Steel Pulse originalmente formado por David Hinds (voz, guitarra), Basil Gabbidon (guitara, voz) and Ronnie McQueen (bajo) en Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham, UK.
Es Hinds quien, como letrista, ha estado siempre detrás de Steel Pulse, desde sus comienzos en la Birmingham club scene en adelante. Formados en 1975, su álbum debut, 'Kibudu, Mansetta And Abuku" se editó en la pequeña discográfica independiente Dip, y se unió a la situación de la "juventud negra" urbana con la imagen de una gran África como hogar.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
...BOOTSTRAPS... by Steel Pulse ----------------...............
*from 'Vex' (1994)*
Intro:
(Drums)
(n.C)
Fmaj7, Abmaj7, E
Verse 1:
Am Forward ever, backward never. Stick together, and last forever.
DmAm The race is not for the swift but, for those who endure. DmAm We've been tried and tested, and know the score.
Chorus 1:
BbAm So pick up your bootstraps and back-side, BbAm We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.
Verse 2:
Am Stop your fighting, back away back biting, Let's unite now, not dividing. These are things that I can't stand, Says we're acting like crabs in a can now.
DmAm Nuff a fe we youth dem turn to, drugs and crime. DmAm Come lets save the rest, 'cos we are, loosing time now.
Chorus 2:
BbAm So pick up your bootstraps and back-side, BbAm We moving forward; no back-slide. BbAm We moving forward, we moving forward, hey! BbAm We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.
Rap: (by REBEL)
(Am) (Dm, Am (x2))
Chorus 3:
BbAm So pick up your bootstraps and back-side, BbAm We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.
Verse 3:
Am Are you ready for this message? Seize the time to be progressive. Take you stance now and be counted; it's now or never.
DmAm Blessed are those who are struggling, in a-Jah name. DmAm Iniquity workers bow their, heads in shame, yeah.
Chorus 4:
BbAm So pick up your bootstraps and back-side, BbAm We moving forward; no back-slide. BbAm We moving forward, we moving forward, hey! BbAm We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.