This morning I woke up in a curfew   Oh god, I was a prisoner too - yeah   Could not recognise the faces standing over me   They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality      How many rivers do we have to cross   Before we can talk to the boss   All that we got seems lost   We must have really paid the cost      (That's why we gonna be)   Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight   (Say we gonna burn and loot)   Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight   (One more thing)   Burnin all pollution tonight   (Oh yeah, yeah)   Burning all illusions tonight      Oh stop them      Give me the food and let me grow   Let the roots man take a blow   All them drugs gonna make you slow now   It's not the music of the ghetto      Weeping and a-wailing tonight   (Ooh can't stop the tears)   Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight   (We've been suffering all these long, long years)   Weeping and a-wailing tonight      Give me the food and let me grow   Let the roots man take a blow   All them drugs gonna make you slow now   It's not the music of the ghetto      We gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight   (To survive, yeah)   Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight   (Save your babies lives)   Burning all pollution tonight   Burning all illusions tonight      Burnin and lootin tonight   Burnin and lootin tonight