When I first heard Linton Kwesi Johnson’s words, they came flowing through a nearly blown-out sound system in a Los Angeles punk club in the early ’80s. I could barely hear him, but something about the intensity of his delivery—urgent, streetwise and intellectual—over a pulsing reggae beat made me take notice. Pressed up against the stage, I turned my small,… return to article
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Reader Comments (9)Page 1 of 1 pagesI Loved the Forces of Viktory album with Fite dem bok. and Sonny’s lettah. One of my friends labelled it one of the best anti-fascist albums ever made. Made in the early 1980s during the race riots LKJ sang
Some of dem say dem a nigga hatah/an some of dem say dem a block beetah/an some of dem say dem a pakki bashah/an some of dem say dem a black stabbah/
Fascists on de attack don’ batha worry fo dat/fascists on de attack we will fite dem bok/fascists on de attack we will coooontah attack/fascists on de attack we will drive dem bok!!
Smash dere brains in cuz dey ain’t got nothin’ in ‘em/We’re gonna smash dere brains in cuz dey ain’t got nothin’ in ‘em!!
Sonny’s Lettah is a powerful statement as well!!
Posted by cabdriverinchicago on Dec 22, 2006 at 4:59 PM Yeah....first time I heard that tune was maybe ‘90....still got that tape......
Posted by Redhorse on Dec 24, 2006 at 6:17 AM Omigod ! Endorsements from two of the tiniest minds on the ITT board !
Redhorse’s Ass can’t speak english and Chicago Stalinist cabbie can’t
even do decent ebonics............................
If this is “anti-fascism” then fascists have nothing to worry about.
Scorp, pass this on to your bosses in FedGov.
Never heard of this “poet” but it’s another pwogwessive puff piece
of a nontalent because he’s black.
Posted by blondemike on Dec 26, 2006 at 3:52 PM Consummate means perfect and extremely skilled, thank you.
Posted by blondemike on Dec 26, 2006 at 7:05 PM Yes...for once yu are correct......Yu are a perfectly skilled moron…
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