Corria o ano de 1975 em Birmigham, Inglaterra, quando três jovens do bairro negro de Handsworth, descendentes de imigrantes jamaicanos, resolveram canalizar suas energias e frustrações para a música, formando uma banda que viria se tornar uma das mais queridas e respeitadas entre os regueiros do mundo todo, o Steel Pulse. O trio era formado pelo baixista Ronald McQueen e pelos guitarristas Basil Gabbidon e David Hinds, que descreveu a situação da época: "Havia seguidas confrontações da polícia com os jovens da comunidade.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
...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.