This is the dawning - listen to the words of uwe banton, you hear wha mi seh? A new awakening is here - a wha kinda music dat you a listen to pon di mp3 player? Free yourself from all illusion - a uwe banton? awoahhh.... you better make sure, y'know! And your mind from all confusion - a pure lie de man dem a tell, you know, rasta For the sake of the younger generation Teach the youths the right and proper way - stop tell them lie Chorus: Tell the children the truth now Help them to find the right road Teach the children the truth now Won't someone carry this load (repeat) This is the time that i and i should realise that the children are our future They try to catch them right in front of our eyes via their media, tv and computer You see, they're tryin' to devour Their souls in aim to take their power But rasta teach them every hour That them can't conquer i with them babel tower It's not like in the days of old When the truth was the half that wasn't told 'cause now things begin to unfold So we can't stop right here, we have to be brave and bold This is the dawning This is the dawning of a new era (repeat) Rod of iron: I gwine go down a media markt down deh so, you know And, you see, when mi go down there, singer, you know weh me gwine do? I go and draw the necktie weh di bwoy deh have under him throat, y'know! Di people dem no full up mi pickney dem a bare computer, man Mi a tell you, y'know Ricky, come ya! Mi seh, come ya, man! A wah dat you have deh? A wah? mp3 player? What kinda song you a listen to? Uwe banton? Then ok, then you can continue gwaan Anytime you listen to uwe banton song you will learn sittn', you hear wha mi mean? oh! (chorus) Ey, ey I see so many people running from reality And living in a dream of lies and too much fantasy At schools they feed the children with book of fiction That's why in their lives they are facing so much friction Trying to find comfort through gameboy and playstation Is this the future of our so called civilisation? So stop expose them to your false information And take it in our hands to give the right education Rod of iron: A weh di other one deh? claudette, come here! You no hear mi a call yuh from morning, which part yuh deh? you lock up inna your room a do Wha? now, look inna di box weh you see mi have round deh so, you a look in deh now? now, draw Out it now, you see some cd in deh now? eh-eh! well, look fi uwe banton and tell mi if you find Him. All right, eh-eh, you find da one ya now, all right. push inna de computer weh you have deh. you Push inna it? all right now, tek out your mp3 player, weh you have deh, you tek it out? well, drag it Pon it - and you no need no more than that. you see the other computer now? carry it go down a The backside garbage go dash weh!