It was in April, nineteen.....eighty one
down 'n on dee ghetto of Brix-ton
dat deh Babylon dem cause such a fric-tion
dat it bring about a GREAT insohreck-shun
and it spread all over deh nay-shun
it was TRULY an historical occas-sion

it was event of deh year and I wish I had been deer
when we run riot 'tall over Brixton
when we MASH up 20 police van
when we MASH up the wicked one plan
when we MASH up the swam(?) '81, fi what?

Fi make deh rule of dem understand
dat we NAH take no more of dem oppression
and meh check out deh ghetto grapevine
to find out all dat I can find
every rebel jus a revel in dem stahry

dem ah talk bout deh power and deh glory
dem ah talk bout deh burning and the looting
dem ah talk bout deh smashing and the grabbing
dem ah tell me bout deh vanquish and deh victree
dem said deh babylon dem went too far
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and one or two innocent get marred, buh wha?
Thas how it go sometimes in a war, in star(?)
Thas how it go sometimes in a war
dem say we burn down deh Judge we coulda burn da landlord
we burn down deh Judge we never burn da landlord

when we run riot 'tall over Brixton
when we MASH up 20 police van
when we MASH up the wicked one plan
when we MASH up the swam(?) '81

dem say we commendear car and we gather ammunition
we build wif barricade and deh wicked catch afraid
we send out we scout figure find dem whereabout
den we form up wif posse and we make ??? raid
well now dem run down deh plan "call to action"

But dem plastic bullet an' dem water can-non
will bring a BLAM BLAM, will bring a BLAM BLAM
nevermind scare mahn...WE bring a BLAM BLAM