{Don't switch ya dial, I say do not switch ya dial, this is a test of the Thievery Corporation operator of the Retaliaton!} Woooah now, retaliation, Singin' woooah now, we a go wake up the nation Radio retaliation It's such a different corporation We takin' over your station And we a go change the vibration People fi get up and pump them fist when Sleepy talk Hear mi trasmission whether you drive or whether you walk Put up me antenna inna the middle of the park And transmit mi signal inna the light and inna the dark Radio retaliate, and never ever get caught And change the stereotype of people's washover thoughts 50,000 watts of Thievery hit them like poison darts And watch the whole system what them build up fall apart Singin' woooah now retaliation Singin' woooah now, we a go wake up the nation Radio retaliation It's such a different corporation We takin' over your station And we a go change the vibration Mi have the basic qualification just fi get people straight And juggle the microphone from 8 o'clock back to 8 People give me the recommendation from the musical senate Fi juggle the roundest sound, the mellowest sound, the sound with the most weight
Them stand up out of the corner inna the driveway, outta mi gate To hear the chief rocker them a fling dubplate All who want fi challenge Thievery, then its your time fi wait And re-emerge from the scene, and wipe away all the hate Radio retaliation, is such a different corporation We takin' over your station And we a go change the vibration Chief rocker Thievery Corp them pon the attack With melody and sophistication make you bound have to rock Sleepy Wonder deh pon the mic, the ragga muffin speed rap And if your vibes is inna the gutter, I will lift it up to the top Eric and Rob them produce the beat, and invite Sleepy down fi chat The combination of the crew, destroy your whole habitat The main objection of the track is to tear the whole place flat And have the people inna the lounge, them want to get up, and they are singin' Woooah now retaliation, Singin' woooah now, we a go wake up the nation Radio retaliation It's such a different corporation We takin' over your station And we a go change the vibration.