Shumba Youth - Standing Firm (Lyrics)
I’m standing up firm to oppression
Tables have turned I’ve learnt my lesson
Not counting the days, give thanks for the blessings
Frenemies and enemies, no we don’t stress it
Walk through the shadow of death, I fear no evil
Wicked and corrupt, yes people are people
Smile to your face and they will deceive you
Brutally bad, we nuh inna weh dem in yah
Crabs in a barrel yes they want to get the money
From Africa to Syria, no it not funny
Oil and the gold yes they run it till it run out
Afghanistan and Palestine, kill the youth dem till them dun out
I’m begging all the leaders stop bringing all the guns out
It’s boom brakka brakka from sun up to sun down
We are standing firm, light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm, standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
We are standing
Woi ah woi light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
It’s like the wild wild west in a new generation
Gun slinging diamond blinging, media contamination
The cycle continues like blood circulation
What dem ago do when they kill off a nation
They don’t give a damn driving in them fast cars
Round and round like the moon and the stars
Move out to Pluto, Jupiter and Mars
Raise up the woman dem put the yout dem pon blast
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
We are standing firm, light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm, standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
We are standing
Woi ah woi light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
One a dem one come, they couldn’t hold me
Two ah dem come, could ah never control we
I never listen to them story, Jackanory
No parasites around me
Three of them come you turn back and they attack
They now say we deh yah with the boom shack a lack
Nuff demon around, they circle the town
Bun them like pepper, don’t want them around
Teach the yout dem right from wrong
Shumba Youth no trouble no one
Never stop the fyah till it bun
Stop the blood ah run run
Know say when it dun it ah dun
Boom shot the city Lock
Roots Riddim Dancehall rock
Bass a roll and drum it ah beat
Make unu move your dancing feet
Sweet Reggae what a treat (Woah now)
We are standing firm, light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm, standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
We are standing
Woi ah woi light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Tables have turned I’ve learnt my lesson
Not counting the days, give thanks for the blessings
Frenemies and enemies, no we don’t stress it
Walk through the shadow of death, I fear no evil
Wicked and corrupt, yes people are people
Smile to your face and they will deceive you
Brutally bad, we nuh inna weh dem in yah
Crabs in a barrel yes they want to get the money
From Africa to Syria, no it not funny
Oil and the gold yes they run it till it run out
Afghanistan and Palestine, kill the youth dem till them dun out
I’m begging all the leaders stop bringing all the guns out
It’s boom brakka brakka from sun up to sun down
We are standing firm, light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm, standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
We are standing
Woi ah woi light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
It’s like the wild wild west in a new generation
Gun slinging diamond blinging, media contamination
The cycle continues like blood circulation
What dem ago do when they kill off a nation
They don’t give a damn driving in them fast cars
Round and round like the moon and the stars
Move out to Pluto, Jupiter and Mars
Raise up the woman dem put the yout dem pon blast
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
We are standing firm, light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm, standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
We are standing
Woi ah woi light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
One a dem one come, they couldn’t hold me
Two ah dem come, could ah never control we
I never listen to them story, Jackanory
No parasites around me
Three of them come you turn back and they attack
They now say we deh yah with the boom shack a lack
Nuff demon around, they circle the town
Bun them like pepper, don’t want them around
Teach the yout dem right from wrong
Shumba Youth no trouble no one
Never stop the fyah till it bun
Stop the blood ah run run
Know say when it dun it ah dun
Boom shot the city Lock
Roots Riddim Dancehall rock
Bass a roll and drum it ah beat
Make unu move your dancing feet
Sweet Reggae what a treat (Woah now)
We are standing firm, light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm, standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
We are standing
Woi ah woi light up the fyah and make it burn
Standing firm standing firm
One day soon the tables will turn!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
Don’t give up the fight, stand up firm!
