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Rating: Linton Kwesi Johnson is the true godfather of Dub music, he is the Dub Poetry par excellence, he is Jamaica sung from England, he is the Jamaican sun and impetuosity clashing with English rain and calmness. He tells the story of being a Jamaican citizen on British soil with all that entails: stories of poverty, racial segregation, and violence, but also a great desire to be reborn and rise from the ruins of Babylon.
Without him, the "Bristol Sound" as we know it wouldn't have existed. His songs are true political poems, passionate tirades against all injustices and abuses. His voice, with its unmistakable Jamaican accent, is a force of nature, never over the top, always discreetly sharp, a sort of professor, a shepherd ready to indoctrinate his followers.
Forces of Victory is one of the most beautiful albums of his production
which began at the end of the '70s. There are tracks like "Sonny's Lettah," a heartbreaking and ideal letter from prison from a boy to his hypothetical mother; the beautiful "Indipendent Intavenshan," but also "Fite Dem Back" and the very "Forces of Victory" that gives the album its title, which ends with the melancholic "Time Come".
A "MUST" for all lovers of the genre along with "Bass Culture"... and anyway an excellent Dub music album.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 It Noh Funny (03:43)
people sayin´ dis
people sayin´ dat
`bout di yout´ af today
how dem carryin´ on away
an´ it noh funny
it noh funny
dem wi` tek chance
fi get a lickle kile
dem wi` tek chance
fi live-it-up a while
dem wi` tek chance
fi live-it-up in style
dem wi` tek chance
fi goh jump an´ prance
dem wi` tek chance
far dem love blues dance
dem wi` tek chance
an´ dem don´t count di caas
people sayin´ dis
people sayin´ dat
`bout di yout´ af today
how dem causin´ affray
an´ it noh funny
it noh funny
dem wi` tek chance
an´ dem love cuss raas
dem wi` tek chance
dem wi´skip dem claas
dem wi` tek chance
fi goh pap a lickle style
dem wi` tek chance
dem dhu it all di while
dem wi` tek chance
but some a dem laas
dem wi` tek chance
an´dem don´t count di caas
people sayin´ dis
people sayin´ dat
`bout di yout´ af today
´bout di way dem stay
an´ it noh funny
it noh funny
dem wi` tek chance
fi get a lickle kally
dem wi` tek chance
wid y´u lickle sistah Sally
dem wi` tek chance
far dem feel dem force
dem wi` tek chance
but dem gat no course
dem wi` tek chance
but dem is nat advanced
dem wi` tek chance
an´ dem don´t count di caas
people sayin´ dis
people sayin´ dat
`bout di yout´ af today
how dem really stay
an´ it noh funny
it noh funny
05 Fite Dem Back (04:28)
we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain´t got nofink in ´em
we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain´t got nofink in ´em
some a dem say dem a niggah haytah
an´ some a dem say dem a black beatah
some a dem say dem a black stabbah
an´ some a dem say dem a paki bashah
fashist an di attack
noh baddah worry ´bout dat
fashist an di attack
wi wi´ fite dem back
fashist an di attack
den wi countah-attack
fashist an di attack
den wi drive dem back
we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain´t got nofink in ´em
we gonna smash their brains in
cause they ain´t got nofink in ´em
06 Reality Poem (04:44)
This is the age of reality
But some of us deal with mythology
This is the age of science and technology
But some of us are stopped by antiquity
When we can’t face reality
We let go of clarity
Some latch on to vanity
Some whole insanity
Some get a vision
Start preaching religion
But they can't make a decision
When it comes to our fight
They can't make a decision
When it comes to our rights
Man,
This is the age of reality
But some of us deal with mythology
This is the age of science and technology
But some of us are stopped by antiquity
They are gone out of line
They don't live for their time
They are far from getting the sign
And their eyes are blind
To the light of the world
And they search within themselves
Why the darkness of their doom
And shout about sin
Instead of fighting to win
Man,
This is the age of reality
But some of us deal with mythology
This is the age of science and technology
But some of us are stopped by antiquity
This is the age of decision
So let's let go of religion
dis is di age af decishan
This is the age of decision
So let's let go of religion
So let's let go of mythology
This is the age of science and technology
So let's all bring clarity
Let's all bring clarity
Let's all bring clarity
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