mean say black people muss be more aware an conscious of dem constitutional rights whey most black people, who is called de underprivileged, wha name so. Him a fe go aks someone who is privileged, yu no seen…
