This morning I woke up in a curfew
Oh god, I was a prisoner too
Could not recognise the faces standing over me
They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality

How many rivers do we have to cross
Before we can talk to the boss
All that we got seems lost
We must have really paid the cost

Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
Burnin all pollution tonight

Give me the food and let me grow
Let the roots man take a blow
All them drugs gonna make you slow now
It's not the music of the ghetto

Weeping and a-wailing tonight
(Ooh can't stop the tears)
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
(We've been suffering all these long, long years)
Weeping and a-wailing tonight

Give me the food and let me grow
Let the roots man take a blow
All them drugs gonna make you slow now
It's not the music of the ghetto

We gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
(To survive)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
(Save your babies lives)
Burning all pollution tonight

Burning all illusions tonight
Burnin and lootin tonight