DESCRIPTION:
Track: This Dub Poem
Artists: Mutabaruka & The Upsetters
Format: The Mystery Unfolds (LP) / Super Ape (LP)
Year: 1976 / 1986

A custom Smokeyroom 'Combination' Mix. Taken from Mutabaruka's album 'The Mystery Unfolds' (Dis Poem) and Lee Perry's album 'Scratch The Super Ape' (Patience Dub).

Dis poem need to be changed.

Dis poem shall speak of the wretched sea,
That washed ships to these shores.
Of mothers crying for their young,
Swallowed up by the sea.
Dis poem shall say nothing new,
Dis poem shall speak of time,
Time unlimited, time undefined.
Dis poem shall call names.
Names like Lumumba, Kenyatta, Nkrumah,
Hannibal, Akaton, Malcolm, Garvey, Haile Selassie.
Dis poem is vexed about apartheid, racism, fascism,
The Ku Klux Klan, Riots in Brixton, Atlanta, Jim Jones.
Dis poem is revolting against 1st World, 2nd World,
3rd world division, manmade decision.
Dis poem is like all the rest.
Dis poem will not be amongst great literary works,
Will not be recited by poetry enthusiasts,
Will not be quoted by politicians nor men of religion.
Dis poem is knives, bombs, guns, blood, fire,
Blazing for freedom.
Yes, dis poem is a drum,
Ashanti, Mau Mau, Ibo Yoruba, Nyahbingi warriors,
Uhuru Uhuru, Namibia Uhuru,
Uhuru Soweto, Uhuru Afrika.
Dis poem will not change things,
Dis poem need to be changed.
Dis poem is a rebirth of a people,
Arising, awaking, understanding.
Dis poem speak, is speaking, have spoken.
Dis poem shall continue even when poets have stopped writing.
Dis poem shall survive you, me, it shall linger in history.
In your mind, In time, forever.
Dis poem is time, only time will tell.
Dis poem is still not written.
Dis poem has no poet .
Dis poem is just a part of the story,
His-story, her-story, our-story, the story still untold.
Dis poem is now ringing, talking, irritating,
Making you want to stop it.
But dis poem will not stop.
Dis poem is long, cannot be short.
Dis poem cannot be tamed, cannot be blamed.
The story is still not told about dis poem.
Dis poem is old, new.
Dis poem was copied from the bible your prayer book,
Playboy magazine, the New York Times, Readers Digest,
The CIA files, the KGB files.
Dis poem is no secret.
Dis poem shall be called boring, stupid, senseless.
Dis poem is watching you, trying to make sense from dis poem.
Dis poem is messing up your brains,
Making you want to stop listening to dis poem.
But you shall not stop listening to dis poem.
U need to know what will be said next in dis poem
Dis poem shall disappoint you because,
Dis poem is to be continued
In your mind.....