"Bootstraps" lyrics

Man seh united we stand
And divided we drop
Take, take, take, take warning
Bring dung yuhself before the wall
The wall, the wall, the wall is against you
Max Steel Pulse and the Rebel

Forward ever
Backward never
No we could never deal with the backwards
Stick together
Every time
Last forever

The race is not for the swift but
Tired to tell dem
For those who endure (Those who endure)
We've been tried and tested
And know the score

So pick up your bootstraps and backside
Man seh that's what we gotta do it this time
We movin' forward no backslide
I and I is just like the stars you see shining you know
Whoa now, whoa now

Mi seh fi stop your fighting
Back away back biting
Let's unite now
Not dividing

These are things that I can't stand
I says we're acting like crabs in a can now
Nuff a fiwi yute dem a turn to
Drugs and crime (Drugs and crime)
Come save the rest 'cause we are
Losing time now

So pick up your bootstraps and backside
Take heed my brother, brother take heed
We movin' forward no backslide

We movin' forward
I say forward ever
We movin' forward
And go backward never
We movin' forward no backslide
And it's now or never
Whoa now, whoa now

Cah mi seh people, people
We have to stick together
If wi nuh stick together
Then wi end a guh bitter
People, people
We have to stick together
If wi nuh stick together, I sing

Cah unity is strength
Strength is power
From wi have di power then wi a di ruler
Di hypocritical system a di divider
Divide an rule an try fi conquer
Suh wen wi fight an backbite
An nuh unite
Dat is wah dem waan fi destroy our life
Now wid di guns an wid di bombs
An wid di drugs an knives
Full time now wi start defend wi rights

So pick up your bootstraps and backside
That's what we got to do
We movin' forward no backslide
And you know we gotta go through my bredren, zeen
Whoa now, whoa now

Are you ready for this message?
Seize the time to be progressive
Take your stance now and be counted
Now or never

Blessed are those who are struggling
Inna Jah name (In Jah name)
Iniquity workers bow their
Head in shame yeah

So pick up your bootstraps and backside
That's what we got to do
We movin' forward no backslide
That's when we really, really can go-go-go through

We movin' forward
(Uh-oh)
We movin' forward oh
We movin' forward no backslide
Got to let them now
Eh, whoa now, whoa now
Galang, yeah

A tell yuh what
We have to exercise di power
That we've got within
That is the gift from Jah
Which is the Kings of Kings
Don't get camped up by di wicked system
Cah di war we a fight
We know we haffi win
No we nah guh whine
We nah guh slip, we nah guh slide
A Jah provide all di vibe
An him a deh pon wi side
So, black a kill black
Dem a murderer
Sen di innocent blood to di suffarah
Di yute dem inna di ghetto dem a drugs pusher
An inna di ghetto everyday tings nah gwaan betta suh

People, people
Got to stick togedda
If wi nuh stick togedda
Den tings nah guh betta
People, people
Got to stick togedda
If wi nuh stick togedda
Den tings nah guh betta

Unity is strength
An mi seh strength is power
From yuh know yuh have di power den yuh a di ruler
Seh di wicked system, dat a di divider
Yeah, yeah
Divide an rule an try fi conkah
Suh if yuh fight an backbite
Oh
An nuh unite
Eh
Only a do ting to destroy your life
Now wid di guns an wid di bombs
An wid di drugs an wid di knives
Full time now wi defend our rights

People, people
Gotta stick together yeah
People, people
Gotta come together yeah
Any kind of weather
Gotta come together now, yeah
Gotta stick together
Gotta come together now, yeah
Gotta stick together