"Leaders Let the People Down" lyrics

Burn them all, yeah
Blazin', oh!
'Cause I will never cease
And I will never stop
Blazing this fire nonstop
Yeah-wow-ooh-yeah
Alright, boom!

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Have dem holdin' at a straw when dem a drown

A di leaders dem a let the people down
They always let the people wear a frown

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Then them tryin' to blame it 'pon the dancehall
And the artist and the sound

Bigger heads a let the people down
Then ask the ghetto youths them how mi sound

Yo!
Babylon a speak dem words
But wi nuh love how dem sound
'Cause dem same one a turn it inna gun town
Nuff ghetto youth dem turn inna gun clown
Gunshot a tear off dem head crown, "Boom!"
Well every other day a next body dem found
Well inna dem owna blood mi see seh dem drown
Who dem bwoy a really waan' take fi clown
Dem dis Selassie I an' mi profound and say

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Have dem holdin' at a straw when dem a drown

A di bigger heads a let the people down
Dey always let the people wear a frown

A di bigger heads a let the people down
Tryin' to blame it on the dancehall
And the artist and the sound

The bigger heads a let the people down
Down-dooowwn... alright then wow!

Promise is a comfort to a fool
Babylon a swear dem a go build more centers and schools
Although mi never fi see a chair, a desk much less a stool
Much less... uh! Yeah! Unno hear me now
Mi never see a pencil, not a pen much less a rule
A who dem waan' fi take fi fool me cyaan cool

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Have dem holdin' at a straw when dem a drown

A di bigger heads a let the people down
Dem drinking the people blood dem a bloodhound

A di bigger heads a let the people down
Have them holding a straw when them a drown

A di bigger heads a let the people down
Righteousness no turn di youths dem in a no clown
Wow!

But ghetto youths now see from afar
'Cause all dem perpetrate is war yeah
Have di youth dem a fight over house and car
Woo of the superstar, uh!
Well yah hear me see
Dem will even sell you out
Their con dem a come from far
Man a red eye mourn over him owna car, wow!
Wah gwaan star? Yah hear me?
Unno blood... Hey, boom!

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Have dem holdin' at a straw when dem a drown

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Why they always let the people wear a frown
(Yeah)

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Have them holding at a straw when them a drown

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Then them try to blame it 'pon the dancehall
The artist and the sound

Bigger heads a let the people down
Wow-wow-wow! Yeah-eh-eh-hey-wow!

Keep it burning on
'Cause I will never stop burning this fire
Let them know Selassie I rule, yeah
I'll never take Emmanuel fi fool yeah
I'll never take Garvey fi fool yeah
Mama Omega a the mother Earth yeah
Wow-wow-wow...

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Have dem holdin' at a straw when dem a drown

A di bigger heads a let the people down
They always let the people wear a frown

A di wicked dem a let the people down
Holdin' at a straw when them a drown

A di wicked dem a let the people down
Then they try to blame it on the dancehall
And the artist and the sound

'Nuff a dem let the people down
Woooow-yeah! Yeah-eh-wow!

After you work dem so hard, yo!
Still you come and draw card, yo!
But a you shuffle the deck
That's why you haffi play so hard
Why you have the people dem a starve? yeah
Find out seh dem a fraud yo! Eh!
A mi go ask dem who dem a guard, yeah
Rastafari a no fraud
Burn dem a yard and 'broad
And say...

A di leaders dem a let the people down
Have dem holdin' at a straw when dem a drown

A di bigger heads a let the people down
Why they always let the people wear a frown

A di wicked dem a let the people down, oh!
Drinking the people blood dem a bloodhound

Mi tell you dem a let the people down
And a check say a joker in di a country and town
A mi song!