Asian Dub Foundation - Round Up Lyrics

When you hear dem marching drum
You know they're gonna blot out the sun
When you hear dem marching drum
You know I say," Your time soon come"

Hammer coming down fast
Flag is flaying full mast
Shield your eyes from the blast
You know it won't be the last


It's a round-up, it's a round-up
It's a round-up, it's a round-up

Riffle butts through the door
Then you're kicked to the floor
Headlines screaming for more
Now you're a prisoner of war


In the round-up, it's a round-up

This is a count-down to the crackdown
Time to take a little trip downtown
(It's the round-up)
Get in the lineup, there ain't no let up
This is a bona fide government stick up
(In the round-up)

From the fit up straight to the lock up
Through the touch up and the drug up to the rough up
It's just a start up so watch it speed-up
It ain't enough to just put-up and shut up, dis is a round-up

Dis is a round-up, dis is a round-up, dis is a round-up
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Shining boots of leather
Mind at the end of the tether charges
Cobbled together the sentence is forever
It's a round-up, it's a round-up

Stone floor for a bed
With a hood on the head
Helicopters overhead, maybe I'm already dead
It's a round-up, dis is a round-up

When you hear dem marching drum
You know they're gonna blot out the sun
When you hear dem marching drum
You know I say,"Your time soon come"
Your time soon come, your time soon come

Dem come for de rasta, you say nothing
Dem come from the muslims, you say nothing
Dem come for the anti-globalist, you say nothing
Dem even come for liberals, you say nothing
Dem come for you and who will speak for you?
Who will speak for you?

This is a countdown to the crackdown
Time to take a little trip downtown
(It's the round-up)
Get in the lineup there ain't no let-up
This is a bona fide government stick-up
(It's a round-up)

From the fit straight to the lock-up
Through the touch-up and the drug up to the rough up
It's just a start up so watch it speed-up
It ain't enough to just put-up and shut up, dis is a round-up

When you hear dem marching drum
You know they're gonna blot out the sun
When you hear the marching drum
You know I say," Your time will soon come"

Soon come, your time, soon come, your time
Soon come, your time, soon come, come, come, come


Dis is a round-up, dis is a round-up, dis is a round-up
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Dis is a round-up, dis is a round-up, dis is a round-up
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