Cane Fields

Natural High I've been working 'til my fingers bleed And toiling in these fields And still can't get no basic needs, no basic needs I've been working 'til my fingers bleed And toiling in these fields And still can't get no basic needs, no basic needs Yo Royal, 400 years and still dem wan fi take wi glory My story could never be his story Dem give wi freedom, and say, no worry But if you're free and you're dumb Dem will kill you slowly Keep your third eye open when you're on the journey 'Cause these Babylon boys dem don't know mercy Dem cook up a bag of chas, weh don't concern me Good thing Tom Tavares a my attorney 'Cause if that so-called master diss me again I'm gonna burn down the (cane field) I'm gonna burn down the (cane field) Jesse Royal, a burn down the (cane field) If that so-called master diss me again I'm gonna burn down the (cane field) I'm gonna burn down the (cane field) Mark my words I'ma gonna burn down the cane field Marshall, now get conquered by the serpent And up by the apple Now they seem free Nuff a dem mentally shackled Dem own bloodline, dem a tackle in a bakkle Seem like mankind, I gon' need a miracle When Yahweh did the talk, dem say, my baby Fast-forward now, the truth are unraveled Millions made of African gravel And we get freedom, and still never travel When Rasta talk, them no hear wi Never did I listen until things a get scary Politrick system, wi spelling out clearly Biological warfare, dem not spare wi Giving cheap V, no, the youth gone crazy Sick to my stomach, ulcer, man reappearing All of the prayers and Psalms we chant daily We haffi go invoke wi ancestor fit save we, Lord! Police brutality become anormality Half of the population no have no salary Millions a running fi sexual equality While people are starve and die from poverty What kind of policy inna dem policy? What dem a loby fi? A just hypocrisy in dem democracy Cah it doesn't matter which party Weh still not-, still not changing the economy Tell me honestly I've been working 'til my fingers bleed And toiling in these fields And still can't get no basic needs, no basic needs I've been working 'til my fingers bleed And toiling in these fields And still can't get no basic needs, no basic needs