…de pon sting with the sound
Who are these silly little
Wollies?
Think they erupt with enough of the guts to be on it
Their the version of…
…the gangster and a panther
I know you seen me these man dem with their tantrums
Like kids when I'm off on a tandem
Cos they don't know what…
…in with a blessed king
Whose crown is the rounds that he fought
Therefore you ain't gotta deal with the fraud
Of all these picanees of whom I'm bored…
Riot!
Handsworth riot!
Now people all over stand to attention
And listen to the vibes from Pato Banton
'ca' Handsworth riot have…
…to get a mention
What was the riot for? Please give me an answer!
What's the riot for? Please give me an answer!
Now me know the situation in the handsworth…
…was the riot for? Please give me an answer!
On Tuesday the 10th of September
Handsworth riot take the front page of every paper
I red…
Riot! Handsworth riot! Now people all over stand to attention And listen to the vibes from Pato Banton Cause under Handsworth…
…was the riot for? Please give me an answer! What's the riot for? Please give me an answer On Tuesday the 10th of September Handsworth riot take…
…the front page of every paper. I read the story and have to cry with laughter To some reporter enter the Handsworth area. Looking…
…it...
To all the massive inside, we dedicate it
Big up all the london crews
And send request to all da man dem outta town weh make moves, yo
[Rodney P…
…guy that never knew about the way we slang
Big up the Stonebridge man, plus the Mozart gang, fe real, yo
Big up all the Handsworth…
…hikes
All dem man dem outta town weh know they rock shit right
Wann' fe send request to Battersea 'cause thats my ends
Big up da…
By Postmen (2001)
On album Revival (2001)
No bother what all of them do
Live it up
To much a chattie chattie them do
Talk the talk
See rebel youths were meant…
…to
Spread it out
Still them can't but them try
No bother what all of them do
Live it up
To much a chattie chattie them do
Talk the talk
See…
…this revolution kid it is handsworth
And of course the lord protect us from falling
Ain't we all and same
It's first falling…
And I can't have a shower cah the boiler man takes long
Time to bag up and find where my scales gone
Got a free handle .1, it's…
…gonna take long
Cut the meat bags in triangles like Masons
Phone's still glowing, swear these nittys got no patience
Hit…
…the trap, same trackies and my 110's
Drop a parcel to my runner full of hot peb's
First runner's serving fiends in some hot ends
Second runner…
I say the people of Handsworth, know that
One hand wash the other so they say
So let's join hands my bredren
Make…
…share of...
Equality...
Doesn't justice stand for all
Doesn't justice stand for all
Doesn't justice stand for all mankind
We find…
…society putting us down
Crowning us, crowning us, crowning us, crowning us
A place of Evil, OH, OH
Handsworth means us…
I say the people of Handsworth, know that
One hand wash the other so they say
So let's join hands my bredren
Make…
…share of...
Equality...
Doesn't justice stand for all
Doesn't justice stand for all
Doesn't justice stand for all mankind
We find…
…society putting us down
Crowning us, crowning us, crowning us, crowning us
A place of Evil, OH, OH
Handsworth means us…
…to the Lord, please let it be a bad dream and a part of me just died
My whole upbringing was a bad lie
I need answers, lemme find this guy
So…
…just tryna explain why I'm unstable
Went into school in all black like the undertaker and threw a man through a table
p*ssed off…
…?
Are you on this have you licked one raise?
Gunchester is the home of the brave
And whats why man wid a-
Yo
I said hold…
Splashum ay what
Late night house invasion
Mad ting man got type and stuff
Heard that they said it was Mayhem
Came through shotty…
…banged by us
I was in Handsworth ask anybody my hazeum line was peakum
I flooded the ends
Then feds came round on a weekend
Raided…
…was in bullin and banging off jaws
Still trapping of course
Man had to feel mans force
Splashum ay what
Hella birthdays…
…to move correct
Look you square of the eye
You couldn't cross me with an X
I don't ever wanna hear I'm stingy with the flex
Gotta…
…splash
Black tom Daley when on deck
My diamonds are a decoration of my success
& time might choke me with all this weight up…
But they burn it & bleed em
Black Wall street to New Cross
Threw of breathing
But we don't talk about our issues
PC discussions
See Grenfell, Handsworth…
By Jordan Grant (2016)
On album Entropy (2016)
…the streets to the show
Tell me a story when you'd believe anything
Tell me a story when you tried to give her everything
Tell me a story you was dreaming of…
…Handsworth, his feet and his hands hurt
Pockets short of p's, but a heart full of hope
Escape a life of unease, to one that he can cope…
…a diamond out of sand, with sweat and his bare hands
Cold winters, must fight it - his fire, ignited
Money, can't find it - his hustle…
…that fair no fuss
Get that milli is a must
Girls wanna chill with the kid
Some of them love and some of them lust
1st verse
O…
…the cake no crust
Spilt that fair no fuss
Get that milli is a must
Girls wanna chill with the kid
Some of them love and some of them lust
2nd…
…verse
She don't want a man from Brum again
Cuz bare shots slinging in the slums again
Count the funds again
Looking back we don't…
David Hinds
State of emergency
State of emergency
State of emergency
State of emergency
Ready - Aim - Fire
From Brixton…
…to Cape Town
Unrest all around
From Handsworth to Uitenhage
Lawlessness on the rampage
Sticks and stones they're throwing
Set ablaze…
…will strive
Fighting against apartheid
State of emergency
Never seen such urgency
State of emergency
Never seen…
Training for us, it's good training for us
against the forces of oppression.
Riots in the Grove, road blocks…
…in Brixton,
vigilantes in St. Paul's, Handsworth and all.
And they come with lead in their batons, pretending,
defending the National Front.
With their symbol of…
…: "...and I do know of people from the underground who constantly carried weapons, and I could…