The Battle of All Saints Road

"No matter what the people say these sounds lead the way
It's the order of the day"

A couple of years ago down Ladbroke Grove
The Dreads uptight sitting on a treasure trove
A skinny white dude came in and took a chair
He had a black leather jacket and greased back hair
That's real cream, baby

Now they ain't seen nothing like it down the Mangrove
Plugged his guitar into a flat iron stove
And all the brothers, they began to stare
Hillybilly cat blew 'em on their derriere
Behind, way behind

It's the booze that picks you up
And throws you against the wall
Sometimes there's a drought
Can't get no sense at all

They had the grass, he had the song
The Rocker and the Ras began to get along
Looking around for something to bang
They all joined in and this is what they sang

We fired our guns when the coppers kept a-coming
There wasn't quite as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began a-running
Over Vauxhall Bridge and Via Pimlico

Cow foot curry herbage and macheté
'57 Chevy in a Rondolet
Red stripe BM a game of dominoes
Zebra serenade the honkys and negros
Well, it ain't Mozart

Nowadays, all quiet on the All Saints Road
The cops and yups come in by the truckload
A condo stands where the grass used to grow
Race attacks, filofax and nobody goes

It's the booze that picks you up
And throws you against the wall
Lost my wallet and my mind
At the carnival

7-11, McDonalds and Ho-Jo's
Gettys' on the jetty watch the river flow
The Lambeth walk's like 42nd Street
Folks, I gotta tell ya, this town can't be beat
It's tree, you know

"He said, would you mind say that again?"

Wadda dem-dem-dem
Wadda dem-dem-dem
Mene-naom mene-naom mene-naom
Mene-naom mene-naom mene-naom
A lot of dem, alot of dem-dem
Mene-naom mene-naom mene-naom
Sometimes, it's a drunk time, we can get no sense at all
Once a year at Carnival we're having us a ball
But at my street they built a shopping mall
Wadda dem-dem-dem
Wadda dem-dem-dem
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, hip-hop
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, rock 'n roll
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, a little soul
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, reggae music
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, lot of dem
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, one of dem
Once a year at Carnival we're having us a ball
But at my street they built a shopping mall
Sometimes, it's a drunk time, we can get no sense at all
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, hip-hop
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, rock 'n roll
Wababba-babbay, babba-babbay, reggae music