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!
...A WHO RESPONSIBLE... by Steel Pulse -----------------------...............
*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*
Intro:
Cm, Gm (x2)
(Spoken):
And the struggle goes on...
Cm
Verse 1:
Cm Some say the earth will keep on turning, Dread times are near, and I'm not joking; I a warning. As we continue, that same old moaning, The chosen race just keep on begging, yeah.
Chorus 1:
G#Fm And I wanna know who, who's re-sponsible? Cm They don't give a damn, no, they don't give a damn, no.
Verse 2:
Cm Mothers joy, turn to pain and hollering, Weeping for their babes and sucklings. Spirits of the innocent wandering, sufferation, everlasting.
Chorus 2:
G#Fm And I wanna know who, who's re-sponsible? G#Fm I wanna know who, who's re-sponsible? Cm They don't give a damn, no, they don't give a damn, no.
Verse 3:
Cm Oh papa, dem chest keeps on burning, Fist clench tight, a grit dem teeth and blood is boiling. The price is high yet they keep on paying, The little bundles of love they are all missing.
Chorus 3:
G#Fm I wanna know who, who's re-sponsible? Cm They don't give a damn, no, they don't give a damn, no.
Verse 4:
Cm Brothers and sisters, this plight we're facing; Get involved, problems to solve; yourselves concerning. Divided we are so one by one we are falling, The front-line of the battle is hottest, your duties calling. I demand to know;
Chorus 4:
G#Fm Who, who's re-sponsible? G#Fm I wanna know who, who's re-sponsible? Cm They don't give a damn, no, woah woah, they don't give a damn no.
Break:
Cm Talking down South, Atlanta killings, Talking down South, Deptford bombings. Talking down South, Azania coming.
Coda:
Cm They'll cut your hearts out and I'm not joking. Turn no blind eye, brothers be willing. Yeah the front-line of the battle is hottest, your duties calling.