For the consciousness of the nation   The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation      The music we make It cuts across borders   We never make music to someone else's orders   Plenty of issues on the agenda   If you want to lend a helping hand      You're always told to shut up and dance   But you have to change this-take a chance   Turn the tables, we know you're able   Don't just consume, make your own tune      The music, we use it, we're making a stand   I wouldn't call this a green and pleasant land   A conscious response is what we demand   Challenge the system and those in command      Express your opinion, it's your domain   If you fail to do this, you are partly to blame   My heart is beating, no retreat   The battle continues, we'll suffer no defeat      This war you've been waging, it's time we were raging   In our minds and on the streets   Sample this, it's an education   The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation      Look around you, yeah, open your mind   Check it out, tell me what you find   Here to document a situation   The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation      Hope and glory, a myth of the stories   We're here to tell you a different story   Here to readdress the situation   The sounds of the Asian Dub Foundation      A rapper I may be but packaged I'm not   I'll slip through the noose before you tie the knot   This work in progress not slick but rough   Breaking all records, twelve inches ain't enough   Sample this, it's an education   The sounds of the original, the original      We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic   The only 'E' we use is electric   An Asian background that's what's reflected   But this militant vibe ain't what you expected      With your liberal minds, you patronize our culture   Scanning the surface like vultures   With your tourist mentality, we're still the natives   You multicultural but we're anti-racist   We ain't ethnic, exotic or eclectic   The only 'e' we use is electric      And we cry   Them coulda never escape   Disya judgment