This morning I woke up in a curfew

Oh god, I was a prisoner too - yeah

Could not recognise the faces standing over me

They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality



How many rivers do we have to cross

Before we can talk to the boss

All that we got seems lost

We must have really paid the cost



(That's why we gonna be)

Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight

(Say we gonna burn and loot)

Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight

(One more thing)

Burnin all pollution tonight

(Oh yeah, yeah)

Burning all illusions tonight



Oh stop them



Give me the food and let me grow

Let the roots man take a blow

All them drugs gonna make you slow now

It's not the music of the ghetto



Weeping and a-wailing tonight

(Ooh can't stop the tears)

Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight

(We've been suffering all these long, long years)

Weeping and a-wailing tonight



Give me the food and let me grow

Let the roots man take a blow

All them drugs gonna make you slow now

It's not the music of the ghetto



We gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight

(To survive, yeah)

Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight

(Save your babies lives)

Burning all pollution tonight

Burning all illusions tonight



Burnin and lootin tonight

Burnin and lootin tonight