Biography:
Steel Pulse is a British roots reggae band from Birmingham, England. They were the first non-Jamaican act to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for their 1986 album Babylon The Bandit.
Steel Pulse originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham, and comprised David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals) and Ronnie McQueen (bass).
However, it is Hinds who, as songwriter, has always been the engine behind Steel Pulse
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Other songs:
- A Who Responsible
- Back To My Roots
- Bad Man
- Blues Dance Raid
- Bodyguard
- Bootstraps
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Chant A Psalm
- Earth Crisis
- Find It Quick
- Handsworth Revolution
- Islands Unite
- Ku Klux Klan
- Leggo Beast
- Macka Splaff
- Man No Sober
- Prediction
- Prodigal Son
- Rally Round
- Ravers
- Reggae Fever
- Roller Skates
- Soldiers
- State Of Emergency
- Steppin Out
- Taxi Driver
- Wild Goose Chase
- Your House
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...ISLANDS UNITE... by Steel Pulse
-------------------...............
*from 'Vex' (1994)*
Intro:
Fm C# D#
Woah, now.
Fm C# D# (x2), Fm, C7
Chorus 1:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 1:
Fm
First world; your bomb is sticking,
C# D#
Dirty deeds and politricking.
Fm
A whore's a whore, a witch is a witch,
C# D#
Answer to your name; Elizabitch.
Fm
Third world; its time for switching,
C# D#
Watch how the tables are turning.
Fm
We must abandon the sinking ship,
C# D#
So here's your chance; don't make it slip.
Chorus 2:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 2:
Fm C# D#
Christopher Columbus and a-Captain Hook,
Fm C# D#
Pirates of the ocean, glorified, written in your books..
Fm C# D#
They never knew that this ya music would help us find our way,
Fm C# D#
It's the source I say, that makes us one, pumping through our veins.
Chorus 3:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Break:
Fm
Verse 3:
Fm C# D#
Independence is what we crave for, so leave our riches alone,
Fm C# D#
Don't wanna be your footstool, 'cos you rule with your heart of stone.
Fm C# D#
Don't want corruption to lead us and keep the masses poor,
Fm C# D#
Now prophecy must fulfill, 'pon Babylon the whore.
Chorus 4:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 4:
Fm
You take the commonwealth, and make the common poor,
C# D#
Your tables are turned, 'cos we know the score.
Fm
We gonna scrap your script and flip your ship;
C# D#
No more lashes from the massa's whip.
Fm
The bomb a tick; a cause panic and when it hit,
C# D#
Your world will smash to bits.
Fm C# D#
Bit by bit, bit by bit, woah, no, no, na, yeah.
Chorus 5:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Fm C# D#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133111 x46664 x68886
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
-------------------...............
*from 'Vex' (1994)*
Intro:
Fm C# D#
Woah, now.
Fm C# D# (x2), Fm, C7
Chorus 1:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 1:
Fm
First world; your bomb is sticking,
C# D#
Dirty deeds and politricking.
Fm
A whore's a whore, a witch is a witch,
C# D#
Answer to your name; Elizabitch.
Fm
Third world; its time for switching,
C# D#
Watch how the tables are turning.
Fm
We must abandon the sinking ship,
C# D#
So here's your chance; don't make it slip.
Chorus 2:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 2:
Fm C# D#
Christopher Columbus and a-Captain Hook,
Fm C# D#
Pirates of the ocean, glorified, written in your books..
Fm C# D#
They never knew that this ya music would help us find our way,
Fm C# D#
It's the source I say, that makes us one, pumping through our veins.
Chorus 3:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Break:
Fm
Verse 3:
Fm C# D#
Independence is what we crave for, so leave our riches alone,
Fm C# D#
Don't wanna be your footstool, 'cos you rule with your heart of stone.
Fm C# D#
Don't want corruption to lead us and keep the masses poor,
Fm C# D#
Now prophecy must fulfill, 'pon Babylon the whore.
Chorus 4:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 4:
Fm
You take the commonwealth, and make the common poor,
C# D#
Your tables are turned, 'cos we know the score.
Fm
We gonna scrap your script and flip your ship;
C# D#
No more lashes from the massa's whip.
Fm
The bomb a tick; a cause panic and when it hit,
C# D#
Your world will smash to bits.
Fm C# D#
Bit by bit, bit by bit, woah, no, no, na, yeah.
Chorus 5:
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Fm C# D#
U-nite, all the islands unite,
Fm C# D#
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Fm C# D#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133111 x46664 x68886
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])
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