BANTU - Rise Up To The Occasion lyrics

[Verse 1: Ade Bantu] Self-motivation African emancipation Dat di way we gwan get things started Liberate we self pa** di darkness of hell Making sure dat we light a di brightest So pump up we sound and stomp pon di ground Africa pikkini gather each one around Be dey lost or dey found cyan not follow di crowd you hafi saddle up fi di contest long time we sleep an we snore an we slumber living di life of a rotating number Programmed fi fail all left right and centre black man a suffer, suffer, suffer but we nah cry no more caus di red eye are soar war everywhere from Monrovia to Djafor Yo! State of emergency African unity k**ed fi di love of di diamond and di money [Chorus] Rise up to the occasion I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential [Verse 2: Ade bantu] Say di youth cyan be mute while dem raping di truth slapping we face with we stolen wealth and loot In di land of di blind it's an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth we nah quiver we nah shiver fi di k**er or di brutes Caus di time are changing spirits returning reincarnating issuing warning palace dem burning Ogun a calling sharpen ya tool an' get ready to perform in this liberation circle Take a lead and stop fi act cool fi it's now or never hafi act up mi breda Eyadema pikkini a hold on to power Checkout Kinshasa Laurent to Joseph everything Kabila It's a government of padi padi government of anarchy Sign of we time dem a return to monarchy [Chorus] Rise up to the occasion I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential [Verse 3: Ade Bantu] Glorious warriors take a stand your chi roams restless in this wicked foreign lands Reconnect an' realign your spirit with the totems of your clan be connected [Chorus] Rise up to the occasion I wanna see my brother and my sister use their full potential