Rise Up To The Occasion by BANTU (Crew) Lyrics
[Verse 1: Ade Bantu]
Self-motivation African emancipation
Dat di way we gwan get things started
Liberate we self pass di darkness of hell
Making sure dat we light a di brightest
So pump up we sound and stomp pon di ground
Africa pikkini gather each one around
Be dey lost or dey found cyan not follow di crowd you hafi saddle up fi di contest long time we sleep an we snore an we slumber living di life of a rotating number
Programmed fi fail all left right and centre black man a suffer, suffer, suffer but we nah cry no more caus di red eye are soar war everywhere from Monrovia to Djafor
Yo! State of emergency African unity killed fi di love of di diamond and di money
[Chorus]
Rise up to the occasion
I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential
[Verse 2: Ade bantu]
Say di youth cyan be mute while dem raping di truth slapping we face with we stolen wealth and loot
In di land of di blind it’s an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth we nah quiver we nah shiver fi di killer or di brutes
Caus di time are changing spirits returning reincarnating issuing warning palace dem burning Ogun a calling sharpen ya tool an’ get ready to perform in this liberation circle
Take a lead and stop fi act cool fi it’s now or never hafi act up mi breda Eyadema pikkini a hold on to power
Checkout Kinshasa Laurent to Joseph everything Kabila
It’s a government of padi padi government of anarchy
Sign of we time dem a return to monarchy
[Chorus]
Rise up to the occasion
I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential
[Verse 3: Ade Bantu]
Glorious warriors take a stand your chi roams restless in this wicked foreign lands
Reconnect an’ realign your spirit with the totems of your clan be connected
[Chorus]
Rise up to the occasion
I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential
Self-motivation African emancipation
Dat di way we gwan get things started
Liberate we self pass di darkness of hell
Making sure dat we light a di brightest
So pump up we sound and stomp pon di ground
Africa pikkini gather each one around
Be dey lost or dey found cyan not follow di crowd you hafi saddle up fi di contest long time we sleep an we snore an we slumber living di life of a rotating number
Programmed fi fail all left right and centre black man a suffer, suffer, suffer but we nah cry no more caus di red eye are soar war everywhere from Monrovia to Djafor
Yo! State of emergency African unity killed fi di love of di diamond and di money
[Chorus]
Rise up to the occasion
I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential
[Verse 2: Ade bantu]
Say di youth cyan be mute while dem raping di truth slapping we face with we stolen wealth and loot
In di land of di blind it’s an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth we nah quiver we nah shiver fi di killer or di brutes
Caus di time are changing spirits returning reincarnating issuing warning palace dem burning Ogun a calling sharpen ya tool an’ get ready to perform in this liberation circle
Take a lead and stop fi act cool fi it’s now or never hafi act up mi breda Eyadema pikkini a hold on to power
Checkout Kinshasa Laurent to Joseph everything Kabila
It’s a government of padi padi government of anarchy
Sign of we time dem a return to monarchy
[Chorus]
Rise up to the occasion
I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential
[Verse 3: Ade Bantu]
Glorious warriors take a stand your chi roams restless in this wicked foreign lands
Reconnect an’ realign your spirit with the totems of your clan be connected
[Chorus]
Rise up to the occasion
I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential