Burnin' And Lootin' - Bob Marley, The Roots, Black Thought

This morning I woke up in a curfew

Oh God, I was a prisoner

Could not recognize the faces standing over me

They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality

How many rivers do we have to cross

Before we can talk to the boss?

All that we got, it seems we have lost

We must have really paid the cost

Oh, we burnin' and a-lootin' tonight

Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (One more time)

Burnin' all pollution tonight

Burnin' all illusion tonight (Oh, stop them!)

Give me the food and let me grow

Let the Roots Man take a blow

All them drugs gonna make you slow now

It’s not the music of the ghetto (Music of the ghetto)

Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight

Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight (We've been suffering too long)

Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight (Will you say cheer?)

Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight (Yah yeah!)

Give me the food and let me grow

Let the Roots Man take a blow

All them drugs gonna make you slow, you know

It’s not the music of the ghetto (Music of the ghetto)

Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight

Burning all pollution tonight

Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight

Burning all illusion tonight (Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord!)

Burning all pollution tonight

Burning all illusion tonight

We’ve been suffering too long

We’ve been, we’ve been, we’ve been suffering too long