War!!! - Pato Banton

War, an animalistic reaction to human misunderstandings

I wanna tell you about war!

All over war!

All over war!

All over war!

Everywhere!

Please pause the applause and let me comment

On the scores of wars in every continent

To me it’s clear to see and very evident

That towards violence mankind is bent

Check history from past to present

Check the orient and then the occident

It won’t take you long to make a good assessment

That the human race is belligerent

From primitive man to his now descendants

That animal nature is still prevalent

A knowledge of this is quite sufficient

In understanding mankind’s predicament

Everyone is to blame no one is innocent

No one is exempt from involvement

They can’t shut me up can’t keep me silent

I’ve got feelings to vent right now about war!

Now some people say they want disarmament

But in times like this we need arms for defense

'Cause certain world leaders that are hooked on decadence

Would never consent to a peace settlement

If this world was mine I would pass judgement

On every crooked leader that promotes violence

I’d give them a long term of imprisonment

And then I lose the key!

(oops) quite by accident

I wouldn’t feel sorry no I wouldn’t lament

'cause I hold wicked people in utter contempt

To be rid of all of them would be a great improvement

On the world environment cause there’d be no war!

War over here.

War over there.

War every where

Every where, every where, every where’s war

Ain’t got time to whine and pine about historical events

What happened then is dead and gone and now is quite irrelevant

What matters to me now is future events

That’s why I’m on the front line of the peace movement

Sowing seeds of sense in a world of nonsense

Yes I’m on a mission with a message heaven sent

What the people of today need is enlightenment

And then there’d be peace in every continent

I know Jah children will agree with this statement

'cause in the victory of good over evil we are confident

There’s hope for us yet so don’t get despondent

There must be a way to prevent all the war!