No Roots
Album - 7 giugno 2004 - Debaser id 126834

Whether long range weapon or suicide bomb
A wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether your Soaraway Sun or BBC1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction
You're called a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalisation
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction

My dad came into my room holding his hat
I knew he was leavin,
sat on my bed told me some facts
Son, I have a duty calling on me
You and your sister be brave my little soldier
And don't forget all I told you
You're the mister of the house now remember this
And when you wake up in the morning give your momma a kiss
Then I had to say goodbye

In the morning I woke momma with a kiss on each eyelid
Even though I'm only a kid,
Certain things can't be hid
Momma grabbed me
Held me like I was made of gold
But left her inner stories untold
I said, momma it will be al right
When daddy comes home, tonight

Chorus:
Whether long range weapon or suicide bomb
A wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether your Soaraway Sun or BBC1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction
You're called a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalisation
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction

Whether Halliburton, Enron or anyone
Greed is a weapon of mass destruction

We need to find courage, overcome
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction (3x)

My story stops here, let's be clear
This scenario is happening everywhere
And you ain't going to nirvana or far-vana
You're coming right back here to live out your karma
With even more drama than previously, seriously
Just how many centuries have we been
Waiting for someone else to make us free
And we refuse to see
That people overseas suffer just like we
Bad leadership, and EGO's, unfettered and free
Who feed on the people they're supposed to lead
I don't need good people to pray and wait
For the Lord to make it all straight
There's only now to do it right
'Cause I don't want your daddy to leave your home tonight

Chorus:
Wether long range weapon or suicide bomb
A wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether your Soaraway Sun or BBC1
Misinformation is a weapon of mass destruction
You're called a Caucasian or a poor Asian
Racism is a weapon of mass destruction
Whether inflation or globalisation
Fear is a weapon of mass destruction

Whether Halliburton, Enron or anyone
Greed is a weapon of mass destruction

We need to find courage, overcome
Inaction is a weapon of mass destruction (3x)

Hey friend your misery bewilders me
How come you're never satisfied or gratified
Four walls n' a roof, electricity,
Stable mind, wife and child,
Hot and cold water to run anytime.
But still you, whine.

I want more

A bum could rummage through ya bin
And live like a king
On just one crumb o'ya cake
N'ya say ya life needs fulfilling
Some would give anything to live like you
Shame your mind, don't shine
Like your possessions do.
Whining, complaining all the time,
Don't see no rain on you
What side your bread is buttered on
If only you knew

What d'ya mean
I want more

Yep

I was told as a child,
I want more never gets
Learned to count my blessings
Long before I saw an abacus
So what ya family don't speak
At least they're alive
Show me a man without guilt
Or a soul that ain't lied
You don't know what ya got
Open your eyes, look around
Really, hear me you,
Ain't got no reason to be down

What d'ya mean
I want more

Friend what is it that you seek
What is it that you try to find
Someday I hope you realized
It shined in you all the time.
Hills to climb, sights to see, seas to cross,
Friends to make, hands to shake, the world is yours,
Foods to taste, sounds to hear, love to feel,
Seeds to sew, things to know, fish to reel,
Space to quiz, stones to lift, life's a gift

What d'ya mean
I want more

Yep

What d'ya mean
I want more

Yep

[LSK] Love is you (2x) [Maxi Jazz] My TV barks at me, from the corner Life on the street is like a sauna, it's too hot. Put bars around what you've got, And the whole city lucky that we ain't been shot. We got full blown decent into argument Here we go. Times to overthrow the parliament, so In these struggled times I wanna know, do you Make a stand or just follow the flow Even though, you know y' leaders are fullup of ego Do we go where the others go and lay low Only moving on someone elses say so I say no! What's in my heart is unexplainable I ain't a fool And happiness is attainable And even on the days when rain will fall I still plan to love and I always will It's a calling from when I rise in the morning This is a love we were born in Ya tap it and it just keep coming and coming and coming [LSK] Love is you, love is us, love is ... [Maxi Jazz] Hmm. It's a powerful thing that can make a man sing And bring people together with strength of feeling Now, be connected from the floor to ceiling Ecuador to Beijing become all the same thing Like a movement, love too strong to deny Born to fly but we stay grounded and I don't know why We have a powerful tool, no need to cry With it you separate the truth from a lie The point I wanna make, Is you could never escape from your fate, The mistake is to take without giving. So, break the tradition. Make a decision, cause no matter how hard you try You're still in prison, If ya born with wings and you never fly Listen, you don't stop, Especially when the going gets rough. That's when it's real And I love that stuff, [LSK] Love is you, love is me, love is us, love is free Zip up your front all ya want But there's a heart in every seed Love is you, love is me, love is us, love is free Zip up your front all ya want But there's a heart in every seed [Maxi Jaz] And I love that stuff (2x)

Instrumental

(except Voice: "Everything will be alright tomorrow")

[Nina Simone]
O Woman

[Maxi Jazz]
I love the way you're so deliberate,
How you light your cigarette
Head on one side as you pull, you look almost regal.
I'm digging it, on your mobile, one eye closed
Blue smoke curling out your nose
Wearing one of my shirts and what some call panty hose
Cause you look wicked in scanty clothes,
Long legs like an antelope
You're my antidote to city life, my pretty wife
Hooked up the year before
Together thirteen outta twenty four
And you would never guess
I wanna miss you less and see you more,
See you more, see you more, see you more

And when I kiss you I'm never sure
How do I get to miss you less and see you more?

[LSK]
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!

[Maxi Jazz]
I can gauge your mood, from your approach to food
You use ya rude red shoes to accessorize your attitude
Desensitized to my roving eyes, and ready smile
I get loving that's versatile,
Worth that extra smile lying next to me
Your textured voice whispering,
I'm listening with my whole skin
Holding onto the moment for all its worth
How could I continue to be the sky without my earth

And when I kiss you, I'm never sure,
And when I kiss you, I'm never sure,
And when I kiss you, I'm never sure,
How do I get to miss you less and see you more?

[LSK]
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!
Miss you less, see you more, love to know you better!

[Maxi Jazz]
My love is generations old,
I was there when trees died as the world went cold
Still there when my people were bought and sold
What's going on? What's going on?

[Dido]
Your love is on a grand scale
Mine is in the detail
Your love is to change the world
We just want to have to hold

Two hearts, both forgiving
Two ways to see the same thing
One house there's room for all
We just want to have to hold (2x)

[Maxi Jazz & Dido]
No roots, no tree, no family, no me

[Maxi Jazz]
Our first fuck was more planning than luck
I had a deep understanding of what makes you (hot)
I did my homework till my dome hurt, I was a stone flirt
Hustling for some prone work, and I don't stop
I knew that you were good for me,
You 'n I fit together so beautifully
But only for three years were we in harmony

I've ended up part you, part me,
Love that we agree, not be ugly
And now that we're free to create our own destiny
You will always be a friend to me
My love persists over land and sea, through centuries
I'll fill you up like rice and peas,

Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.
Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.
Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.
Like the breeze, Cool ya skin, fill your hair,
Even when I'm not there.

[Maxi Jazz]
We're floating from right to bright news (3x)
Making sips of your pop skin

All I need to know it
What more I have to do

All I need to know it
What more I have to do

[Low voice]
What do you want?

[LSK]
It's been so long (2x)
Without this feeling
It's been so long

[LSK]
My baby was born in a bed
With white sheets, machines and heat
Traveled home in a car to a three room nest, eats and sleeps
Laminate flooring to crawl on, TV,
Talks, starts to walk, amongst love and security.
Goes to school, learns to read and write
Probably follows a team with his friends
And gets to ride the train,
Fall in love, probably fly on a plane
Get to work all week and spend what he earns
On the high street
He's got doctors, nurses, fireman, churches,
Kindergarten, wedding bells and jet black hearses
Passport, bankcard, maybe his own yard
Locks and alarms, trinkets and charms,
Maybe a baby in his arms

[Maxi Jazz]
My baby was born on his knees
One of poverty 's offspring
Came into the world coughing,
Already full of mother's disease
Went back to a flat, with no gas, no cash,
Rapped in a duvet full of cigarette ash,
Mama can't get no sleep,
Baby never quite get enough to eat.
Goes to school, learns to steal and fight,
Probably form a team with his friends,
Go steam those trains
Fall in love and never trust nobody again
Gets to work all week standing on the high street for Joe,
Hustling blow, hustling blow.