Rockstone
Rising Against Injustice: Unveiling the Rebellion in Black Uhuru's 'Rockstone'
Lyrics
Throwing rockstone upon a
Throwing rocks at a
dumper truck
Dumper truck
Throwing rockstone upon a
Continuing to throw rocks at a
dumper truck
Dumper truck
Men standing over I and I and
Men are confronting me, and we are not unruly
we are not wild
Wild or uncontrollable
Forcing jack hammers
Using jackhammers to break through a concrete wall
through the concrete wall
For survival; that's the only way a dread (Rastafarian) can make a living
That's the only way a dread
A dread's only means to earn a living
can make a bread
Suggesting hardships and struggles
Satta dread satta you time soon
Satta dread satta, your time will come soon
come
Encouragement and optimism for a better future
Throwing rockstone upon a
Continuing to throw rocks at a
dumper truck
Dumper truck
Throwing rockstone upon a
Repetition of the act
dumper truck
Repeating the act of throwing rocks at a
I and I fore parents did
Referring to ancestors who had wealth
have all the riches
Wealth taken away, and now there is injustice and wrongdoing
Now it's taken away
Loss of wealth
And dem work iniquity and a
Engaging in wrongdoing, burning bad lamps, and facing consequences
burn bad lamp pon dem want to
Desire for retribution or justice
Another
Dem a burn bad lamp and
Burning bad lamps and engaging in wrongdoing
work iniquity wo oh
Continued engagement in wrongdoing
Everytime I work on this
Every time I work on this truck, I tear off my shirt
truck mi tear off mi shirt
Physical exertion and hard work
I trod it ital but duckie
Treading carefully, but someone else makes their own mistakes
stich his own up
Reference to personal responsibility
We fling rockstone upon a
Repeating the act of throwing rocks at a
dumper truck
Dumper truck
Throwing rockstone upon a
Continuing to throw rocks at a
dumper truck
Dumper truck
Throwing rockstone upon a
Repetition of the act
dumper truck
Repeating the act of throwing rocks at a
Packing up rockstone upon a
Packing up rocks on a
dumper truck
Dumper truck
The Queen would like to know
The Queen wants to know that I am aware
I and I know that for sure
Certainty about knowledge
Cause we down yea
Being downtrodden
We are the slave
Emphasizing the status of being a slave
We are the slave
Repetition, emphasizing being a slave
Digging digglng
Engaging in a repetitive and mundane activity
Down a sandy gully
Working in difficult conditions
We do the holly gully
Participating in a dance, perhaps as a form of escapism
Enjoying plenty of collie
Enjoying marijuana
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