Nation of Love by Knights of 88 Lyrics
[Intro: Speech]
For too long we have been divided
Against one another and because we are divided
We have been weak against our common enemies
Common enemies like poverty and corruption
Disease and unemployment violence and insecurity
Common enemies that will crumble under the power
Of a united people if we could tear down the walls
Of the vision and comе together as one pеople
As one nation with one spirit
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Freedom my brother
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around
[Verse 1: Denham Smith]
They not like how our light here forming
Hear me well when i send them warning
Human please beware them say please don't talk the truth
Bombaclat things dread enough people turn into rats and bats
People frightened people scared
Like i'm in a nightmare
Tell them go back where they come from
This a Jamaican boy you can't program (why?)
Let me tell the youth them wa gwan wa gwan yeah
Let me tell the youth them wa gwan wa gwan yeah
You better screw on your head before your life flash fast
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around
[Verse 2: Black Caz]
I can see the fire from my doorsteps
Swimming in the emotional tears from the heartfelt
So this is my opus to a nation
Wars graphic I paint love in these statements
Send them through airwaves
Let the world embrace it a souls covenant
Bonded for life never break it
Chicago to Lesotho
Walking through Maseru with my kin folks
Love conquers all Maletsunyane Falls
Hearing echoes from the drowning
Words of the lost all this treadmill talk is off
Its forward March
Right down the street theres justice for us all
Rear down the wall not talking to Gorbachev
Ya militia in the way
Are your soldiers ready to fall?
I’m on the shores of Gabone
With my tribal clan
Trading stories a new futures in hand
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around
[Verse 3: Kage Sparks]
Captain Africa Street Ambassador
Fresh off the boat we them hustlers
Nation of love still aim for you jugular (yah)
Pain still trapped for those shackled up
Jumped out the mud from the motherland
Game still rigged all my kids come huddle up
Ready now to dig see its deeper than they selling ya
Casket of dreams filled with cascading schemes
Beauty uncaged got to push through it
Empower your mind(hey)
Every mountain you climb
Always seek out the truth
Take it back to your roots
In this race to be great elevating our faith
Make it or break got to give it your all
Run for our goals baby we destined to ball
Top of the globe bringing my people along(come on)
Despite the hard-ships
Fights with darkness
A Righteous heart always finds the target
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around
For too long we have been divided
Against one another and because we are divided
We have been weak against our common enemies
Common enemies like poverty and corruption
Disease and unemployment violence and insecurity
Common enemies that will crumble under the power
Of a united people if we could tear down the walls
Of the vision and comе together as one pеople
As one nation with one spirit
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Freedom my brother
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around
[Verse 1: Denham Smith]
They not like how our light here forming
Hear me well when i send them warning
Human please beware them say please don't talk the truth
Bombaclat things dread enough people turn into rats and bats
People frightened people scared
Like i'm in a nightmare
Tell them go back where they come from
This a Jamaican boy you can't program (why?)
Let me tell the youth them wa gwan wa gwan yeah
Let me tell the youth them wa gwan wa gwan yeah
You better screw on your head before your life flash fast
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around
[Verse 2: Black Caz]
I can see the fire from my doorsteps
Swimming in the emotional tears from the heartfelt
So this is my opus to a nation
Wars graphic I paint love in these statements
Send them through airwaves
Let the world embrace it a souls covenant
Bonded for life never break it
Chicago to Lesotho
Walking through Maseru with my kin folks
Love conquers all Maletsunyane Falls
Hearing echoes from the drowning
Words of the lost all this treadmill talk is off
Its forward March
Right down the street theres justice for us all
Rear down the wall not talking to Gorbachev
Ya militia in the way
Are your soldiers ready to fall?
I’m on the shores of Gabone
With my tribal clan
Trading stories a new futures in hand
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around
[Verse 3: Kage Sparks]
Captain Africa Street Ambassador
Fresh off the boat we them hustlers
Nation of love still aim for you jugular (yah)
Pain still trapped for those shackled up
Jumped out the mud from the motherland
Game still rigged all my kids come huddle up
Ready now to dig see its deeper than they selling ya
Casket of dreams filled with cascading schemes
Beauty uncaged got to push through it
Empower your mind(hey)
Every mountain you climb
Always seek out the truth
Take it back to your roots
In this race to be great elevating our faith
Make it or break got to give it your all
Run for our goals baby we destined to ball
Top of the globe bringing my people along(come on)
Despite the hard-ships
Fights with darkness
A Righteous heart always finds the target
[Chorus: Denham Smith]
Can't be the same be the same be the same
Every day I get up to same old game
Can't be the same be the same be the same (nah nah nah)
Get up everyday the same old game
Who play politricks pon me?
I mean they want to trick mummy
They try play politricks pon me yeah (But you don't want to see it)
Youth politricks every time i see them come around