Capture Land
Chronixx Lyrics

And I say dread and terrible pon dem
I am warning them of their impending doom.

Good god of grace, well I have his mercy
Thankfully, I have received the grace and mercy of God.

And me say old slave driver
I am addressing the former slave drivers.

Time is catching up on you
Your time is running out, and you will face justice for your sins.

Old slave driver I know your sins dem a haunt you
Your guilt and past misdeeds are tormenting you.

Carry we go home, carry we go home
Let us go back to our home.

And bring we gone a east
Let us travel to the East.

Cause man a rasta man
Because we are Rastafarians.

And rasta nuh live pon no capture land
Rastafarians do not accept living on land that was stolen from others.

An mek we settle and seize
Let us settle and take control of our own land.

Lord America a capture land
America is a country built on stolen land.

Di whole a Jamaica a capture land
Jamaica is a country full of stolen land.

A long time dem wah trick the rasta man
Rastafarians have been deceived for a long time.

Like dem nuh know say man a real African
They forget that we are real Africans.

Yuh tink me nuh memba King Ferdinand
Do you think I forget about King Ferdinand?

And teifing columbus have a golden plan
Christopher Columbus had a plan for stealing the land.

Dem make a wrong turn and end up in the Caribbean
They made a mistake and ended up in the Caribbean.

One rass genocide kill nuff Indian
There was a genocide that killed many Native Americans.

Lord fi turn paradise in a plantation
The land that was once a paradise turned into a plantation.

And bring cross one ship load a African
They brought over a shipload of African slaves.

No hear comes the teifing queen from en gland
Here comes the thieving Queen from England.

No she carmwell and envy mother
Oliver Cromwell and his mother were both envious and greedy.

Century pon top a century full a sufferation
Centuries of suffering and pain have passed.

And after four hundred year mi say no referation
After four hundred years, we have yet to receive reparations.

And now dem wah fi kill we wid taxation
Now they want to kill us with taxes.

But a beg you please take me to the mother land
Please take me back to the motherland.

Watch dem pon di top a di hill
Watch those at the top of the hill.

A look inna dem plate how it proper and it fill
Look at their plates, how full they are with food.

Because down town have shotta fi kill
People in the ghetto are killing each other.

Dem tell the tourist say fi stop a Negril
They tell tourists not to go to Negril.

So come mek we start a new chapter
Let's start a new chapter.

We nah stay pon di land weh dem capture
We will not stay on the stolen land.

A me say Africa fi all true rasta
I say that Africa is home for all true Rastafarians.

A say go tell di unscrupulous factors say
Go and tell the dishonest people.

Cherry garden a capture land
Cherry Garden is a stolen piece of land.

Me tell you Shortwood seh dat a capture land
Shortwood is also a stolen piece of land.

Los Angeles dat a capture land
Los Angeles is built on stolen land.

And New York City dat a capture land
New York City is another example of stolen land.

East some a di place weh you wah go live sweet
There are some beautiful places we want to live in the East.

A teifing land there's no title fi it
It's a land that was stolen without a title.

And some a these place weh you wah go live nice
Some of the nice places were also stolen.

A tief dem tief it in the name of Christ
They steal the land and justify it in the name of Christ.

Spanish Town dat a capture land
Spanish Town is another example of stolen land.

The whole a Kingston dat a capture land
The whole city of Kingston is built on stolen land.

Remember Portland dat a capture land
Portland is another stolen piece of land.

And all down a Trinidad dat a capture land
Trinidad is built on stolen land as well.

Barbados dat a capture land
Barbados is another island built on stolen land.

Tell dem Bermuda dat a capture land
Bermuda was built on land that was stolen.

And tell Colombia dat a capture land
Colombia is another country that has been built on land that was stolen from someone else.

All round a Cuba dat a capture land
Cuba is another example of a country built on stolen land.