On the 20th of February 1987
Clinton McCurbin was murdered, his killers are still at large
I'm fed up with the fact
That when police kill a Black
They never seem to get charged
We've had enough, we've had enough of it, no
We've had enough of it, we've had enough of it, not taking no more
We've had enough, Lord, we've had enough of it, eh-hey
We've had enough of it, we've had enough of it
In Wolverhampton there was a killing
Police murdered Clinton McCurbin
In a shop called Next was where the murder begin
They say a stolen credit card he was using
Before me carry on, do some thinking
If you had the credit card which was stolen
And they tell you say, "Wait, make me do some checking"
You nah stand up in the shop like a damn ding-a-ling?
So why him never move and do some running?
Well, maybe it was his halfie, my drin
You know the police will say anything
'Cause to them, you is a thief if you have Black skin
But anyway, two dutty Babylonian rush in
Jump on the youth and a sit down pon him
Draw back him head and bust the youth neck string
And a skin fi dem teeth like dem kill a chicken
He was only young, Lord, what a sin
He should be walking 'round, but he's in a coffin
Dem don't treat we as human being
So we better get together and do something
We've had enough, we've had enough of it, no
We've had enough of it, we've had enough of it, not taking no more
We've had enough, Lord, we've had enough of it, eh-hey
We've had enough of it, we've had enough of it
All over England, it is happening
At the hands of police, Blacks get a beating
Cherry Groce paralyzed through police shooting
Dem beat Trevor Manville and brain damage him
Cynthia Jarrett was another victim
Dem push her down, kill her when dem was raiding
Dem say Colin Roach shoot himself just fi nothing
Keith Leonard, the list is never ending
Dem give three man life fi the Braek Law killing
Convict the man before the trial did begin
Use them as scapegoat, throw them in the bin
But when police kill a Black man, they nah do a thing
Me hate the dutty police, dem a get under me skin
Every time me see one, me feel fi cuff him
But me know say we haffi do some organizing
'Cause dis a war inna Babylon and we a go win
We've had enough, we've had enough of it, no
We've had enough of it, we've had enough of it, not taking no more
We've had enough, Lord, we've had enough of it, eh-hey
We've had enough of it, we've had enough of it
Well, the next could be you or it could be me
Could be your brother, could be your auntie
Could be your friend, could be your pickney
So what we need now is solidarity
Some Black man no care 'cause dem life cozy
But when police bust dem head, who dem run to? Not we
Support one another, give one unity
Physically, spiritually and financially
Unity is strength, organizing is the key
That's why Babylon try to separate we
But we are African children and we are mighty
We have to control our own destiny
So when it comes to business, a all a we
When it come to support, then a all a we
If it comes to war, then a all a we
Then dem might think twice before dem kill we pickney
Dem take the chain off of we foot, but we still don't free
Nuff of we under mental slavery
That's why you don't know yourself and your identity
You don't know your friend from your enemy
We people dem a die in Africa daily
Babylon nah change, so it's all down to we
Freedom and justice, a we priority
Just listen to the words of Messiah Garvey
Fight me to a weak nation
And I will show you a people abused, taken advantage of by others
Show me a weak race
And I will show you a people and a nation
Reduced to peonage, serfdom, and slavery
Show me a well-organized nation
And I will show you a people and a nation respected by the world
Organizing is the key
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