DESCRIPTION:
RAS TEWELDE & RAPHAEL - PICK UP THE PEN
(Gaetani / Nkereuwem / Tomei)

NEW SINGLE - june 2012

SONG: Pick Up The Pen
LYRICS: Ras Tewelde e Raphael
PRODUCED BY: Leo Bizzarri per Bizzarri Records
MUSIC BY: The Magista
HORNS: Ricky Gibertini e Marco Zaghi
GUITAR: SId Bizzarri
Bass: Giovanni Groova Scarabelli
MIX & MASTER BY: Dario Casillo @ Bizzarri Studio (Modena)
LABEL: Bizzarri Records, ITALY

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LYRICS
PICK UP THE PEN
RAS TEWELDE & RAPHAEL

DA ONE YAH FE DI YUTES, WE GO CHANT STRAIGHT FE DEM
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
ALL OVER AFRICA LIKKLE SOLDIERS DEM DEH
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
WE CHANT TO THE GOVAMENTS, HAFFI SAVE DEM !
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
AN WE BUN EVERY MAN WHO DOWNPRESS THE CHILDREN
FYAH PON DEM , FYAH PON DEM

Mumma and Puppa nah be fool
unu betta love dem good
member dem is your children
dem nah fi provide fi da food
unu betta send dem school
dem a gwaan so intelligent
ongle learn and play should be dem rule - but
unu force dem fi be rude
dem still nah reach the age of ten - so 
unu give'em a blessing and a big gun fi carry
unu tak-way dem innocence an tell'em seh na worry

DA ONE YAH FE DI YUTES, WE GO CHANT STRAIGHT FE DEM
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
ALL OVER AFRICA LIKKLE SOLDIERS DEM DEH
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
WE CHANT TO THE GOVAMENTS, HAFFI SAVE DEM !
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
AN WE BUN EVERY MAN WHO DOWNPRESS THE CHILDREN
FYAH PON DEM , FYAH PON DEM

CHILDREN HAFFE GO SCHOOL
PLAY SPORTS AND GROW SELF ESTEEME
AND NOT BE BRAINWASHED ROBOTS,  HOLDIN' M16
BAD MINDED KILL DEM HOPES AND DREAMS
SOME A DEM ARE LUCKY WHEN DEM TURN TO TEENS
WE CHANT FE DE VICTIMS OF THE WAR
BABY SOLDIER NEVER LOOK TO THE SKY, AND NO WISH 'PON NO STAR PAIN INSIDE A THE DEEPEST SCAR
THEIR LIFE IS SO HARD

DA ONE YAH FE DI YUTES, WE GO CHANT STRAIGHT FE DEM
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
ALL OVER AFRICA LIKKLE SOLDIERS DEM DEH
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
WE CHANT TO THE GOVAMENTS, HAFFI SAVE DEM !
PUT DUNG DI GUN, PICK UP DI PEN !
AN WE BUN EVERY MAN WHO DOWNPRESS THE CHILDREN
FYAH PON DEM , FYAH PON DEM

Put down da gun ca we nah need anedda soldier
roun ya - already many wars a gwaan - see it ya
no education fi di poorman - a so dem conquer africa

FREE THE CHILDREN IN AFGANISTAN
FREE THE CHILDREN IN BURUNDI
FREE THE CHILDREN IN CHAD AND COLOMBIA
FREE THE CHILDREN IN COTE D' IVOIRE
LIBERATE THE YOUTHS IN IRAQ, LIBERIA, MYANMAR, NEPAL, PHILIPPINE AND CONGO
GIVE THEM A CHANCE IN SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, SUDAN AND UGANDA