No More No Vernacular

Learn how fi read and write and your future shall be bright
 Learn how fi read and write and your future shall be
 Inna the roots of the Djelly we no need no Oxford study
 Dem born we fi oppose di with lyrical potency
 Ask we an then we hafi tell it
 Force we then you get the opposite
 Like ebi n' pa mi, that a hunger a catch we
 E fun wa l'odu, that a fun fi di posse
 Man mi long time we no see
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 I am so proud of my African features
 And the blessings of many tongues
 Hey now lend me your ear
 Give the youngster a reason
 To read and to write
 To take over now
 See time has changed us all
 And yes those days are gone let's celebrate
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 Gave me a language
 Forced me not to speak tongue in my own dialect, Intellect
 Trace my roots down to ancient Egypt
 D.N.A of the mighty Menelik
 Ain't no one gonna tell me that my language ain't pure
 War, is what i wage against my people moving round in colonial circles
 Mentality of inferior complex, complexion, damn information
 How many time must we bleach our skin?
 Walk American, talk European?
 Whatz up, whatz up? Noting dey down
 Took your English and broke it in pieces
 Reinterpret, rearranged it
 Put some African to make it all lively
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 Go down now and shake your thing
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 Go down now and shake your thing
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 Go down now and shake your thing
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 Go down now and shake your thing
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense
 No more no vernacular teacher no teach me nonsense