Again & Again - Roots Manuva

Again and again and again, we come fi improve ya

(Oh hear we, oh hear we!)

Again and again and again, we bust a big groove Manuva

(Lord!)

A lot of people don’t know about Smith

How I came to the scene, and came to uplift!

Eradicatory sanctions of righteousness

Pentecostal son, coming from the heartlands

With every breath and every noun

We dare not stop burning Babylon down

With every penny, every pound

Reflective of the rebel heart and the rebel sound

Dedication to dem life and dem causes

I did dem tours and settled those scores now

I’m back at the drawing board

And I’m sketching out two plans with two crystal balls

I see the future and the culture looks corroded

Lose that chap, man.

But them dudes are just posers

I don’t know where to show this

So I’m about to bring that back

Whether we chant, rap or sing that back

It go

Anytime we chant that ting, you know we rap that ting!

We just might clap that ting, but

We ain’t on some boasting about

We gotta make moves, no loafing about!

He ain’t got no clout, she ain’t got no clout

Still they wanna come here, come run up their mouth!

They wanna know what Manuva’s about:

Check my catalogue, you’ll see with no doubt!

We don’t sell out, but we sell a tune or two

Beaten by a wooden spoon or two

But the pain that break me is the pain that make me

And the pain that take me is the pain that help me maintain

Life ting in the frame you know

We’re straight kicking the bin — it go

I don’t know where the soul is

So I’m about to bring that back

Whether we chant, rap or sing that back

It go

Food?

Well

And clothes?

Well

Hairstyle?

Well

His skin?

well

Whose shoes?

well

Manuv’s!

And well

Well, baby, yeah baby

Oh yes, Roots Manuva, the talk of the town

So watch all the people say them come from all around

Fi anywhere we go, we have them under control

Roots Manuva is the star of the show

You know-oh