Explosion

Today you come to tell me that you’re feeling fine
That you’re no longer faithful to the heroin
But you look skinny and confused
Begging for cash on every corner

I don’t mean to give you a long sermon
No, no, no, no, no, what good would that do if it’s up to you, hey, hey
Hey man, wake up and seek God
Yeah, yeah, yeah, let’s see if this world finally gets it

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Explosion, to everyone who fires a cannon
Explosion, don’t get it twisted, that’s not the mission
If your boss gives you a gun to be a killer
That’s not a friend, that’s a dictator

Last night you went out to shoot
But now tell me how you’re gonna escape
If they can reach you at your own spot
And you’ll feel a POW that you can’t dodge
So stop the fire, stop the fire, stop the fire now
Because all the neighborhoods need peace, yeah

Stop the fire, stop the fire, stop the fire now
We don’t want any deaths from crack sales
And remember well what your mother suffered
So you wouldn’t lack for anything, she gave you all
And remember well how she raised you
She didn’t teach you to kill people

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Tell me, local government folks
Are you gonna make your own decisions?
Without any other nation coming to boss us around
Without any of the corrupt coming to kill us
If we keep depending on aid

In the lower class, we’re left without a doubt
So all my people, I’ve shown it
That we’re humble but well-trained
And if you remember the Vietnam War
That was just a business as it always goes

From the sale of weapons that come and go
And all the veterans are destroyed
Neither I nor my people can allow
Nuclear bombs to be stored in my country
Turning my nation into a battlefield
So they can blow us up and cross the line

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Explosion, to the women who don’t want to understand
Explosion, what’s inside has to be born
If your mother endured to give birth
Then why can’t you do it? How much is it? Two hundred?
Three hundred? Or more? How much is your child worth, what price will you pay?

For the people who destroy for profit
What God sent for us to live
And I don’t understand why they put value
On social position and also on color

Hey racist, love is more powerful
Than your stupid effort to have control
Either way, in the future you won’t be able to avoid
Your daughter marrying a black guy
And I’m not from a high social position
But his kid wants to buy my tape

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Auh, hear what a bembe is
I come like an explosion so you can understand
Auh, hear what a bembe is
It’s a message of love, don’t let it drop

Today I come to tell you that I’m feeling fine
That I’m no longer faithful to the heroin
And the reason is that I serve a Living Christ
For He has given me the best medicine

And I’ll say it again, it’s not a long sermon
No, no, no
The reason is a fire that ignites my heart
Hey man, wake up and do like I do
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Let’s see if that way you finally understand