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!
...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.