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!
...ISLANDS UNITE... by Steel Pulse -------------------...............
*from 'Vex' (1994)*
Intro:
FmC#D# Woah, now.
FmC#D# (x2), Fm, C7
Chorus 1:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 1:
Fm First world; your bomb is sticking, C#D# Dirty deeds and politricking. Fm A whore's a whore, a witch is a witch, C#D# Answer to your name; Elizabitch. Fm Third world; its time for switching, C#D# Watch how the tables are turning. Fm We must abandon the sinking ship, C#D# So here's your chance; don't make it slip.
Chorus 2:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 2:
FmC#D# Christopher Columbus and a-Captain Hook, FmC#D# Pirates of the ocean, glorified, written in your books.. FmC#D# They never knew that this ya music would help us find our way, FmC#D# It's the source I say, that makes us one, pumping through our veins.
Chorus 3:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Break:
Fm
Verse 3:
FmC#D# Independence is what we crave for, so leave our riches alone, FmC#D# Don't wanna be your footstool, 'cos you rule with your heart of stone. FmC#D# Don't want corruption to lead us and keep the masses poor, FmC#D# Now prophecy must fulfill, 'pon Babylon the whore.
Chorus 4:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 4:
Fm You take the commonwealth, and make the common poor, C#D# Your tables are turned, 'cos we know the score. Fm We gonna scrap your script and flip your ship; C#D# No more lashes from the massa's whip. Fm The bomb a tick; a cause panic and when it hit, C#D# Your world will smash to bits. FmC#D# Bit by bit, bit by bit, woah, no, no, na, yeah.
Chorus 5:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS: ---------------
FmC#D#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 133111 x46664 x68886
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])