Playlist Bambu Station

bambu station - amadou diallo

Blood stains, of my own blood, on my doorstep
How can a man, expect to live, live right in harmony
When the cross-fire is on him, hunted by authority
You might not overstand I say, the plight of blackman, cliché you say,
Long held out crying for the hope of peace
Insanity is the least of our trouble.

Another story, to be told, with the innocent blood of Amadou Diallo
Destroyed his hopes and shattered his dreams,
Could have been me the victim of this story,

When authority bark, they want us to whimper
When the powerless act, them try to divide and conquer
But hopes and dreams abound, Diallo wasn't just one man
Represented the face of a godly nation
Why so you hate the seeds of God's creation,
This ain't no black song, this ain't no cotton picking song
When will it end, must first i begin, so here i man draw the line
We have got to stand, or we have no chance to fall,
In this war of right over evil, So here i man draw me line,
Let's make sure there's not another sequel, Chorus

Bloodstains of my own blood, on my doorstep
Murder, murder, murder, not one count of murder,
Not one count of manslaughter, not one count
Not even an apology, of incompetent authority

bambu station - bird s i view

So many times, you took the time, to sit down & explain
So I thank you for my life, filled with memories of love so engrained
So I thank you Grandma, Marva, Christalia & yet too many to name
Cause the simplicity of life is so complex,
That many a youths go astray, but now me

Check it with a Bird's I View, now me sight it with a Bird's I View
Now me check life from a Bird's I View, so to you I say thank you (2x)

All my life I've been blessed, with heartical bredrens yea
That looked out for me, even when their advice cause me pain, but
Through it all yea, our bonds never budged yea
So I give thanks to you for helping me, become the man, who I am, now me

Chorus

Mother at 15 too young, to deal with life's struggles yea
And everywhere, every time, trouble there right in your face
But you showed me light, Mamma you gave me life
So I give thanks to you for all, your wonderful advice

Chorus

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bambu station - chance to grow

Sing out yea, beckon yea, beckon dem Reemah, letâ??s beckon dem
Every situation is a chance to grow,
And every sunrise another chance to sow
With our hands in soil, we making furrow,
Examine what you know

Who master Ghana? That we assimilating the assimilator
Foregoing our tongues & our beautiful dress
Just know their democracy is the greener grass test
So Elder, Sister, yo younger Brother,
Watch me scars so no more will suffer
I pray, I beg, my word consider,
Sometime ago I met a bridge-builder who say

Chorus

How can we forward in life,
If dem donâ??t want the children start use their mind
Give up dem heritage me tell you just for the dime,
When in reality dem Willie Lynching all the while
Mistakes of my parents dem cannot be mine,
For a part of tradition dem a stand up in the line
How can their hearts be content when fallacies they oblige,
A just the blind a lead the blind

Chorus

The more you live you learn, make choices thatâ??s your own
Threatening to break dem ties and Iâ??m still not concern
For the lies I canâ??t live anymore a page got to turn,
Got to wisen up and make that move
Nothing in their plan for us so what is the use,
Ignorance is degradation, do not refuse
Knowledge that is power seek only the truth

Chorus

So we got to look & live & come together,
With the courage to call our follies our errors
Our lives like buzzards circling in the air,
Circling death because Jah know we afraid yea
To examine our ways & our righteous thinking,
Not because itâ??s a Black fact you can say itâ??s the right ting
So when you speak your truth make sure you seek it from the source,
From not a man on this Earth did life spring-forth me say

Chorus
Hey, beckon dem, sing out & beckon dem,
Let your voice beckon dem, Reemah!

Wake up and live, weâ??ve got to wake up & live (2x)
Got to be wise, children open your eyes, living in crucial times
With the righteous man dem, with the righteous man dem
Stand up firm in a the Most High, just stand firm in a the Most High
And they could never stop we, dem could a never stop we
Said dem canâ??t stop we, yeaâ?¦yea

bambu station - gunsmoke

Yo see what these man dealin? wid?

One man pull his iron
So the other man retaliate
While the youths dem in the streets a? playing
Someone?s life gets destructed
Innocent victim is what the newsman will say
But I beg to differentiate, you see
The gunman was once a youth
And the community let his life go to waste
So simmer down youthman, life can be so great
Simmer down youthman, hold on

One man burst a shot, so the next man,
So the next man pull he Glock,
And the next man fire shot gunshot,
Lord, Mac-10, Gatt, nah?
Now these clown are got, GRENADES!!!

And all dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke
All dem smoke, all dem toke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be
Might as well wear white sheets

Blood shed on our little islands
Armageddeon clouds of dismay
But the gangsta, wouldn?t last a day in Vietnam
Where were they when Grenada got invade
Dem don?t try to improve the schools for the youth
dem
Nah, look what they did, burstin? down man chest
Gash inna de head, Lord destroying what God create

But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke,
gunsmoke
Walking ?round strap with their holster ?bout,
gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear
white sheets

Soldiers, I man got to sing, one step forward, 3 steps
backwards
Lord, war inna Gabylon
One step forward, but the man dem backward, Lord
War inna Gabylon, war inna Gabylon, Gabylon ways
Man adopt, Gabylon ways, burstin? shot, in Gabylon
ways

Blood stains on our little islands
Too many mommys crying over graves
But the gangsta, wouldn?t last a day in Vietnam
Where were they when Grenada got invade
Dem don?t try to improve the schools for the youth
dem
Don?t fight the bigotry of the Ku Klux Klan
Don?t fight the economic genocide, Lord
That is rampant in our land

But say, look what smoke dem man a toke, gunsmoke,
gunsmoke
Walking ?round strap with their holster ?bout,
gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear
white sheets
Like the Klan, all you doing is shooting people down
Like the Klan, like the Klan all you do is shooting
our heroes down
Like the Klan, like the Klan, catch dem alone and dem
man a ?cow?
Satan?s capitan?s, Satan?s capitan?s, Satan?s capitan
Man adopt burstin? shot in Babylon ways
Look what smoke dem a toke, gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Walking ?round strap with their holster ?bout,
gunsmoke, gunsmoke
Gangsta is what dem want to be, might as well wear
White sheets!

By:XIS

bambu station - move on

Vibes is everything i say,
Respect yourself and what you feel
Cause what you feel is probably true
Your karma is one thing that won?t lie to you
Don?t fool yourself,

Move on, move on, move on, move on

People striving for harmony
Don?t be afraid of what you see
But your eyes might not see what your third eye will
Don?t be afraid and don?t standstill
Don?t fool yourself, Chorus

Life ain?t some kind of mystery
And you better believe it?s not for eternity
So if your not in harmony
That?s not the way it?s suppose to be
Don?t be afraid of a needed change
Think positive, at least you know
Something is wrong, something is wrong,
Something is wrong, something is wrong

I know, you know, that i know
I know you, you know, that you know
I know, you know, that I know
Something is wrong,

Tell them to, skank out the way
Cause there?s no need to run and hide
There?s no need to run and hide
No need to run and hide
When you do what is right
Just move on, cause Jah is by your side

bambu station - never change my mind

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind, no
I would take the time to let you know, baby...

When I met you, you knew you drove me crazy.
Had me wondering if I would be your lady,
Baby, what you see is what you get.
Nothing more, nothing less...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know...

If you do not konw, if I am right for you.
Take your time, relax your mind.
I've got something for you,
I bring myself, not no one else.
Just Miss Passion from the Virgin Islands.
If you love me can't you understand...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know, oh yeah...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know...

Never, never, never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never, never, never...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know, oh baby...

When I met you, you knew you drove me crazy.
Had me wondering if I would be your lady,
Baby, what you see is what you get.
Nothing more, nothing less...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know...

Never did I realize,
That when I took your hand that you would come and change my life.
But I would never change the date or the time,
never press rewind, never change my mind.
I would take the time to let you know...

Never, never, never, never, never, never,
Never, never, never, never, never, never, oh yeah...

bambu station - who

Don't let dem define who you are! No!
Who, whooooooo, yea, dem a litany of liars
Who, whoooooooo

Idolatry, not talking about the tings you wear but what you see
Imagine a small child seeing what they can be,
Not ethnocentrism but our legacy

I was raised inna land, Virgin Island,
Rock City yea, St. Thomian
Black this, Black that, Black facts
Black sheroes like Mrs. Parrott
Black historians & world leaders too,
Where Black Granny & Momma knew
That every seed comes from a root,
But not all knowledge speaks to truth
For even men of God have misconstrue,
The prosperity & legacy of you
The prosperity & legacy of me, venomists that's who dem be!

Chorus

World Bank. Check out dem IMF plan,
Economic siege causing migration
People dem a flee their beloved homeland,
Now dem Cheap Labor, Immigrants & Aliens
Devaluing people, dehumanizing man,
Psychological warfare is cheaper than bomb
These injuries last for centuries long,
By insidious Patriots that live through Satan
Money is their God, yea!

Chorus

They might have taken your land,
Raped your culture & raised their flag
Send in their missionaries to change your God,
Tell you to wear shoes or you're pagan
Yet shedding the most blood in the name of religion,
Now selling Bible of pure fiction
Call you infidel but decapitate man,
Call you uncivilized but honor no one
Power is their God, yea!

Chorus

Idolatry, not talking about the tings you wear but what you see
Imagine a small child seeing what they can be,
Not ethnocentrism but our legacy
Who you are? Who you are? (2x)
They call us...Scattered! Lost!
The Black Sheep, Black Listed, Black Market, Black Mail
Black Monday, Black-Balled, Black Magic, Black Cake
Mind games! Is Black the negative color in this age?
Check it! Wreck it! Feel it! See it! Know it, wrong! Cause we know,
Their words have changed but the behavior still remains
Who dem be, Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar! (repeat)

by andrey ribeiro martins

bambu station - how tings ah go

But that's how tings a go, that's how the story flow
They say that I say so, liberation music no joke
Can u keep ur head, when everyone is losing theirs?
Can u keep ur head, when they all blame u instead?
Can u keep ur head, when ur pushed in the corner?
Good times show smiles, hard times show character?

Well this man tell that man, but this man nah facts-man
So that man tell the next man
So the next man hear confusion
And confusion make our divide go so
And our potential it get sucked like blood
And dem veiled in righteousness
Sesame street big time muppet show
& all dem talk is consciousness
But dem lies long like dem damn ego

Step back and look, so meh ovas de works of de unjust
And it ah de same works of de claim to be righteous
Who always fight first, spread germs like dust
My brain might burst, cause dem
Ah de same ones who say
Dem fight against de ones who taught us
Nowhere dem brought us
Everyone in a constant cuss
Lies for we guide-so now we mind full ah rust
Dem claim dem kno what dem
Talking about-so you think say that dem just
Turn around dem stab you inna de back
So now-who can you trust?

Neva inna de flesh, because de flesh do lust
Not only after people, but also de gold rush
Wha bring about negative feelings
Like seh when man get jealous
Cyaa think for we self-so we rather
Go with what man tell us
If we do not commit to dem religion-dem
Say hell burn fi us
If we are de ones with no future
Then why dem envy us, vy us
Why dem envy us
Don't let what they do, control u, today!

bambu station - fire

I heard the leaders talking
And dem say, fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
Never no intention to do, what is right
Never no intention, for the people to unite
Never no intention to do what is right
Murderer, murderer, murderer, murderer

If you're not afraid of me, and I'm not afraid of you
What are we fighting for, if you do not envy me
And I do not envy you, what are we fighting for
Are your people starving? Did I cause you some suffering?
I come in jah and bring peace offering
But, all I hear you say

Damn hypocrits, with their firesticks
Gathered from nations that hate dem
Don't know the nature of the politriks
To keep us divided only promotes dem
So, they spreading grief, in the land for you and me
But by their deeds, we'll judge dem in history
Ready?

I don't want no, no bloodshed
I man don't hunt no, other man's head
What will be gained yeah, by another man's death
The dead man don't pray no, and the ruthless jah no bless
This is my creed yea, my word to the end
Generations of my seeds, will bring war to an end
Lord, yea, lord, yea
What are we fighting for, what are we fighting for
What are we fighting for, what are we fighting for