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Song 1

love and unity in dis yah commmunity
love and happiness as I would say oh lard

rumours of war
rumours of war everywhere you go (one time)
people are fighting instead of uniting
fighting against their own

An eye for an eye an a for a tooth for a tooth
An eye for an eye an a tooth for a tooth
Seh di militant man I say you got to salute
Cah we are the dragon and the snake and the spider
Cah we are the dragon and the snake and the spider
an we ah militant [rider]
and let me tell you we ah hill and gully rider
cah we ah militant rider

Song 2

Why we are afraid of revolution man(repeat)
black man come yah fi bear tribulation
black come yah fi fight liberation

time fi we have a revolution man
said ah time fi we have a revolution
for babylon them a keep up corruption
So them ah hold natty dread in a detention
seh dem a shoot up jah jah children it noh mention

Song 3

Children children where have you been
the emperors knocking so let him come in
in your heart and soul la la la (repeat)

They took us away from Africa
far far far from Jamaica
they made us ah work every night and day
and even today we don't get no pay
but we couldn't run away no no no
we couldn't run away
our only choice was to stay (repeat)
and now we see a brighter day
thats what the emperor say

Thanks again

Song one should be Tony Tuff - Rumours of war, same riddim as Symbols' Motherless children.

yeah actually song 1 is the deejay cut by Jah stitch called Dragon Snake & Spider / Record City 7"

or you can get both the vocal & deejay cut on the Art & Craft 12"! (no dub though)

and little additional info:

the dubs on the tony tuff 7" (Gorgon) & the Jah stitch 7" (Record City) are the same mix (and also the same mix as Stitch toasts over on his cut)