Get all 4 Slovo releases available on Bandcamp and save 25%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Bread & Butterflies, eight storeys, Todo Cambia, and nommo.
1. |
Deliver Us
03:30
|
|||
Please Lord Deliver Us
Have Mercy Lord, Deliver Us
Opening statement performed by Mike Ladd:
There is smoke
There are riches
There is war…
We will change
Or we will vanish.
Rap performed by Barbarella:
Take down the borders
and take down the walls
take down the liars
and take down the fools
take down the chairman
and take down the board
take down the king
and take down the lords
take down the system
and take down the man
take down the racists
and take down the klan
take down the banks
that are baying for blood
take down the fire
and take down the flood
Rise up the people
and rise up the trees
rise for the birds
and rise for the bees
rise for the elders
and rise for the young
rise for the songs
yet to be sung
rise for the future
and rise for the past
rise for the planet
and rise for the class
rise for the lovers
and rise for the light
rise for the wronged
rise for the fight
Outro poem performed by Mike Ladd (based on poem by Archibald MacLeish):
To see the Earth as it truly is,
small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats,
is to see ourselves as riders on the Earth together,
sisters and brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold
sisters and brothers who know now, they are truly sisters and brothers.
|
||||
2. |
Enough
04:36
|
|||
Give me love
Or retribution
Give me hope
Or revolution
Give Me Strength
I need it now
Give me truth
I’ll deal with it somehow
I see greed
And I see destitution
Private jets
Poison air and pollution
Billionaires yachts
On toxic seas
Stolen homes
And refugees
The burning truth
the purple sky
the rising sea
the blazing lie
Enough is Enough
we’ll take it to the street
Enough is enough
we’ll make you feel the heat
Do we want peace
Or endless war
Do we know
what we’re fighting for?
They trade guns for gasoline
Time to break the machine
The burning truth the purple sky
the rising sea
the blazing lie
All this is us
This us is all
We have to stop
Our gods must fall
Enough is Enough...
|
||||
3. |
Call Me
03:42
|
|||
Call me
Call me
Call me anything you like,
But call me
Call me now.
I know I should play it cool
Don’t wanna be a romantic fool
But I need to know how you feel
I need to know this is for real
So…
|
||||
4. |
Snake
03:40
|
|||
I was walking along
Minding my own business
When I thought I saw a snake in the grass
I was walking along
Enjoying the sunshine
When a cloud rolled in from the past
I never wanted you to come back
I never wanted you to stay
I never wanna think of you
I want you to stay away
I've been thinking about the turns my life has taken
I've been thinking of all the things I never did
I've been wondering how you made me feel forsaken
I've been thinking of all the living you forbid
I never wanted you to come back
I never wanted you to stay
I never wanna think of you
I want you to stay away
I hate the way
you walk around
the corners
of my mind
It's time for you
to step outside
I’ll lock the
door behind…
|
||||
5. |
Angell Town Lockdown
02:17
|
|||
6. |
||||
The only thing I own
Is the time I spend alone
I’m an unknown
I’m a woman on the edge
Breath deep and clear your mind
Come travelling through time
cross the line
with the woman on the edge
My name is Consuelo
estoy con mi desvelo
I’m waiting to receive her
Wanting to believe in her
she took me to a future place
where people live with love and grace
no class or hierarchy
no war or patriarchy
The only thing I own
Is the time I spend alone
I’m an unknown
I’m a woman on the edge
So breath deep and clear your mind
Come travelling through time
cross the line
with the woman on the edge
So which one will it be?
Which world will the future see?
Will we win or will we lose?
Right now is the time to choose…
The only thing I own
Is the time I spend alone
I’m an unknown
I’m a woman on the edge
So breath deep and clear your mind
Come travelling through time
cross the line
with the woman on the edge
|
||||
7. |
My Street
03:35
|
|||
Everybody's on something
On my street
Everybody needs something
Just to sleep
All the dreams have gone away
Everyday is everyday
On my street
I've got to get away
Something to ease the pain
Everybody's on something
On my street
Everybody needs something
Just to sleep
And I know
That every time I'm low
It just won't let me go
Just won't let me go
I don't see
How I can break free
It just won't let me be
Just won't let me be…
I've got to get away
Something to ease the pain
|
||||
8. |
State Of Mind
07:07
|
|||
I feel it in the air tonight
I hear it on the street
I see it in your face, my friend
Every time we meet
There’s so much beauty here
and reasons we should live
so much mystery
So much love to give
I feel it in the air tonight
I hear it on the street
I see it in your face, my friend
Every time we meet
We must never let go
of hope for better times
we must never fall into
a lonely state of mind
(mike poem)
I feel it in the air tonight
I hear it on the street
I see it in your face, my friend
Every time we meet
We must never let go
of hope for better times
we must never fall into
a lonely state of mind
|
||||
9. |
The Only Way
03:57
|
|||
Seas are dry
catfish fly
the suns spins ‘round the earth
and the way we’re living is the only way
Weebles fall
Thai dry chillies cool
the earth spins round the moon
and the way we’re living is the only way
we close our eyes
recite our daily lies
get high, so high
we self-lobotomise
Smart bombs tease
riot police say ‘please’
numbers sanctify our actions
and the way we’re living is the only way
we close our eyes
recite our daily lies
get high, so high
we self lobotomise
|
||||
10. |
Simple Thing
03:00
|
|||
11. |
Rocco's Lullaby
03:02
|
Slovo London, UK
Slovo is a South London based collective founded by former Faithless guitarist Dave Randall.
Their new album 'Bread & Butterflies' features vocals from Barbara Pugliese, Mike Ladd and others.
Streaming and Download help
If you like Slovo, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp