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Artist: Burning Spear
Canonical path: /burning-spear/civilization
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Civilization
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Civilization
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NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION.
ALL OVER THIS LAND ALL OUER THIS LAND.
SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER
SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER
NEW CIVILIZATION
NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION.
ALL OVER THIS LAND, ALL OVER THIS LAND.
SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER.
SMALL ONES HAVING SMALLER AND SMALLER.
NEW CIVILIZATION.
COME MY BROTHER COME HELP ME,
COME MY SISTER COME HELP ME.
HELP ME SING THIS SONG, SING ALONG, SING ALONG.
SING ALONG. SING ALONG.
NEW CIVILIZATION.
NEW CIVILIZATION,
NEW CIVILIZATION.
THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS,
THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS,
NEVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
NEVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS,
THE AFRICANS AND THE INDIANS,
NEVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
NVER THROW STONES AGAINST ONE NOTHER.
NEW CIVILIZATION ALL OVER THIS LAND.
OH WHAT A DISGRACE, AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE.
AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE.
OH WHAT A DISGRACE, AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE.
AMONGST THE HUMAN RACE.
NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION.
TALKINC ABOUT RACIST, TAKING ABOUT A RASIST.
COME MY BROTHER COME HELP ME,
COME MY BROTHER COME HELP ME,
HELP ME SINC THIS SONC.
HElP ME SING THIS SONG.
SING ALONG, SINC ALONG, SING ALONG, SING ALONG.
NEW CIVILIZATION,
NEW CIVILIZATION ALL OVER THIS LAND.
LET THE MUSIC PLAY, LET THE MUSIC PLAY.
REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY,
REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY,
LET IT PLAY, LET IT PLAY, LET IT PLAY OVER THIS LAND.
LET THE MUSIC PLAY, LET THE MUSIC PLAY.
REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY, REGGAE MUSIC A FE PLAY.
ALL OVER THIS LAND.
NEW CIVILIZATION, NEW CIVILIZATION
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