Steel Pulse is a British roots reggae band from Birmingham, England. They were the first non-Jamaican act to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for their 1986 album Babylon The Bandit.
Steel Pulse originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham, and comprised David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals) and Ronnie McQueen (bass).
However, it is Hinds who, as songwriter, has always been the engine behind Steel Pulse
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...FIND IT...QUICK!... by Steel Pulse ----------------------...............
*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*
Intro:
CmFmGm, Cm
FmGmCmFmGm I can't be-lieve what I see. CmFmGm Mankind, so incom-plete, yeah.
Verse 1:
CmFmGm Violence on your box at home, CmBbGm Shouts and screams from your neighbours next door. CmFmGm Vandals prowl the dim lit streets, CmBbGm Muggers hide; in alleys they creep. CmFmGmBb7 This wo...rld; hatred had grown.
Chorus 1:
AbG7 Love fly, gone out through the window, CmF7AbBb7 And we've got to find it yeah.
AbG7 Love fly, gone out through the window, CmF7 And we've got to find it...
CmFmGm (Ooh, ooh, ooh), we got to find this love, CmFmGmCm Oh, help us, Jah above, oh, help us, Jah above, yeah. FmGmCmFmGm (We've got to find this love), we've got to find this love.
Verse 2:
CmFmCmFm Those in au-thority, re-ject the cries of want. CmFmCmFm Those in power cor-rupt the weak in heart. CmFmGmBb7 This wo...rld; hatred had grown.
Chorus 2:
AbG7 Love fly, gone out through the window, CmF7 And we've got to find it...
F7 We've got to find it, Ab We've got to find it, Bb7 We've got to find it.
AbG7 Love fly, gone out through the window, CmF7 And we've got to find it...
CmFmCm Love is, a golden cord that binds all com-mandments; GmCm Make all hearts sing. FmCm A golden cord that binds all com-mandments; GmBb7 Make all hearts sing.
Chorus 3:
AbG7 Could we be at the brin of defeat? CmF7AbBb7 Let truth rise and all lies die.
AbG7 Love fly, gone out through the window, CmF7 And we've got to find it...
CmFmGm (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh). CmFmGm (Ooh, ooh, ooh), we got to find this love, CmFmGmCm Oh, help us, Jah above, oh, help us, Jah above, yeah. FmGm (We've got to find it). CmFmGm Let the wounds of this land be healed.
Coda:
Cm A time of peace, a time of plenty, FmGm A time of peace, a time of plenty. Cm A time of peace, a time of plenty, FmGm A time of peace, a time of plenty.