Letter to The Editor-Thievery Corporation/Racquel Jones

[00:00.00]Letter to The Editor [00:00.000] 作曲 : Garza/hilton/JONES [00:04.77]Thievery Corporation [00:05.36]Pocket full a promises [00:05.97]Baby empty bellies [00:07.80]Poverty and democracies [00:09.35]And political rallies [00:10.65]But who the rich a lobby for [00:11.79]Using me for votes [00:13.54]Pretend a mi yuh sorry for [00:14.37]Then win and its a joke [00:15.44]I'm sick of trick or treaters in costumes disguised as leaders [00:16.40]Charismatic public speakers [00:17.63]False prophets and fake healers [00:20.22]Articulate perfect grammar scammer [00:21.53]Scamming us for votes [00:23.74]In front of TV camera with an innocent approach [00:25.06]No more lies and fallacies [00:26.28]Bun apologies [00:28.09]Try nuh ask please when a squeeze and yuh 'pon yuh knees [00:30.94]Justice or else says the minister Farakhan [00:32.37]Suh me stand up a Gordon house [00:33.64]Wid my Glock inna me hand [00:34.81]If I take it literally, **** it geez I'm kinda sorry [00:37.87]But Smaddy need fi answer, wha dem really do to Percy? [00:40.64]Gimmi di microphone and mek mi rep di innocent [00:43.93]Paying recompense for money spent to feed the governments [00:48.03]Gimmi di microphone get the people riled up [00:49.82]Too much ******* piled up get di ting dem oiled up [00:50.46]Parallel universes in the same ol' hemisphere [00:51.84]Authorities they don't care with dem nose up in the air [00:53.78]'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric [00:56.74]We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it [00:59.47]'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah [01:01.96]If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah [01:03.97]'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric [01:06.88]We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it [01:09.04]'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah [01:22.05]If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah ay [01:24.29]Mek the stench from ghetto fences permeate dem residences [01:26.23]Extend up through the trenches up to where the presidents is [01:29.08]Karma 'pon di ones and twos yes it turn the tables [01:31.65]Had enough a you with your parable and fables [01:33.95]Jamaican bad gal queen and revolutionary [01:36.45]Neva quick fi start a war but shoot whenever necessary [01:37.82]Product of the inner city [01:39.25]Where me come from it nuh pretty [01:40.12]Survive the nitty gritty [01:41.47]Ain't nobody taking pity [01:42.56]Survival kinda tricky [01:43.90]In New York Cali and philly [01:45.59]A di same ting a gwaan in a Kingston city [01:52.93]'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric [01:55.74]We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it [01:57.66]'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah [02:00.21]If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah [02:02.39]'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric [02:05.23]We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it [02:07.39]'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah [02:10.86]If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah ay [02:13.27]These are the da days of the last days, 'pon the last page of Di book of the dark age [02:15.05]We a path ways wid oppressors [02:16.89]Seek Predecessors [02:17.65]Wake up ancestors [02:20.45]Den we team up together [02:21.18]We will meet, we will meet 'pon di battle ground [02:23.26]Trade mi microphone [02:24.92]For a shottie and some copper stones [02:27.31]Just be ready when di gavel sound [02:27.93]Bun a folly ground fus [02:28.60]Jah surround us [02:30.24]So We never nervous [02:32.53]Was a mental war now this **** turn physical [02:33.78]From long time scar we a reap the residual [02:36.78]From slavery to now, now the ting get critical [02:39.30]Dem cyan' kill we soul cause dem sight sey we spiritual [02:40.96]So They be like, hey [02:44.91]Prod the bull under Sykes as subliminal, get them mad [02:47.38]Then chastise dem as criminal [02:49.34]Give wi drugs under guise say it clinical [02:51.12]'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric [02:53.94]We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it [02:55.85]'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah [02:58.89]If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah [03:00.90]'Cause our bombs dem metaphoric [03:03.50]We talk di truth and mek di youths dem better for it [03:06.01]'Cause I'm a fighter, yeah [03:09.10]If you agree put up yuh lighter, yeah ay