Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reality Poem

from Forces of Victory, 1979

Dis is di age af reality
But some a wi a deal wid mitalagy
Dis is di age af science an' teknalagy
But some a wi check fi antiquity

W'en wi can't face reality
Wi leggo wi clarity
Some latch aan to vanity
Some hol' insanity
Some get vision
Start preach relijan
But dem can't mek decishan
W'en it come to we fite
Dem can't mek decishan
W'en it comes to wi rites

Man,
Dis is di age af reality
But some a wi deal wid mitalagy
Dis is di age af science an' teknalagy
But some a wi check fi antiquity

Dem one deh gaan outta line
Dem naw live in fi wi time
Far dem she dem get sign
An' dem bline dem eye
To di lite a di worl'
An' gaan search widin
Di dark a dem doom
An' a shout 'bout sin
Instead a fite fi win

Man,
Dis is di age af reality
But some a wi deal wid mitalagy
Dis is di age af science an' teknalagy
But some a wi check fi antiquity

Dis is di age af decishan
Soh mek wi leggo relijan
Dis is di age af decishan
Soh mek we leggo divishan
Dis is di age af reality
Soh mek we leggo mitalagy
Dis is di age of science an' teknalagy
Soh mek wi hol' di clarity
Mek wi hol' di clarity
Mek wi hol' di clarity

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[GSpamhunter]

Link to the lyrics?

[alovelytime]

@GSpamhunter

in the description box

[sattwatwentythree]

I mean - is there any LP or CD containing this LIVE version? Many thanks in advance!!!

[alovelytime]

@sattwatwentythree

from the album called, "LKJ Live in Concert with the Dub Band."

recorded live in 1984, london.

[Cash82Mx]

"I'm not a Rasta, because I don't believe that Emperor Haile Selassie is God. I don't believe in the whole, say, repatriation of black people back to Africa."

LKJ

[robertodellepiane]

Hai sbagliato la copertina dell'album..Però questo è un pezzo bellissimo,è uno di quelle canzoni che ho più ascoltato e cantato tra me e me. Ciao

[MegaMegalomaniac]

this is ace!

[JimmyJohnson85]

Divine 66

[burt2800]

This is just brilliant. 

[sattwatwentythree]

@alovelytime

Thanks a million! :)

[sattwatwentythree]

And where from this exactly live version came from?

[Eddie2499]

One of the worlds greatest artists