Take Control - Protoje

Then and only then, shall we be independent

That's the message (That's the message)

Check the message

You better change up di structure

We're on the way to destruction

So change up di structure

Becaa we can't take destruction

So take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod the street and road again

Hold we head high and proud again

Then and only then

Take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod the street and road again

Hold we head higher and proud again

Than and only then

Cause independence no mean

No Negrill party scene

Or colonial regime yeah

We know what dem schemes

Nah show no meaning no straight dem just leaning

Them fight out the green and a cigarette dem comeen but

Jah make a assets of the people

I beg you start treat them good

Stop haul dem outta dem vehicle

Dem set the public housing, we enclose them

Imprison dem by the thousand

So take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod the street and road again

Hold we head high and proud again

Then and only then

Take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod the street and road again

Hold we head higher and proud again

Then and only then

Then gi wi flag them gi anthem

No even give we half a wah we need fi execute dem plan dem

So we still dependent pon dem

Them just a wait fi we fi come back and longout we empty hand dem

You talk di truth then you get condemn

Walter Rodney speak of it, we owna government go ban him

Dem wa fi block we overstanding

Wah we do the wrong thing

That's why you hear me song sing

So take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want walk we street and road again

Hold we head high and proud again

Then and only then

Take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod we streets and road again

Hold we head higher and proud again

Then and only then

So

It takes some time fi analyze

So we living in a paradise

But be full of parasites

To dem they say you have your rights

Dem switch it up again and

It gone before tommorow night

But understand a our fight

And truth will ovapower might

And the youth dem have them owna plight

So we pree the day when we seeing the way weh we cudda say

So take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod we streets and road again

Hold we head high and proud again

Then and only then

Take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod we streets and road again

Hold we head higher and proud again

Then and only then

Then and only then, shall we be independent

That's the message (That's the message)

Check the message

You better change up di structure

We're on the way to destruction

So change up di structure

Becaa we can't take destruction

So take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod we streets and road again

Hold we head high and proud again

Then and only then

Take control a dem

Tell police officers and soldier men

Say we want trod we streets and road again

Hold we head higher and proud again

Then and only then