BDL Radical Speech (Skit) - Big Narstie

One one coco, full basket

Trouble nah sit like rain

Time longer than rope

Learn fi creep before you walk

Every mickle’ll make a muckle

Seein' blind, hearin' deaf

Duppy no who fi frighten

Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God

And princes shall come out of Egypt

Selah

Africa’s been sleepin'

Not dead

Only sleepin'

Today, Africa is walkin' around

Not only on her feet, but her brains

You can slave as you have for 300 years

The bodies of men

You can shackle the hands of men

You can shackle the feet of men

You can imprison the bodies of men

But you cannot shackle or imprison the minds of men

Lie down, black man and dig

Reach out black men and women

And put our nature’s knowledge to use

The black race is one of the branches of the human race

As a section of humanity

He occupies a position in the world

At the present time, most unfavorable

And most uncomfortable

The black people are subjects of ostracism

It is said that our humanity has shown us no more love

No greater sympathy than we are experiencing

Wheresoever you go throughout the world

The black man is discarded

Is ostracized

Is relegated to the lowest of things

Social, political and economical

This therefore suggests a problem

And one that must be solved

We, in this section of the world, are not entirely free

From this unkind, unsympathetic and uncharitable behavior

Of the groups of races around us

But since man has been placed on his own responsibilities

Whether he be black, white or yellow

He must act on his own account

We will not unduly whine or complain

But reason amongst ourselves

And see what can be done to remedy this state of affairs

Life is a conflict

You have to fight your way through it

Whether you will it or not

Those of us who are able to fight more stubbornly live

Accomplish most

And to them go the laurels

The palm and the triumph

Of our civilization and world

We, unfortunately, have not been trained or educated to the truths of life

Paradoxically so

He has shown us no more love, no greater sympathy

Than we are expecting

Rastafari stands alone

Jah, Rastafari

King Selassie I