Albums:


Fact's And Fiction (1995)
Rafi's Revenge (1998)
Community Music   (2000)
Singles

Fact's And Fiction (1995)

Box

See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin

Adf back with a lyrical death threat
With you ignorant attitudes what the fuck did you expect?
Well mash up your stereo with a typical body blow
Asian distortion
Better tread it with caution
Better treat it with caution ...
Eyes permanently closed
You tell me everythings alright
Chemical escape
Youre desensitised
Sitting cross-legged with your joss sticks and your flutes
Just taking and faking whats easy:
No respect for our roots

See me , hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind be the colour of my skin

Adf back with a lyrical death threat
With you ignorant attitudes what the fuck did you expect?
Well mash up your stereo with a typical body blow
Asian distortion
Better tread it with caution
Better treat it with caution ...

Many noises and voices
And messages in the blender
Yes I speak out to many
cos its a bigger agenda
But preach to the converted is what you say we do
Show them to me man
I dont see them, do you ? ....

Everbody talking man
Theyre now talking about
Say its the junglistic sound
That is coming around
And if you choosa di sound
And a fuse a it down
From top to bottom create your own obsession
Master deeder- that is my name
And Im kicking all the way
All the way for the fame
We four brothers- one of a kind
Like no other you will find

Millitant scientists
Yes, thats what we are
No were never gonna be laid back
Too busy dodging your attack
Adf here to kick your arse again
Well give you bass in your face
And were gonna offend
Peace !

See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin

Adf back with a lyrical death threat
With you ignorant attitudes what the fuck did you expect?
Well mash up your stereo with a typical body blow
Asian distortion
Better tread it with caution
Better treat it with caution ...

See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin
See me, hear me
But still you try to box me in
You think you know my mind by the colour of my skin ....

Debris

Spread power with words

The gold that you stole
The pillage and the plunder
Is it any wonder that were here?
It aint no mystery
The fecting and the shooting
Thats the real history
Were only here cos you were there
Consequences of your global pillage

I never had the feeling to either destroy or conquer

I sift to the debris you left in your wake
When you pushed us in to third place
When the truth is uncovered and the storys been told
You wont be able to look me in the face .....

Were only here cos you were there
Here in england a global village
Consequences of your global pillage

Master d chat it up ....

I sift to the debris you left in your wake
When you pushed us in to third place
When the truth is uncovered and the storys been told
You wont be able to look me in the face .....

You treated my mothers land
Just like one big plantation
You did this to the african
You did this to the asian
Famine was caused not by God but taxation
The fruits of our labour were used to build your nation
Sucking us dry - our countrys natural juice

Yes our underdevelopment was caused by your abuse.

Gonna check the missing pages
Well be adding up the numbers
Well be looking for witnesses so they can tell our brothers
Well be using the technology
Jammin with it consciously
We are gonna spread power with words.

Jericho

For the consciousness of the nation
The sounds of the asian dub foundation:

The music we make it cuts across borders
We never make music to someone elses orders
Plenty of issues on the agenda
If you want to lend a helping hand
Youre always told to shut up and dance
But you have to change this-take a chance
Turn the tables,
We know youre able
Dont just consume
Make your own tune.

The music, we use it
Were making a stand
I wouldnt call this a green and pleasant land
A conscious response is what we demand
Challenge the system and those in command
Express your opinion
Its your domain
If you fail to do this you are partly to blame
My heart is beating
No retreat
The battle continues
Well suffer no defeat
This war youve been waging
Its time we were raging
In our minds and on the streets
Sample this its an education
The sounds of the asian dub foundation

Look around you, yeah
Open your mind
Check it out, tell me what you find
Here to document a situation
The sounds of the asian dub foundation
Hope and glory
A myth of the tories
Were here to tell you a different story

Here to readress the situation
The sounds of the asian dub foundation

A rapper I may be but packaged Im not
Ill slip through the noose before you tie the knot
This work in progress not slick but rough
Breaking all records twelve inches aint enough
Sample this
Its an education
The sounds of the original, the original ....

We aint ethnic, exotic or eclectic
The only e we use is electric
An asian background thats whats reflected
But this millitant vibe aint what you expected
With your liberal minds you patronise our culture
Scanning the surface like vultures
With your tourist mentality
Were still the natives
You multicultural but were anti-racist
We aint ethnic, exotic or eclectic
The only e we use is electric

And we cry
Them coulda never escape
Disya judgement ......

Journey

Take the long train to bombay
Duck as the tunnels came
Tune in your crystal set
Youve won the freedom to forget
Youve won the freedom to forget

Feeling good migrations
Tuned in to the mother nation
Taking her aim
Changing your name

Now were nomads
That stay in one place
Not a country
Not a face
Standing out but still like ghosts
Long-term guests
Ungracious hosts
Re-written history
A sleepy slavery
Those sweet sweet sweet machines
Senfling, selling
Good migrations
Tuned in to the mother nation
Taking her aim
Rearranging the chains ....

The nine year old boy who had wanted to be white
Set out on the journey from loneliness to pride
Hostile environments along the way
A slowly changing landscape
But a steady stream of consciousness rising
A steady stream of consciousness rising

This is the journey from loneliness to pride
No longer any need to hide ....

Struggle to live
And we cry struggle to survive
Struggla, struggla, struggla, struggla
Just to stay alive
In the jungle you either do or you die
You got to be aware
You got to have the jungle eye ....

Pknb

Pagal ki na bole?
Chagal ki na khai?
Kuch bolo ke ni?

Is there nothing that a madman wont say?
Is there nothing that a goat wont eat? ...
Common sense-
Misinformation received
By the common man
Youve been just as deceived
An effect that was planned by the powers that be
A most effective tool for division and rule
A most effective tool for division and rule

And people of different cultural persuasions
Start to develop hindered relations
So what can be done to dissipate the friction?
Gotta seperate the facts, yes the facts from the fiction.

Ah , I , I dont know .....
Ah , I , I dont know .....
Ah , I , I dont know .....

But once they get get here
There is no knowing what theyll get up to!

All this talk about housing
Just a method of arousing bad feeling
Appealing to peoples prejudice
And then they redirect
Their lack of self respect
Towards a visible target
A visible target

You seem to have forgotten
That the apple has always been rotten
And that black people are not the cause of your problems

Black people are not the cause of your problems
Were often told that this countrys bursting at the seams.
Were never told that there are in fact more people leaving than entering.
Immigration has become synoymous with black people.
Yet over sixty per cent of immigrants are white .....

Things were good in the good olden days they say
Jobs in the factories ( economic slaves! )
We kept our doors open right throughout the day
( but the poverty was such that there was nothing to nick anyway! )

Black people constitute less than six per cent of the population

Common sense-
Misinformation received
By the common man
Youve been just as deceived
An effect that was planned by the powers that be
A most effective tool for division and rule
A most effective tool for division and rule

And people of different cultural persuasions
Start to develop hindered relations
So what can be done to dissipate the friction?
Gotta seperate the facts, yes the facts from the fiction.

Enough is enough.
Immigration must stop.
This countrys bursting at the seams.
This countrys going to the wogs!

Oh, the sun has got its facts wrong hip,hip,hooray ( ? ! )
The sun has got its facts wrong and its fucking up my day ...

A race war thats what theyre fighting for
Rivers of blood is what they want
By claiming influx, a flood or a swamp-
There aint no influx, a flood or a swamp!

All this talk about housing
Just a method of arousing bad feeling
Appealing to peoples prejudice
And then they redirect
Their lack of self respect
Towards a visible target
A visible target

You seem to have forgotten
That the apple has always been rotten
And that black people are not the cause of your problems

Black people are not the cause of your problems

Ah , I , I dont know .....
Ah , I , I dont know .....
Ah , I , I dont know .....

But once they get get here
There is no knowing what theyll get up to!

Oh, the sun has got its facts wrong hip,hip,hooray ( ? ! )
The sun has got its facts wrong and its fucking up my day ...

Pagal ki na bole?
Chagal ki na khai?

Pagal ki na bole?
Chagal ki na khai?

Rebel Warrior

Ami bidrohi!
I the rebel warrior
I have risen alone with my head held high
I will only rest
When the cries of the oppressed
No longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
No longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!

Im hear to teach you a lesson
Im hear to torture your soul
Im the itch in your side thats got out of control
gonna prey on your conscience
Youll be praying for forgiveness
Seen all the evidence
No longer need a witness
So take my word man
Heres my sentence
One hundred thousand years of repentance.

Check my anger, its real
Aint no token
Ill be satisfied only when your backs been broken
Its my burning ambition to burn down your empire
Man Ill be building you a funeral pyre
The fire in my eyes
If looks coulda kill
I wont be satisfied until Ive had my fill.
Check my anger, its real
Aint no token
Ill be satisfied only when your backs been broken

Ami bidrohi!
I the rebel warrior
I have risen alone with my head held high
I will only rest
When the cries of the oppressed
No longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
No longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!

Repetitive beats beating against your skull
Ill be striking you down
To the sounds of the wardrum
The doum!
The doum of the dhol
Taking its toll
Null and void is what youve become
An underground army with my brothers and sisters
Hand to hand fighting
Building up a resistance
Repetitive beats beating against your skull
Null and void is what youve become

Ami bidrohi!
I the rebel warrior
I have risen alone with my head held high
I will only rest
When the cries of the oppressed
No longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
No longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!

A radical fusion
Strange alliance
The siren and the flute in unison
cos its a part of my mission
To break down division
Mental compartments
Psychological prisons.

Ill be sowing the seeds of community
Accomodating every colour every need
So listen to my message and heed my warning
Im telling you know
How a new age is dawning

Ami bidrohi!
I the rebel warrior
I have risen alone with my head held high
I will only rest
When the cries of the oppressed
No longer reach the sky
When the sound of the sword of the oppressor
No longer rings in battle
Hear my warcry!

Ami bidrohi! ami bidrohi!
Yes the unity of the hindu and the muslim
Will end your tyranny
Ami bidrohi! ami bidrohi!

Strong Culture

I grab the mic
To commence with the mic check
Supply rhymes, man youve never heard yet
You never thought an asian could do this
Well youre wrong
Wrong again
Hardcore!
Thats what I wanna be
All over the white world
Yes theyll remember me
Dont look at me as an innocent bystander
Because Ill scare you after dark ...

Master d adlib

Paki bashing
Thats what I call fucking racism
And you can tell Im a fucking paki lover
Day to day
Night to night
Persecution with a capital p
Racism with a capital r
Man Ive seen your scar
Ive seen your scar
You expect me to sympathise
The hell no!
You dont know the price that were paying

Master d adlib

What you see is no mirage
Asian guys and girls comin large
Straight from the east
Tough!
And coming like a beast
Guys who are very keen and showing ability
Tranquility, we have the audacity
Speaking out
cos theres no doubt about that

Another critical rhyne make you wanna look
Observe it
Its like a comic book
Coming from the place
With the capital b
Ill let you guess-
No let me tell you:
The b and the a and the n and the g and the l and the a
With a word called desh
Sums up the country the word and the place called bangladesh
So you never contest
Yes you thought I couldnt do it
Im not a black man
This time its an asian
Some fear the white man
Some fear the ku klux klan
But they aint up to no good
Brother brother, sister sister
Yes if your miss or if your mister
Listen to this rap
Its asian guys coming correct

Way back in the sixties
Our fathers, our mothers
They suffered a lot for us
They couldnt say much
They couldnt do much
cos of the fear of getting beat up
But now its the nineties
Were not babies no more
You know the score that we live for

Our fathers, our mothers
They brought us up to be tough
We dont stand for any bullshit
We dont give a damn
Even if youre superman
Strong culture is what you see in our eyes
Not just tough guys.

Master d adlib

Th9

The police a chase we
The beast cant catch me
When I see his big stick
Him deal me a lick
Tower hamlets nine have to go free
Not even a fine
For the tower hamlets nine
Youth connection
Stop this infection
Defenfing defending defending the community
Some fascists in brick lane looking for a fight
Police doing nothing:
One rule for black
One rule for white

Adf, were about to strike

Time is getting short
Elections in may
Give the fascist man a gunshot
Thats the only way
There are many different languages spoken in this land
But only one language that the fascist understand
Why dont you
Kick the fuckers in the head
Kick the fuckers in the head
Why dont you?

Master d adlib

Every institution in this city, right
Is prejudiced against us
Theres no accountability
Theres no servant of the police force
Or his di or whatever
Who is accountable for his attitudes

Our parents had to sit tight
Werent allowed to fight back
Physically
Just a mental strain
Restraint!
Now I think Ive found a remedy to this recurring pain
Not passive but resistant
Your assumptions were wrong:
Like coffee without milk ( ! )
Too black to strong
For too many years man youve had your fun
Now its time
Now its time
For us to hit and run
cos were second generation
But were not second class
Now the wrath of the asian will hit you like a blast
Now the wrath of the asian will hit you like a blast

In this time there is no justice or peace
In this time there is no trust in the police
Quddus ali saw no justice or peace
Altab ali saw no justice or peace
Stephen lawrence saw no justice or peace
Too many people still waiting for release

Master d adlib

Tu Meri

Tu meri me tera
You are mine and I am yours

Standing together side by side
Im not your shadow but I could be your guide
Stick with me in this time of insanity
Working together to survive this reality
Without you I dont think I could bear
Belief in myself man you take me there
You see me as I am and what I wanna be
The hopes for myself yes you are the key
And when Im on the mic
I dont have to chat shit
Guns or cars or the size of my prick

Your inspiration makes me rap wisely
Like tunes for a cold ( ! )
You make me think clearly
Asian sisters shouldnt hear slackness
But conscious lyrics like sounds of blackness
Asian brothers come listen to me
Respect your sisters if you wanna be free

I will never forget the love you have given
Sacrificed for the life we are living
The greatest wealth that no-one can steal
No amount of wickedness woulda stand in your way
I will never forget
How you struggled to allow us to see a better day.

Standing together side by side
Im not your shadow but I could be your guide
Stick with me in this time of insanity
Working together to survive this reality
Without you I dont think I could bear
Belief in myself man you take me there
You see me as I am and what I wanna be
The hopes for myself yes you are the key
And when Im on the mic
I dont have to chat shit
Guns or cars or the size of my prick

Your inspiration makes me rap wisely
Like tunes for a cold ( ! )
You make me think clearly
Asian sisters shouldnt hear slackness
But conscious lyrics like sounds of blackness
Asian brothers come listen to me
Respect your sisters if you wanna be free