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!
...PREDICTION... by Steel Pulse ----------------...............
*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Gm,
B7Am (x8)
Verse 1:
B7Am Prediction, prediction foretold. B7Am Prediction, yeh, from the days of old. B7Am Prediction, yeh, from way back when, The years Jah send, years Jah send. B7Am Prediction, a long, long time ago.
Verse 2:
B7Am Se-lassie was neglected; tell me when? B7Am Like the tales of The Messiah, yah, all over again. B7Am Garvey was rejected; tell me when? B7Am Unlike the Baptist he has kept his head, I said vank! B7 William Gordon and Paul Bogle led a rebellion, Am 'Cos they used their heads, but had their necks in a noose. B7 Martyrs of freedom, freedom condemned, Am But Jah Jah cut them loose, heh heh.
Verse 3:
B7Am Prophesised that, we would suffer by, B7Am Those who think themselves su-perior to our colour, yes sah; B7Am Descendants of, Naiman the Leper. B7Am Ask Elisha, offspring's of, Naiman the Leper.
Chorus 1:
F#m If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha, G#m If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha. F#m If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha, G#m If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha. F#m If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha, G#m If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha.
Chorus 2:
F#m To-morrow's what we're on about, G#m To-morrow's what we're on about; not yesterday. F#m To-morrow's what we're on about, G#m To-morrow's what we're on about; not yesterday. F#m It's up to man to understand, to have success upon this land; G#m He better have some faith.
Break:
F#mG#m Have some faith, have some faith. F#mG#m Have some faith, have some faith. F#mG#m Have... some. F#mG#m Have, some... faith. F#mG#m Have... some. F#mG#m Have, some... faith.
Interlude:
F#mG#m (x8)
Coda:
(Spoken):
F#mG#m The impossible, have a habit of happening. F#m If you think a lie, I a-tell;