Linton Kwesi Johnson mi revalueshanary fren

my revalueshanary friend is not the same again
you know from when?
from the masses shattered silence
started to grumble
from pawty paramoncy took a tumble
from Hungary to Poelan to Romania
from the cozy cyassle they start to crumble
when we buck-up wannada in a reason
my friend always and up on the same thing
this is the sang im love and sing:
Kaydar
E Ad To Go
Zhivkov
E Ad To Go
Husack
E Ad To Go
Honnicka
e ad to go
Cauchescu
e ad to go
just like apartied
we have to go
awhile agoh my friend and I were talking
so I said to him:
what a way the earth is running nowadays, man
it gettin aada by the day
fi know whey you stand
cauz when you think you are pun solid dry land
when you cteck a stack you fine you in quick-sun
you don't notice how the lanscape is shifting
it's like vulcanoe under it and nothing cyaan stop it
cauz things just bubble and I boil down below
strata seperate and refole
and when you think you reach the mountain top
this is a brand-new plateau you go buck-up
my revalueshanary friend shook his head and sighed
this was his reply:
Kaydar
he added to go
Zhivkov
he added to go
Husack
e ad to go
Honnicka
e ad to go
Cauchescu
e ad to go
just like apartied
we have to go
well I never did satisfy wid what my friend made reply
an to get a deeper meaning in the reasoning
I said to him:
well awrite
so Garby gave the people glasses
and it poses the Stalinists plenty of problems
so Garby leggo peristrika on them
canfounding bureacraetic strategems
but we have to face up to the cole facks;
im also open up pondora's bax
yes, people power just a shower every hour
and eyrybady claims they are democratic
but some are wolves and some are sheep
and that is problematic:
nah things like that you woulda call dialectic?
my revalueshanary friend paused awhile and he smiled
then he looked me in my eyes and replied:
Kaydar
e added to go
Zhivkov
e ad to go
Husack
e ad to go
Honnicka
e ad to go
Cauchescu
e ad to go
just like apartied
we have to go
well I couldn't elaborate
plus it was getting kinda late
so in spite of my lack of understanding
bout the meaning of the changes in the eas
of the west nonediless
and although I have my reservations
about the cansiquenses and implications
especially of black liberation
to bring the reasoning to a conclusion
I ad woz to agree with my friend
hopein that when we meet up once again
we coulda have a more full conversation
so I say to him, you know what?
what does he say? I said:
Kaydar
It's time to go
Zhivkov
It's time to go
Husack
It's time to go
Honnicka
and ad to go
Cauchescu
and ad to go
just like aparted
soon to be