Rude (Hold It Down)

[Intro: Gentleman] Behold all righteousness everlasting ya man Make we root out the source of injustice where dem day man [Chorus: UB40] Hold it down Rudie enough is enough Kill it with kindness and kill it with love No more deceiving so throw off the gloves Kill them with kindness kill them with love [Verse 1: UB40] Fill them with feeling straight from the heart Dealing with healing will set you apart Respecting their meaning; releasing the dove Will chill them with kindness instil them with love [Chorus: UB40] Don't lose it Rudie get high on the buzz Remember how kindness, could fill you with love The sun could be shining with blue skies above In love with the kindness, so kind of in love [Verse 2: Gentleman] Yes you gotta open up and realize it no make no sense at all Fi go fuss and a go fight Your guns and your knives paralyze Why you nah just let them fall and stop terrorize i Open up your eyes and realize it no make no sense at all to have a heart out of ice Your guns and your knives just a paralyze Why you no just let dem fall You gotta take some time look around and then tell me what you see If you no blind nah bother tell me you no see JAH beauty Love and kindness it a di key Think before you act up your superiority Mankind a come a long way why you wann give it up and throw it all away, away What dem a promote up everyday we go stay confident no matter what dem a say Give thanks and blessings caus JAH bless another day Our meditation will never let I go astry Dirty Babylon we will never obey dem can't tell we what to do because we do it our way [Chorus: UB40] Hold it down Rudie enough is enough Kill it with kindness and kill it with love No more deceiving; so throw off the gloves Kill them with kindness kill them with love [Verse 3: BANTU] Don Abi: This is a serious message to all bad men You can never emancipate when hit and run is your plan Constructing evil structures as a device for your work I can see the next man trembling in a state of shock Hold it down peace is bound to come around Push it up believe in love that’s the word Ade Bantu: E simi simi simi F’okon bale cooli temper area boys F’okon bale why di posing with the noise Join the voice with a choice not the one with a Royce Raise your spiritn in the battle of the righteous ‘gainst the evil Free your mimnd from the hustle and di trouble and the schackles Better stop all the miming and the killing of JAH people Caus too many of us are dying tears are multiplying [Chorus: UB40] Hold it down Rudie enough is enough Kill it with kindness and kill it with love No more deceiving; so throw off the gloves Kill them with kindness kill them with love