Ey! This morning I woke up in a curfew Oh God, I was a prisoner, too Could not recognize the faces standing over me All dressed in uniforms of brutality How many rivers do we have to cross Before we can talk to the boss? I'm saying, all we got, it seems we have lost We must have really paid the cost That's why we gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight We're burnin' and a-lootin' tonight Burnin' all pollution tonight Oh, we're burnin' all illusion tonight Ey! Oh, give me the food and let me grow Let the Roots Man take the gold I say, 'cause all them drugs gonna make you slow, now It's not the music from the ghetto Eh! Weeping and a-wailin' tonight Weeping and a-wailin' tonight, lord, lord, lord, lord Eh! (weeping and a-wailin' tonight) Oh, (weeping and a-wailin' tonight) yeah! How many rivers How many rivers Do we have to cross? Talk to the boss And one more, if all we got, we have lost What I mean yeah, we must have really paid the cost That's why we gonna be (burnin' and a-lootin' tonight) Burning and a-lootin' (Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight) lord, oh, lord, oh, lord, oh, lord Burnin' all pollution tonight (Burnin' all illusion tonight) eh! (Weeping and a-wailin' tonight) (Weeping and a-wailin' tonight) lord, oh, lord, oh, lord, oh, lord (Weeping and a-wailin' tonight) who can stop the tears tonight? (Weeping and a-wailin' tonight) so, pretty no, no tears tonight, eh!